WICKSON, Alexander Frank (1861-1936), a talented and prolific architect who was active for nearly 50 years in the following Toronto offices:
Dick & Wickson, Toronto, 1889- March 1895 (with Norman B. Dick)
A.F. Wickson, Toronto April 1895 to 1904
Wickson & Gregg, Toronto, 1905 to 1934 (with Alfred H. Gregg)
(biography in preparation)
A.F. WICKSON
(works in Toronto unless noted)
GRAY BUILDING, for Robert H. Gray, Wellington Street West near Yonge Street, 1895; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 5 July 1895, 4)
HUXLEY STREET, South Parkdale, residence for George A. Long, 1897 (C.R., viii, 23 Sept. 1897, 1)
ST. JOSEPH STREET, at St. Nicholas Street, storage warehouse for Marmaduke Rawlinson, addition of a new 4th storey, 1898; three storey warehouse, 1900-01; new warehouse, 1905-07 (by Wickson & Gregg); extension, 1913 (by Wickson & Gregg); addition 1920 (by Wickson only) (Toronto b.p. 158, 20 May 1898; b.p. 8, 23 Nov. 1900; b.p. 1633, 27 July 1905; b.p. 6387, 20 Aug. 1913; b.p. 29369, 29 March 1920)
WALKER AVENUE, residence for George M. Bryan, 1898 (Toronto b.p. 157, 23 Dec. 1898)
SOUTH DRIVE, residence for James Jermyn, 1899 (C.A.B., xii, March 1899, illus.)
MACPHERSON AVENUE WEST, residence for Henry Wickson, 1899 (Toronto b.p. 21, 16 Oct. 1899)
COLLEGE STREET, near University Avenue, conversion of the Toronto Athletic Club for the Toronto Technical School, 1900 (C.R., xi, 8 Aug. 1900, 3)
SOUTH DRIVE, residence for Charles May, 1900 (Toronto b.p. 175, 18 Sept. 1900)
DOVERCOURT ROAD, near Dewson Street, residence for Daniel Scott, (C.A.B., xiii, Sept. 1900, illus.)
ROSEDALE ROAD, near Crescent Road, residence for Albert Horton, 1900-01 (Toronto b.p. 5, 22 Nov. 1900)
PARK ROAD, residence for Andrew T. Reid, 1901 (C.R., xii, 11 Sept. 1901, 2, t.c.)
OTTAWA, ONT., residence for George Simpson, Clemow Avenue near Lyon Street, 1901 (C.R., xii, 26 June 1901, 2)
PURE GOLD MANUFACTURING CO., King Street West at Duncan Street, warehouse for Thomas B. Greening, 1901 (Toronto b.p. 287, 4 Oct. 1901)
MAPLE AVENUE, residence for Marmaduke Rawlinson, 1902 (Toronto b.p. 46, 2 April 1902)
SPADINA ROAD, north of Bloor Street West, residence for Harry C. Barker, 1903 (Toronto b.p. 820, 10 March 1903)
PARIS, ONT., Carnegie Library, 1903-04 (C.R., xiv, 13 May 1903, 1, t.c.; dwgs. at Paris Public Library)
FIRE HALL NO. 4, Berkeley Street at Adelaide Street East, reconstruction and extensions, 1903-04 (C.R., xiv, 18 Nov. 1903, 4)
WELLINGTON STREET WEST, warehouse for John D. Ivey & Co., 1903-04 (C.R., xiv, 18 March 1903, 4, t.c.; E. Arthur, Toronto No Mean City, 1964, 222, illus.)
YONGE STREET, near Bloor Street, store and factory for George Coles, 1904; addition 1913 by Wickson & Gregg (Toronto b.p. 558, 28 May 1904; 5 May 1913; demol. 2008)
FEATHERBONE NOVELTY CO., King Street West at Duncan Street, warehouse for Alexander T. Reid, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 693, 17 June 1904)
SAUNDERS, LORIE & CO., Adelaide Street West at Simcoe Street, warehouse, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 1445, 28 Oct. 1904)
CLUNY AVENUE, near Crescent Road, residence for Richard S. Williams Jr., 1904 (Toronto b.p. 1446, 28 Oct. 1904)
PURE GOLD MANUFACTURING CO., College Street near Augusta Avenue, factory, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 772, 29 June 1904)
ELMSLEY PLACE, pair of houses for Alphonse F. Jones and William R. Houston, 1904 (Const., iii, July 1910, 87, illus.)
WICKSON & GREGG
Residential Works
WALMER ROAD, near Bernard Avenue, for Arthur Dinnis, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 788, 5 May 1905)
CHESTNUT PARK ROAD, near Cluny Avenue, for George M. Bryan, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 1018, 3 June 1905)
ST. GEORGE STREET, near Lowther Avenue, for John D. Robertson, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 1172, 17 June 1905)
FOREST HILL ROAD, near Heath Street, for Robert Northey, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 5760, 27 Oct. 1906)
TORONTO COTTAGE HOME CO., semi-detached cottages, 1907 (C.A.B., xx, July 1907, 117, illus.)
ST. GEORGE STREET, near Bernard Avenue, for George E. Shaw, 1907 (Toronto b.p. 8302, 2 July 1907)
LAMPORT AVENUE, near May Place, for James McLenaghen, 1907 (C.A.B., xxi, April 1908, 16-17, illus. & descrip.; Western Architect [Minneapolis], xv, Feb. 1910, illus.)
ORIOLE ROAD, near St. Clair Avenue West, for James Grand, 1908 (Const., iii, July 1910, 85-6, illus.)
CHESTNUT PARK ROAD, for John B. McCarter, 1908 (Western Architect [Minneapolis], xiv, Sept. 1909, illus.; xv, March 1910, illus.; Const., iii, July 1910, 84, 86, illus)
FOREST HILL ROAD, residence for the architect, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 2 Sept. 1908, 20-1, illus.; Toronto Society of Architects Catalogue, 1909, 79, illus.)
BINSCARTH ROAD, near Glen Road, for Mrs. Charles May, 1908 (Const., iii, July 1910, 81-83, illus.)
DAVENPORT ROAD, near Spadina Road, 'Ardwold', a mansion for Sir John Craig Eaton, 1909-10; demol. 1936 (Toronto b.p. 15141, 9 May 1909; Toronto Society of Architects Exhibit Catalogue, 1912, 45, illus.; W. Dendy, Lost Toronto, 1978, 185-7, illus. & descrip.)
LYNWOOD AVENUE, near Poplar Plains Road, for Mrs. Harry F. Webb, 1909 (Const., iv, Sept. 1911, 75-7, illus. & descrip.)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, near St. Clair Avenue West, for Frederick J. Smith, 1909 (Toronto b.p.17716, 15 Oct. 1909)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, at Heath Street, for John Boyd, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 21057, 4 June 1910)
COLLEGE STREET, near Dovercourt Road, for Dr. John D. Webster, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 22738, 12 Aug. 1910)
HEATH STREET WEST, at Dunvegan Road, for Reuben Millichamp, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 22666, 9 Aug. 1910)
ROXBOROUGH STREET EAST, for Hugh L. Kerr, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 24004, 22 Oct. 1910)
WHITNEY AVENUE, near Glen Road, for Charles E. Lailey, 1910-11 (Toronto b.p. 24808, 13 Dec. 1910)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, near Lonsdale Road, for Alexander H. Rodgers, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 26 July 1911, 60)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, near Lonsdale Road, for George F. Shepley, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 33910, 14 May 1912)
BEAUMONT ROAD, near Glen Road, for Albert E. Thorley, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 35111, 18 June 1912; dwgs. at OA, D Collection, Item 1802-18)
HEATH STREET WEST, near Dunvegan Road, for Gordon T. Jennings, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 37852, 30 Sept. 1912)
HIGHLAND AVENUE, near Glen Road, for William A. Kemp, 1913 (Toronto b.p. 2121, 20 Feb. 1913)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, near Poplar Plains Road, for James Hardy, 1913 (Toronto b.p. 6563, 28 Aug. 1913)
DRUMSNAB ROAD, at Castle Frank Road, for Mrs. William N. West, 1914 (Const., ix, June 1916, 184-5, illus.)
OAKVILLE, ONT., 'Haltonbrooke', for Joseph W. Flavelle Jr., Middle Road, 1916 (Const., ix, Dec. 1916, 432; xii, June 1919, 190, illus.)
LYNDHURST AVENUE, for Ralph Connable, 1916-17 (Const., x, May 1917, 154-5, illus. & descrip.)
LAKE ROSSEAU, MUSKOKA, 'Kawandag', for Sir John Craig Eaton, 1920-21 (Const., xiv, Aug. 1921, 241-45, illus. & descrip.; C.H.G., xii, May 1935, 20, illus.)
NORTH YORK, ONT., 'Donalda', for David A. Dunlap, near Don Mills Road and York Mills Road, 1921 (Const., xiv, Oct. 1921, 302-6, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, v, Feb. 1928, 54-5, illus.; C.H.G., vi, May 1929, 23-7, illus.)
CLUNY DRIVE, near Crescent Road, for Fawcett A. Reid, 1921 (Toronto b.p. 44039, 10 Oct. 1921)
CLUNY DRIVE, at Cluny Avenue, for Norman B. McPherson, 1922 (Toronto b.p. 48497, 13 April 1922)
EVERSLEY, KING TOWNSHIP, ONT., farm buildings at Eaton Hall Farm, including barn and silos, Dufferin Street near Highway 40, 1923-24; farm buildings burned 1937, and rebuilt 1937-38 by Wickson, Gregg & Blackwell (R.A.I.C. Journal, v, Feb. 1928, 58-60, illus. & descrip.; C.H.G., vii, May 1930, 17-22, illus.; Newmarket Era, 16 Sept. 1937, 5, descrip.; Kelly Mathews, Eaton Hall - Pride of King Township, 2015, 113-120, illus. & descrip.)
EVERSLEY, KING TOWNSHIP, ONT., 'Villa Fiori', a mansion for Lady Eaton, Dufferin Street near Highway 40, 1924-25, and now part of Seneca College, King Campus (C.H.G., vii, Aug. 1930, 35, illus.; Kelly Mathews, Eaton Hall - Pride of King Township, 2015, 57-74, illus. & descrip.)
OSHAWA, ONT., farm for George N. McLaughlin, 1928 (R.A.I.C. Journal, v, Feb. 1928, 56-7, 60, illus. & descrip.)
NORTH YORK, ONT., 'Annandale', for Lieut. Gov. Herbert A. Bruce, Bayview Avenue, 1929 (R.A.I.C. Journal, vi, March 1929, 100, illus.; C.H.G., vi, May 1929, 48)
BRANTFORD, ONT., for Reginald J. Scarfe, Ava Road, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 10 Sept. 1930, 65)
PORT CREDIT, ONT., for Alexander Fasken, Mississauga Road, c. 1929 (C.H.G., vii, March 1930, 20, illus.)
UNIONVILLE, ONT., 'Glenburn Farms', for Col. Frederick H. Deacon, 1931 (C.H.G., viii, Nov. 1931, 17-22, illus.)
MAPLE, ONT., for Rev. Sidney Martin, c. 1936 (C.H.G., xiv, March 1937, 31, illus.)
Commercial & Industrial Works
ARLINGTON CO., Fraser Avenue near Liberty Street, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 2238, 9 Oct. 1905)
TURNBULL ELEVATOR CO., John Street near Adelaide Street West, addition to factory, 1905-06 (C.R., xvi, 22 Nov. 1905, 5)
JOHN C. GREEN & CO., Wellington Street West near York Street, warehouse, 1905; demol. (C.A.B., xx, Aug. 1907, 148-9, illus.; Eric Arthur, Toronto-No Mean City, 1964, 222, illus. & descrip.)
TELFER MANUFACTURING CO., Duncan Street at Pearl Street, factory, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 3182, 23 March 1906)
FLEMING ATWELL PRINTING CO., Duncan Street at Pearl Street, warehouse, 1906-07 (Toronto b.p. 5892, 9 Nov. 1906)
E.W. GILLET CO., King Street West at Duncan Street, warehouse, 1907 (Toronto b.p. 7597, 16 May 1907)
HARRY BARKER BREAD CO., Spadina Avenue at St. Patrick Street, factory, 1908 (C.R., xix, 12 Feb. 1908, 20)
McLAUGHLIN CARRIAGE CO., Church Street at Richmond Street East, warehouse, 1908-9 (Toronto b.p. 13422, 25 Nov. 1908)
J. STEVENS & SON, Wellington Street West near Simcoe Street, warehouse, 1909; demol. (C.R., xxiii, 10 March 1909, 27)
COPP CLARK CO., Wellington Street West at Portland Street, warehouse, 1909; extensions 1912, 1928 (Toronto b.p. 14147, 11 March 1909; 33293, 13 April 1912; A5884, 12 March 1928)
HARCOURT & SON LTD., King Street West near York Street, retail store, 1910; demol. (NAC, MG30, B86, xvi, item 8, Catalogue of the Fenestra Steel Sash Co., Toronto, list of works, 44)
ZAM-BUK CO., for C.E. Fulford Ltd., Dupont Street near Spadina Road, office, 1910 (Const., v, March 1912, 85, illus.)
WILSON, LYTLE & BADGEROW CO., Adelaide Street East near Sherbourne Street, factory, 1911 (Proceedings of the Ontario Association of Architects, xi, 1912, illus.)
BOYD, BRUMMELL CO., Wellington Street West near Yonge Street, warehouse, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 3 April 1912, 72)
ANDREW MUIRHEAD CO., King Street East at Frederick Street, warehouse, 1914 (Toronto b.p. 11139, 4 May 1914)
CENTRAL MOTOR APARTMENTS, Temperance Street, a parking garage, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 15 Oct. 1924, 1028-35, illus. & descrip.; Const., xviii, March 1925, 90-5, illus. & descrip.)
Institutional and Other Works
(with Alfred H. Chapman) CARNEGIE LIBRARY, College Street at St. George Street, 1906-09; addition 1928-29 (C.A.B., xix, June 1906, 85-6, 96 ff., illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iii, May/June 1926, 97-99, illus.; Const., xxiii, Sept. 1930, 282-84, 293-94, illus. & descrip.; W. Dendy & W. Kilbourn, Toronto Observed, 1986, 164-67, illus.)
BRAMPTON, ONT., Carnegie Library, Queen Street East at Chapel Street, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 5 Sept. 1906, 1)
BLOOR STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Bloor Street West at Huron Street, new Sunday School, 1908 (Tornto b.p. 11694, 4 July 1908)
TIMOTHY EATON MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH, St. Clair Avenue West at Dunvegan Road, Sunday School 1911, Church 1913-14 (Toronto Society of Architects Exhibit Catalogue, 1912, 67, illus.; C.R., xxix, 13 Jan. 1915, 36-7, illus. & descrip.; Const., viii, Feb. 1915, 60-67, illus. & descrip.; S. Ayer, History of Timothy Eaton Memorial Church 1909-1977, 12; W. Dendy & W. Kilbourn, Toronto Observed, 1986, 190-91, illus. & descrip.)
LAKEVIEW CLUB, Harrison Avenue, 1911 (Const., v, Dec. 1911, 70-71, illus.)
SHERBOURNE STREET METHODIST CHURCH, Sherbourne Street at Carlton Street, new Sunday School, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 26758, 28 April 1911)
HAVERGAL JUNIOR SCHOOL, St. Clair Avenue West near Yonge Street, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 26 July 1911, 59)
INFANTS HOME & INFIRMARY, St. Mary Street near St. Nicholas Street, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 35963, 11 July 1912)
STURGEON POINT, ONT., Methodist Church [now called Sturgeon Point Union Church]. Irene Avenue at 6th Street, 1915 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xvi, July 1939, 158, illus.)
BRAMPTON, ONT., High School, 1917 (C.R., xxxi, 21 March 1917, 43)
ST. CLAIR AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH, St. Clair Avenue West at Rushton Road, 1924 (Const., xviii, Feb. 1925, 36-9, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, ii, March/April 1925, xvii, illus. in advert.)
HALIFAX, N.S., St. Andrew's United Church, Cobourg Road at Robie Street, 1926-27 (Halifax Herald, 15 Oct. 1927, 15, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, vi, Feb. 1929, 40-44, illus. & descrip.)
CALVIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Delisle Avenue near Yonge Street, 1926-27 (Const., xx, Nov. 1927, 359-64, illus. & descrip.)
COMPETITIONS
WINNIPEG, MAN., City Hall, 1913. Wickson & Gregg teamed up with Alfred Bodley to submit a design. They were one of 39 architectural firms from across Canada who submitted plans in this national competition, but they were not among the five finalists (City of Winnipeg Archives, Council Communications, 1913, Box A169, Item 9741, list of entrants). The winners were Clemesha & Portnall of Regina, but their scheme was never built.