Willmot, Mancel

WILLMOT, Mancel (1853-1934)
(biography in preparation)

Mancel WILLMOT (works in Toronto)

YORKVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL, Cottingham Street East, 1877; addition 1888 (Globe [Toronto], 20 Feb. 1877, 3, t.c.; and 12 Sept. 1877, 1, descrip.; dwgs. at Toronto Board of Education Archives; Toronto Public Library, Yorkville in Pictures, 1978, 26, illus.)
DAVENPORT ROAD PUBLIC SCHOOL, additions and alterations, 1878; new facade and addition, 1888 (Globe [Toronto], 11 June 1878, 3, t.c.; J.R. Roberston, Landmarks of Toronto, v, 1908, 424)

WILLMOT & STEWART (works in Winnipeg unless noted)

WINNIPEG GYMNASIUM & BOWLING ALLEY, Main Street, 1880 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 20 Oct. 1880, 1, t.c.)
GRAHAM AVENUE, at Edmonton Street, residence for E.G. Conklin, 1880 (Winnipeg Daily Times, 30 Oct. 1880, 1)
JEMIMA STREET, tenement house for L. Halliday, 1880 (Winnipeg Daily Times, 30 Oct. 1880, 1)
MANITOBA CURLING & SKATING RINK, Lombard Avenue, 1880 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 6 Nov. 1880, 1, t.c.)
WOOD'S TERRACE, Margaret Street, 1881 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 4 March 1881, 1, t.c.)
SWINFORD'S TERRACE, First Street at St. Mary Avenue, a row of six houses for H. Swinford, 1881 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 6 April 1881, 1, t.c.)
GEORGE AVENUE, residence for J.M. O'Laughlin, 1881 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 12 April 1881, 1)
EMERSON, MAN., large villa for William N. Fairbanks '.....in the northern part of town', Roseau Street, between 2nd & 3rd Streets, 1881; still standing in 2022 (Emerson International, 19 May 1881, 5)
HARGRAVE STREET, terrace of four houses for an unnamed client, 1881 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 30 May 1881, 1, t.c.)
BROADWAY, at Smith Street, residence for Mark Fortune, 1881 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 6 July 1881, 1, t.c.)
PALACE HOTEL, Notre Dame Avenue opposite Albert Street, 1881 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 22 Aug. 1881, 1, t.c.)
ADELAIDE TERRACE, Notre Dame Avenue at Adelaide Street, 1881 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 22 Aug. 1881, 1, t.c.)
STOBART BLOCK, Portage Avenue at Smith Street, 1881-82 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 23 Dec. 1881, 8, descrip.)
QUEEN STREET, at Smith Street, a 4 storey commercial block for an unnamed client, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 14 Feb. 1882, 5, t.c.)
KNAPPEN HOUSE HOTEL, Queen Street, major addition, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 20 Feb. 1882, 8, t.c.)
JARVIS & BERRIDGE BLOCK, Notre Dame Avenue East, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 10 March 1882, 1, t.c.)
CARRUTHER'S BLOCK, a 3 storey commercial block with four stores, Main Street at Alexander Avenue, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 10 March 1882, 1, t.c.)
FORTUNE BLOCK, Main Street at St. Mary Avenue, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 29 March 1882, 7, t.c.; Winnipeg, 1990-The Year Past, 51-2, illus.)
EMERSON, MAN., Alexandra Block, Main Street, a 3 storey commercial block for William N. Fairbanks, 1882; but a portion of the building burned 1947, and the remainder demol. c. 1970 (Emerson International, 6 April 1882, 6, descrip. but lacking attribution; Manitoba Free Press, 15 April 1882, 1, t.c.)
STONEWALL, MAN., Church of the Ascension (Anglican), 2nd Street West at 1st Avenue North, 1882; still standing in 2022 (K. Crossman, A Study of Anglican Church Buildings in Manitoba, 1989, 135, illus.)
MIDDLEGATE STREET, residence for E.P. Powis, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 19 April 1882, 5, t.c.)
WRIGHT'S TERRACE, Edmonton Street, a row of eight houses, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 26 April 1882, 8, t.c.)
RICHARDSON BLOCK, Main Street at Owen Avenue, 1882; demol. 1916 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 28 April 1882, 8, t.c.)
MAY BLOCK, Portage Avenue at Smith Street, for Samuel May, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 20 May 1882, 8, t.c.)
(with Walter Strickland) WINNIPEG GENERAL HOSPITAL, McDermot Avenue at Olivia Street, 1882-84 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 24 May 1882, 8, t.c.; and 13 Feb. 1884, 4, detailed descrip.)
EDMONTON STREET, at York Street, terrace of six houses, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 6 June 1882, 4, t.c.)
ANDREW'S TERRACE, St. Joseph Street at Armand Street, a row of six houses for Alex MacArthur, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 28 July 1882, 5, t.c.)
HENDERSON & BULL CO., Bannatyne Avenue, warehouse, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 22 Aug. 1882, 8, t.c.; Winnipeg, 1986-The Year Past, 1988, 25-6, illus.)
TURNER & McKEAND CO., Bannatyne Avenue at Rorie Street, warehouse, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 8 Sept. 1882, 4, t.c.)
PARSON & FERGUSON CO., Rorie Street at Bannatyne Avenue, warehouse, 1883 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 20 April 1883, 6, t.c.)
KILDONAN, MAN., manse for the church, 1883 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 14 May 1883, 5, t.c.)
EDMONTON STREET, at York Avenue, two pairs of houses for H.W.D. Armstrong, 1883 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 25 June 1883, 4, t.c.)
GRETNA, MAN., residence for an unnamed client, 1883 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 4 July 1883, 4, t.c.)
WARDLAW AVENUE, at Scott Street, residence for J.H. Woodman, 1883 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 17 July 1883, 5, t.c.)
JOHN BLACK AVENUE, manse for Old Kildonan parish, 1883 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 23 Nov., 1883, 4, descrip.)

Mancel WILLMOT (works in Toronto unless noted)

(attributed) PETERBOROUGH, ONT., terrace of seven houses for George Cox, Rubidge Street, east of Charlotte Street, 1884-85; still standing in 2023 (C. Cameron & J. Wright, Second Empire Style in Canadian Architecture, 1980, 150-1, illus.)
PARKER'S DYE WORKS, Yonge Street near Bloor Street, 1885; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 7 March 1885, 3, t.c.)
CENTRAL BANK OF CANADA, Yorkville Branch, Yonge Street near Asquith Street, 1886; demol. (Telegram [Toronto], 1 April 1886, 2, t.c.)
CITY JAIL, Gerrard Street East near Broadview Avenue, residence for the Governor of the Jail, 1888; still standing in 2022 (Telegram [Toronto], 25 Aug. 1888, 3, t.c.; dwgs. at OA, RG 15-13-2-425)
YORKVILLE FIRE HALL, Yorkville Avenue, reconstruction, c. 1889; still standing in 2022 (Toronto Public Library, Yorkville in Pictures, 1978, 53; E. Willmot, Where's The Fire, 1980, 116-17, illus.)
NORTH YORK, Fairbank Methodist Church, Dufferin Street near Stayner Avenue, 1889 (Fairbank Church - Golden Jubilee 1889-1939, 1964, illus.)
DEER PARK SCHOOL, St. Clair Avenue East, 1889; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 27 Feb. 1889, 7, t.c.)
LITTLE YORK PUBLIC SCHOOL, Coleman Avenue near Dawes Road, 1890 (C.R., i, 30 Aug. 1890, 3)
ST. CUTHBERT'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Bayview Avenue at St. Cuthebert's Road, 1890; still standing in 2022 (History of St. Cuthbert's Parish-Leaside 1890-1940, 6, illus.)
EGLINTON PUBLIC SCHOOL (now called John Fisher Public School), Erskine Avenue, major addition, 1892 (C.R., iii, 9 April 1892, 2)
DAVISVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL, Davisville Avenue, 1892 (C.R., iii, 9 April 1892, 2)
MacFARLANE, McKINLEY & CO., Wellesley Street West near Bay Street, factory, 1893; demol. (Toronto b.p. 1344, 1 June 1893)
NORTH YORK, York Mills Public School, York Mills Road near Yonge Street, 1893; burned 1924 (C.R., iv, 22 June 1893, 1)
TILLSONBURG, ONT., St. John's Anglican Church, Ridout Street at Bidwell Street, 1899-1900; still standing in 2022 (Tillsonburg Observer, 27 Sept. 1900, 4, illus. & descrip.)
BEDFORD ROAD, at Davenport Road, residence for N. McConnell, 1900 (Toronto b.p. 217, 5 Oct. 1900)
SUMMERHILL AVENUE, near Tacoma Avenue, residence for Thomas J. Madill, 1902 (Toronto b.p. 512, 20 Oct. 1902)
DOVERCOURT PUBLIC SCHOOL, Hallam Street at Bartlett Avenue, 1905; addition, 1907 (C.R., xvi, 21 June 1905, 7, t.c.; and xviii, 17 April 1907, 1, t.c.)
ORIOLE ROAD, near St. Clair Avenue West, residence for James E. Bach, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 4324, 20 June 1906)
LYNWOOD AVENUE, residence for D. Ten Eyck, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 6 March 1907, 8, t.c.)
LONSDALE ROAD, near Oriole Road, residence for William H. Millman, 1907 (Toronto b.p. 7190, 27 April 1907)