The Whitney Block (formerly the East Block of Queens Park) in downtown Toronto. It was designed by F. R. Heakes and erected in two phases between 1926 and 1932.
Heakes was born in Toronto to British immigrants Samuel Heakes and Elizabeth Isabella Riley.
He was at one time Chief Architect of the Public Works Department of the Province of Ontario. The Ontario Archives hold drawings for virtually all provincial buildings including courthouses, registry offices, gaols & lockups, schools and colleges, hospitals and other works executed under his supervision from 1896 until 1926.[1]
Among his important commissions were the Whitney Block in downtown Toronto, the Mining Building at the University of Toronto (1905), and the Superior Court of Justice in Thunder Bay (1924). Perhaps his most famous commission was Government House in Toronto (Chorley Park), designed in a style reminiscent of French châteaux. It was one of the most expensive residences ever constructed in Canada at the time (1915), and was more impressive than even Rideau Hall in size and grandeur. The building was demolished in 1961.[citation needed]
Other notable projects involving Heakes:
Osgoode Hall West Wing addition 1908 and North Wing 1910-1912[2]
francis, heakes, francis, riley, heakes, 1858, 1930, canadian, architect, studied, under, kivas, tully, 1880s, bornjuly, 1858toronto, canada, westdied1930nationalitycanadianoccupationarchitectpracticechief, architect, public, works, department, province, ontar. Francis Riley Heakes 1858 1930 was a Canadian architect He studied under Kivas Tully in the mid 1880s Francis R HeakesBornJuly 30 1858Toronto Canada WestDied1930NationalityCanadianOccupationArchitectPracticeChief Architect of the Public Works Department of the Province of OntarioBuildingsGovernment HouseThe Whitney Block formerly the East Block of Queens Park in downtown Toronto It was designed by F R Heakes and erected in two phases between 1926 and 1932 Heakes was born in Toronto to British immigrants Samuel Heakes and Elizabeth Isabella Riley He was at one time Chief Architect of the Public Works Department of the Province of Ontario The Ontario Archives hold drawings for virtually all provincial buildings including courthouses registry offices gaols amp lockups schools and colleges hospitals and other works executed under his supervision from 1896 until 1926 1 Among his important commissions were the Whitney Block in downtown Toronto the Mining Building at the University of Toronto 1905 and the Superior Court of Justice in Thunder Bay 1924 Perhaps his most famous commission was Government House in Toronto Chorley Park designed in a style reminiscent of French chateaux It was one of the most expensive residences ever constructed in Canada at the time 1915 and was more impressive than even Rideau Hall in size and grandeur The building was demolished in 1961 citation needed Other notable projects involving Heakes Osgoode Hall West Wing addition 1908 and North Wing 1910 1912 2 Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Chapel and Assembly Hall 1896 and Fire Hall 1919 3 Ontario Agricultural College Guelph Ontario various buildings from 1896 to 1929 4 See also editOther Ontario provincial architects included Kivas Tully George A White George N WilliamsReferences edit http dictionaryofarchitectsincanada org node 1512 Archived copy Archived from the original on 2013 08 07 Retrieved 2012 02 02 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Archived copy Archived from the original on 2013 08 07 Retrieved 2012 02 02 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Archived copy Archived from the original on 2013 08 07 Retrieved 2012 02 02 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Tully reference Mining Building Superior Court of Justice Chorely Park Dictionary of Architects in Canada Francis R HeakesPolitical officesPreceded byKivas Tully Chief Provincial Architect Ontario1896 1926 Succeeded byGeorge A White nbsp nbsp This article about a Canadian architect is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Francis R Heakes amp oldid 1166460705, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
