SHEARD, Joseph (1813-1883)
(biography in preparation)
JOSEPH SHEARD (residential works in Toronto unless noted)
EAST YORK, pair of cottages for Joseph Helliwell at Todmorden Mills, Pottery Road, 1849 (dwgs. at Todmorden Mills Museum, East York)
KING STREET WEST, at Bay Street, mansion for William Cawthra, 1852, demol. 1946 (O. Thompson, Toronto in the Camera, 1868, 47, illus.; C.A.B., xi, Jan. 1898, illus.; J.R. Roberston, Landmarks of Toronto, iii, 1898, 61; Eric Arthur, Toronto - No Mean City, 1964, 109, illus. & descrip.; W. Dendy, Lost Toronto, 1978, 88-9, illus.). A detailed architectural essay on the mansion, written by the Toronto architect Leonard E. Shore when the building was still standing, was published in the Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 24 Dec. 1936, 1 & 6)
BISHOP'S PALACE, Church Street near Bond Street, the residence for the Roman Catholic Archbishop, major addition, 1852; still standing in 2023 (British Colonist [Toronto], 11 May 1852, t.c.)
ASHBRIDGE HOUSE, Queen Street East opposite Connaught Avenue, 1854; altered 1899; still standing in 2023 (dwgs. City of Toronto Archives; Eric Arthur, Toronto - No Mean City, 1964, 113, illus. & descrip., but lacking attribution)
WELLESLEY STREET EAST, near Yonge Street, residence for R.H. Brett, 1855 (Globe [Toronto], 4 May 1855, 3, t.c.; and 4 Aug. 1856, 2)
ADELAIDE STREET WEST, near Yonge Street, residence for Richard French, 1856 (Globe [Toronto], 4 Aug. 1856, 2)
WELLINGTON STREET WEST, at Peter Street, residence for John S. Playfair, 1856 (Globe [Toronto], 7 Feb. 1856, 3, t.c.; and 4 Aug. 1856, 2)
BOND STREET, near Shuter Street, residence for Robert Walker, 1856 (Globe [Toronto], 4 Aug. 1856, 2)
JARVIS STREET, near Shuter Street, residence for Henry Eccles, 1856 (Globe [Toronto], 4 Aug. 1856, 2)
JARVIS STREET, north of Carleton Street, residence for Hon. Oliver Mowat, 1856; still standing in 2023 and now part of the National Ballet of Canada complex (Globe [Toronto], 4 Aug. 1856, 2)
PEMBROKE STREET, at Gerrard Street East, residence for George Elliot, 1856 (Globe [Toronto], 4 Aug. 1856, 2)
CHURCH STREET, near Carleton Street, two houses for Allan M. Howard, 1856 (Globe [Toronto], 4 Aug. 1856, 2)
MAITLAND STREET, at Church Street, residence for George Durand, 1856 (Globe [Toronto], 4 Aug. 1856, 2)
YONGE STREET, south of College Street, residence for J.B. Caulkins, 1856; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 4 Aug. 1856, 2)
CRUICKSHANK'S LANE, residence for Mr. McDonald, 1856 (Globe [Toronto], 4 Aug. 1856, 2)
CARLETON STREET, at Parliament Street, residence for Maurice Scollard, 1856 (Globe [Toronto], 4 Aug. 1856, 2)
CARLETON STREET, residence for G.P. Ure, 1856 (Globe [Toronto], 4 Aug. 1856, 2)
ISABELLA STREET, row of four houses, 1857 (Globe [Toronto], 10 Jan. 1857, 3, t.c.)
COLLEGE PLACE, residence for Mr. Perkins, 1857 (Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Baldwin Room, Pim Papers, S117, 1 May 1857)
CARLETON STREET, three houses for Joseph Foster, 1857 (Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Baldwin Room, Pim Papers, S117, 31 July 1857)
WHITBY, ONT., "Trafalgar Castle", a mansion for Nelson G. Reynolds, Reynolds Street, 1859-61 (Globe [Toronto], 17 March 1859, 3, t.c.; Whitby Chronicle, 30 July 1859, 2, descrip.; Globe [Toronto], 22 Aug. 1862, 2, descrip., but lacking attribution to the architect; M. MacRae & A. Adamson, Ancestral Roof, 1963, 174, 176-9, illus.)
EGLINTON, residence for James Stewart, 1859 (Leader [Toronto], 27 April 1859, 3, t.c.)
SEATON STREET, residence for William Ardagh, 1859 (Globe [Toronto], 28 July 1859, 2)
McGILL STREET, near Yonge Street, residence for Joseph Sheard, architect, 1859 (inf. from City of Toronto Archives)
VICTORIA STREET, near Lombard Street, row of three houses for William Elliot, 1861 (Globe [Toronto], 30 April 1861, 3, t.c.)
VICTORIA TERRACE, Victoria Street north of Gould Street, row of five houses, 1861; demol. (Leader [Toronto], 3 Aug. 1861, 3, t.c.)
JOSEPH SHEARD (other works in Toronto unless noted)
WHITTEMORE'S STORE, King Street East at Toronto Street, for Edward H. Rutherford, 1846; demol. 1886 (Telegram [Toronto], 15 May 1886, 5; J.R. Robertson, Landmarks of Toronto, i, 1894, 81-3, illus. & descrip.)
EAST YORK, grist mill for William Helliwell at Todmorden Mills, Pottery Road, 1847 (dwgs. at Todmorden Mills Museum, East York)
BOND STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, Bond Street south of Shuter Street, 1848; addition 1854 (Examiner [Toronto], 28 June 1848, 3; Daily Leader [Toronto], 28 March 1854, 2, descrip.; A. Sylvester, Sketches of Toronto, 1858, 66-7)
PROVINCIAL ASSURANCE CO., Toronto Street near Court Street, major addition and alterations to office block, 1852 (Daily Patriot [Toronto], 15 June 1852, 2; dwgs. at OA, Horwood Coll. 628)
CONSUMER'S GAS CO., Toronto Street, office block, with dwelling for the Manager, 1852 (Daily Patriot [Toronto], 15 June 1852, 2)
GEORGE STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL, 1852 (Globe [Toronto], 8 April 1852, 171, t.c.; Toronto Board of Education, Report of the Past History and Present Condition of the Common or Public Schools of Toronto, 1859, 45, 48)
YONGE STREET, at Adelaide Street East, stores for S. Shaw & Son and William Howard, c. 1852-53 (J.R. Roberston, Landmarks of Toronto, iii, 1898, 76, 78, illus.)
REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Louisa Street at James Street, 1852-53; demol. (A. Sylvester, Sketches of Toronto, 1858, 63; Globe [Toronto], 13 Dec. 1856, Pictorial Supplement, 2)
YORKVILLE WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH, Bloor Street East at Gwynne Avenue, 1853-54; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 8 Jan. 1853, 15, t.c.; Daily Leader [Toronto], 14 Sept. 1854, 2, descrip.)
WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH, Elm Street near Bay Street, 1854-55; burned 1861 (Globe [Toronto], 26 Jan. 1854, 3, t.c.; and 10 April 1855, 2, descrip.; A. Sylvester, Sketches of Toronto, 1858, 52)
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH, Alice Street, 1854; burned 1873 (Globe [Toronto], 10 April 1854, 3, t.c.; 13 Dec. 1856, Pictorial Supplement, 2, descrip.; Daily Leader [Toronto], 2 Jan. 1856, 2, descrip.; G.P. Ure, Handbook of Toronto, 1858, 256-7, descrip.)
SCARBOROUGH, Zion Primitive Methodist Church, Lawrence Avenue East at Warden Avenue, parsonage, 1854; demol. (J. Fitzpatrick, History of Zion United Church 1829-1889, 1942, 6)
JOHN STREET SCHOOL, John Street at Mercer Street, 1854, demol. (Globe [Toronto], 24 Nov. 1852, 2)
VICTORIA STREET SCHOOL, Victoria Street near Gould Street, 1854; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 24 Nov. 1852, 2)
PHOEBE STREET SCHOOL, Phoebe Street near Spadina Avenue, 1854; burned January 1905 (Toronto Board of Education, Report of the Past History and Present Condition of the Common or Public Schools of Toronto, 1859, 48, 52)
SCARBOROUGH, on Kingston Road near the 'Painted Post', a building for Peter Paterson, 1855 (Globe [Toronto], 23 Feb. 1855, 3)
OLD ST. MICHAEL'S CEMETERY, off Yonge Street near St. Clair Avenue West, 'Dead House' or Winter Vault and fences, 1855; still standing in 2023 (History of St. Michael's Cemetery, 1980, 16-17; J. Kinsella, Historical Walking Tour of Deer Park, 1996, 29, illus.)
CAMERON BLOCK, Yonge Street north of Queen Street West, 1856; demol. (Leader [Toronto], 8 Feb. 1856, 3, t.c.; J. Timperlake, Illustrated Toronto - Past & Present, 1876, 336)
KING STREET EAST, near Victoria Street, commercial block for Thomas Hutchinson, 1856; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 4 Aug. 1856, 2)
YONGE STREET, near Gerrard Street, five stores for John Bugg, 1856 (Globe [Toronto], 4 Aug. 1856, 2)
ROMAIN BUILDINGS, King Street West near York Street, for the Romain Brothers, 1856; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 2 Sept. 1856, 3, t.c.; O. Thompson, Toronto in the Camera, 1868, 40; Toronto Daily Star, 27 July 1928, 8, illus. and history)
BARRIE, ONT., Town Hall, Collier Street, 1856; extensively altered c. 1930 (Northern Advance [Barrie], 2 Oct. 1856, 2)
YORKVILLE COMMON SCHOOL, Bay Street at Davenport Road, 1857 (Globe [Toronto], 6 Feb. 1857, 4, t.c.)
WOODSTOCK, ONT., The Woodstock Literary Institute, College Avenue, 1857-60; burned 1861 but rebuilt and opened July 1862; renamed Woodstock College 1883; demol. 1959 (Globe [Toronto], 26 June 1857, 2)
PETERBOROUGH, ONT., Union School, Murray Street, 1857-59; tower removed c. 1920 (History of the County of Peterborough Ontario, 1884, 329)
KING STREET WEST, at York Street, commercial block with eleven shops for Frederick W. Jarvis, 1858; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 2 April 1858, 3, t.c.; Building News [London], iv, 20 Aug. 1858, 846, descrip.)
VICTORIA HALL, Melinda Street, for J. Ellis, 1858 (Leader [Toronto], 6 July 1858, 3, t.c.)
HOUSE OF INDUSTRY, Elm Street, additions and alterations, 1858 (Globe [Toronto], 19 Aug. 1858, 3, t.c.)
LEADER NEWSPAPER BUILDING, King Street East at Leader Lane, 1858 (Leader [Toronto], 5 Jan. 1859, 3, descrip.)
GIVINS STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL, 1859 (Globe [Toronto], 12 May 1859, 2, t.c.; dwgs. at Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Baldwin Room, John G. Howard Coll., 431)
LOUISA STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL, addition, 1859 (Globe [Toronto], 28 July 1859, 2, descrip.)
PALACE STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL, Palace Street at Cherry Street, 1859 (Globe [Toronto], 28 July 1859, 2, descrip.)
YORK COUNTY COURT HOUSE, Adelaide Street East, west of Church Street, two additions, 1859; still standing in 2023 (Globe [Toronto], 9 Aug. 1859, 3, t.c.)
LYING-IN HOSPITAL, Sheppard Street, 1859; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 29 Oct. 1859, 2, descrip.)
YORK TOWNSHIP, School House No. 1, 1860 (Globe [Toronto], 26 April 1860, 3, t.c.)
PEEL COUNTY, Bethany Wesleyan Methodist Church, Fifth Line East near Britannia Road, near Town of Malton, 1861-62; church closed 1956; demol. 1957 (Bethany Church -The Story of the Years 1824-1956)
AGRICULTURAL HALL, Yonge Street at Queen Street West, 1861-62; burned 1895 (Globe [Toronto], 7 Sept. 1861, 3, t.c.; and 26 Feb. 1862, 1, descrip.; and 1 March 1862, 2, editorial & critique)
WEST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Queen Street West at Denison Avenue, 1861; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 14 Nov. 1861, 2, descrip.)
SHEARD & IRVING (Joseph Sheard & William Irving) - works in Toronto unless noted
ONTARIO BANK, Wellington Street East at Scott Street, 1861-62; demol. 1951 (Globe [Toronto], 13 April 1861, 3, t.c.; and 26 Feb. 1862, 1, descrip.; O. Thompson, Toronto in the Camera, 1868, 10, illus.; Canadian Illustrated News, ii, 17 Dec. 1870, 390, 392, illus. & descrip.; Eric Arthur, Toronto - No Mean City, 1964, 166-67, illus. & descrip.; W. Dendy, Lost Toronto, 1978, 60-1, illus.)
GALT, ONT., parsonage for Trinity Anglican Church, Grand Avenue North at Blair Road, 1863; still standing in 2023 (Dumfries Reformer [Galt], 2 Dec. 1863, 2, descrip.)
PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH, Queen Street West near Lumley Avenue, 1864 (Globe [Toronto], 14 Oct. 1864, 2, descrip.)
DODGSON, SHIELDS & CO., Yonge Street at Temperance Street, warehouse, 1866 (Globe [Toronto], 1 Feb. 1866, 2, descrip.)
ELIZABETH STREET SCHOOL, Elizabeth Street at Walton Street, 1867; demol. (Ninth Annual Report of the Public Schools of Toronto for 1867, 42-3)
JOSEPH SHEARD (works in Toronto)
SHEARD'S BLOCK, Yonge Street at McGill Street, 1876 (Globe [Toronto], 4 Dec. 1876, 3)