SPROATT, Henry (1866-1934), one of the most important Canadian architects during the early 20th C., and an acknowledged master of the Collegiate Gothic style. He was active in the following offices:
Darling, Curry, Sproatt & Pearson, Toronto, 1891 to 1893 (with Frank Darling, Samuel G. Curry, and John Pearson)
Darling, Sproatt & Pearson, Toronto 1893 to 1896 (with Frank Darling,and John Pearson)
Henry Sproatt, Toronto, 1898-1899
Sproatt & Rolph, Toronto, 1899- January1905 (with Ernest R. Rolph)
Curry, Sproatt & Rolph, Toronto, February 1905-1907 (with Samuel G. Curry and Ernest R. Rolph). N.B. An early biography and list of works by S.G. Curry, and by Sproatt & Rolph, during the period from 1900 to 1905, was published in the Toronto Daily Star, 23 June 1905, Industrial Edition Supplement, p. 24.
Sproatt & Rolph, Toronto, 1908-1934 (with Ernest R. Rolph)
Ernest R. Rolph, Toronto, under the name of Sproatt & Rolph after the death of Henry Sproatt in 1934, from 1934 until after 1950
(biography in preparation)
HENRY SPROATT (works in Toronto)
(with John A. Pearson) LEOPOLD STREET, residence for Marshall D. Barr, 1890 (C.A.B., iii, Oct. 1890, illus.)
MIMICO, WEST TORONTO, 'Lynne Lodge', a residence and gardener's cottage for Frederick B. Fetherstonhaugh, Lakeshore Road West near Royal York Road, 1899; residence now demol.; gardener's cottage still standing in 2011 (C.A.B., xii, July 1899, 7, illus.; Aug. 1899, 1, illus.)
SPROATT & ROLPH (Residential Works in Toronto unless noted)
ROXBOROUGH STREET EAST, near Crescent Road, for Frank A. Rolph, 1901 (Toronto b.p. 166, 2 Aug. 1901; C.A.B., xvii, Dec. 1904, 197, 208, illus. & descrip.)
CRESCENT ROAD, at Rosedale Road, for A. Horton, 1901 (Toronto b.p. 66, 11 Nov. 1901; C.A.B., xvii, June 1904, illus.)
QUEEN'S PARK CRESCENT, near Bloor Street West, for Edward R. Wood, 1901-02; addition 1908; still standing in 2022 (Toronto b.p. 208, 28 Aug. 1901; C.A.B., xvii, Oct. 1904, illus.; xxi, April 1908, 9, illus. & descrip.; Const., iii, Nov. 1910, 58-63, 82, illus. & descrip.)
CRESCENT ROAD, near Scarth Road, for Frank W. Baille, 1902 (Toronto b.p. 11 June 1902; C.A.B., xvii, Jan. 1904, 16; and June 1904, illus.; C.H.G., iii, June 1926, 32-3, illus.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., for Colin H. Campbell, Roslyn Road, 1904 (C.A.B., xvii, Oct. 1904, 173)
ROXBOROUGH STREET EAST, near Chestnut Park Place, for Eri Whaley, 1905; still standing in 2022 (C.A.B., xvii, Dec. 1904, illus.; Toronto b.p. 198, 13 Jan. 1905; Const., iii, July 1910, 101, 103, illus.)
HUNTLEY STREET, for Mossom Boyd, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 283, 20 Feb. 1905)
WINNIPEG, MAN., for Edward B. Nash, St. John's Avenue East near Main Street, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 5 July 1905, 6, t.c.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., a mansion for Hon. Robert Rogers, Roslyn Road, 1905 (Winnipeg Tribune, 23 Sept. 1905, 11, descrip.)
PETERBOROUGH, ONT., for John Wood, Belmont Avenue, 1905 (dwgs. at OA; dwgs. Peterborough Centennial Museum, Wm. Langford Papers, Acc. 1971-023)
FERNIE, B.C., for R.W. Wood, 1905 (dwgs. at OA)
WINNIPEG, MAN., near Ellen Street, stores and apartment block, 1906 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 6 Dec. 1906, 38, descrip.)
(with Lindsay Wardell) WINNIPEG, MAN., a mansion for Elisha F. Hutchings, Wellington Crescent, 1906-07 (Winnipeg Tribune, 17 May 1906, 9; Western Architect [Minneapolis], xi, May 1908, illus.)
JARVIS STREET, near Gloucester Street, for Chester D. Massey, addition of Billiard Room and Art Gallery, 1907 (Toronto b.p. 7311, 2 May 1907; dwgs. at NAC, Hart Massey Coll., 756/23090; dwgs. at OA)
SHERBOURNE STREET NORTH, near Elm Avenue, for Edward D. Gooderham, 1908; still standing in 2022 (Const., i, June 1908, 54-5, illus.; iii, July 1910, 107-8, illus.; The Studio Year Book of Decorative Art [London], 1916, 104, illus.)
DUNVEGAN ROAD, for Dr. W. Cecil Trotter, 1909 (Const., ii, June 1909, 82, illus.)
EDMUND AVENUE, for George G. Burnett, c. 1909 (Const., iii, July 1910, 102-3, illus.)
LOWTHER AVENUE, for Miller Lash, 1909 (Const., iii, Aug. 1910, 76-9, illus. & descrip.)
ABERDEEN AVENUE, for Frank S. Harris, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 3 Feb. 1909, 32-3, illus.)
LAXTON AVENUE, for William Bohne, 1909 (Toronto b.p. 15995, 22 June 1909)
SHERBOURNE STREET, near Bloor Street East, for Wallace A. Scott, 1909 (Toronto b.p. 16859, 12 Aug. 1909)
JACKES AVENUE, near Yonge Street, residence for the architect Ernest R. Rolph, 1909 (Toronto b.p. 13969, 17 Feb. 1909; dwgs. at OA; J. Kinsella, Historical Walking Tour of Deer Park, 1996, 25-6, illus.)
ROXBOROUGH STREET EAST, near Yonge Street, for Edwin Bell, 1909 (Const., v, Dec. 1911, 64-6, illus.)
ROXBOROUGH STREET EAST, near Glen Road, for Thomas Gibson, 1910 (Const., v, Dec 1911, 67-9, illus.)
WYCHWOOD PARK, near Davenport Road and Bathurst Street, for Charles T. Currelly, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 30699, 29 Sept. 1911)
BENLAMOND AVENUE, near Kingston Road, a two storey residence for Emma Jane Cox Davis, 1911 (City of Toronto b.p. 29550, 9 Aug. 1911; inf. Barbara Myrvold, Toronto)
NORWOOD ROAD, at Benlamond Avenue, a one storey residence for Emma Jane Cox Davis, 1911 (City of Toronto b.p. 30942, 16 Oct. 1911; inf. Barbara Myrvold, Toronto)
OAKVILLE, ONT., for F.A. Prime, Lakeshore Road East, c. 1911 (Const., v, Feb. 1912, 28, illus. in advert.)
AVENUE ROAD, near Heath Street West, for Anthony L. Malone, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 34401, 29 May 1912)
QUEBEC CITY, QUE., for L.J. Adjutor Amyot, Grand Allee East, 1913; addition, 1918; demol. c. 1965 (D. Blanchet, Decouvrir la Grande Allee, 1984, 173)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, near Heath Street West, for Henry C. Tomlin, 1913 (Toronto b.p. 3968, 7 May 1913)
ROXBOROUGH DRIVE, at Edgar Avenue, for Mrs. Fanny K. Birge, 1913 (Toronto b.p. 5640, 10 July 1913; Toronto Daily Star, 8 April 1938, 36, illus. and descrip.)
JACKES AVENUE, for Robert A. Laidlaw, 1914 (Toronto b.p. 11283, 7 May 1914; J. Kinsella, Historical Walking Tour of Deer Park, 1996, 26, illus.)
OAKVILLE, ONT., for Agar Adamson, Lake Shore Road, 1919-20 (Toronto Real Estate News, 20 Feb. 1989, C1, illus. & descrip.)
JACKES AVENUE, for Elias G. Malone, 1922 (Toronto b.p. 48227, 7 April 1922)
ROSEDALE ROAD, at Cluny Drive, for Alex Gooderham, 1922 (Toronto b.p. 49638, 6 May 1922)
SHERBOURNE STREET NORTH, near Elm Avenue, additions to residence for Ann Laidlaw, 1925, 1927, 1931-32; 1946 (dwgs. at OA)
TEDDINGTON PARK AVENUE, 'Gray Manor', for Richard Southam, c. 1925 (C.H.G., iii, July 1926, 31, illus.)
OAKVILLE, ONT., for Senator Herbert C. Cox, Lakeshore Road East, c. 1925 (C.H.G., iii, Sept. 1926, 41, illus.)
ROSEDALE HEIGHTS DRIVE, at Inglewood Drive, for Malcolm H. MacLeod, 1926 (Toronto b.p. 88049, 12 April 1926)
CANTON, ONT., Glenwood Farm, including cottage for Margaret Sproatt, cabin for Henry Sproatt, barn and horse stable, 1926-28 (dwgs. at OA)
FOREST HILL ROAD, for Sigmund Samuel, 1927-28 (R.A.I.C. Journal, viii, Dec. 1931, 419, illus.; C.H.G., xi, Dec. 1934, 17, illus.; dwgs. at OA, D. Coll., 1162, and in the Sproatt & Rolph Coll.)
PICKERING, ONT., 'Orchard Farm', an estate for G.W. McLaughlin, 1927-28 (R.A.I.C. Journal, viii, July 1931, 265, 267, illus.; dwgs. at OA)
DUNVEGAN ROAD, for Edwin G. Baker, 1928 (dwgs. at OA)
OLD FOREST HILL ROAD, for Gordon C. Crean, 1928 (dwgs. at OA)
WHITBY, ONT., 'Stonehaven', a country estate for Norman Irwin, c. 1929 (C.H.G., vii, Nov. 1930, 26-9, illus.)
WALMER ROAD, at Lowther Avenue, for Leighton G. McCarthy, 1931 (Toronto b.p. 25750, 7 Aug. 1931)
Residential Works by Ernest Rolph after the death of Henry Sproatt in 1934
BINSCARTH ROAD, for Robert A. Bryce, 1937-39 (Toronto Daily Star, 23 July 1937, 7; C.H.G., xviii, Oct. 1941, 36, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xix, July 1942, 148-9, illus.; dwgs. at OA)
MARKHAM, ONT., residence for Harry Rolph, 1945 (dwgs. at OA)
WESTON, ONT., for Fred T. Syme, 1946 (dwgs. at OA)
ORILLIA, ONT., housing development for Otaco Ltd., West Street at Fitton's Side Road, 1947-48 (dwgs. at OA)
HEATHDALE ROAD, for J. Gordon Coburn, 1947-48 (dwgs. at OA)
ORILLIA, ONT., for R.W. Phelps, Peter Street North, 1949 (dwgs. at OA)
NORTH YORK, ONT., for Lionel McGowan, York Ridge Road, 1949 (dwgs. at OA)
SPROATT & ROLPH (Institutional and Ecclesiastical Works in Toronto unless noted)
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, interior design and decoration of the new City Hall, 1904 (Toronto Daily Star, 10 May 1904, 1)
ROYAL CANADIAN YACHT CLUB HOUSE, Centre Island, 1905; burned 1918; rebuilt (Toronto Daily Star, 16 Jan. 1905, 10; C.A.B., xviii, Sept. 1905, 117, illus & descrip.; Builder [London], xcviii, 12 March 1910, illus.; W. Dendy, Lost Toronto, 1978, 23, illus.)
METROPOLITAN METHODIST CHURCH, a new Parsonage, Bond Street at Shuter Street, 1906; still standing in 2022 (C.A.B., xix, May 1906, 68, illus. & descrip.; and xxi, April 1908, 12-3, illus.; Const., iii, July 1910, 50, 104-6, illus.; Western Architect [Minneapolis], xvi, Sept. 1910, illus.; 94-5, descrip.)
(with S.G. Curry) NATIONAL CLUB, Bay Street near King Street West, 1906-07; still standing in 2022 (C.A.B., xx, Feb. 1907, 19, descrip. & illus.; Const., i, April 1908, 48-54, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at OA)
MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY, mausoleum for Senator Hubert C. Cox, 1907; still standing in 2022 (Const., i, Oct. 1907, 54, illus.; dwgs. at OA)
VICTORIA COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, Birge-Carnegie Library, Queen's Park Crescent at Charles Street West, 1908-10; still standing in 2022 (Toronto Society of Architects Exhibit Catalogue, 1909, 69, 71, 73, illus.; Const., i, Oct. 1908, 47-9, illus. & descrip.; and iii, Sept. 1910, 55, illus.; and iv, July 1911, 54-63, illus. & descrip.; Architecture [New York], xxv, 15 March 1912, Plates xxxiv to xxxvi; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, Feb. 1927, 53, illus.; and vi, July 1929, 267, illus.; N. Burwash, History of Victoria College, 1927, 456-7, descrip.; dwgs. at OA)
VICTORIA COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, Burwash Hall Residence and Dining Hall, Charles Street West, 1910-13; addition 1930; still standing in 2022 (Globe [Toronto], 11 Sept. 1913, 9, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xx, 6 Dec. 1916, 19, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, ii, Jan.-Feb. 1925, 10, illus.; dwgs. at OA)
MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY, Eaton Family Mausoleum, 1908; still standing in 2022 (Const., ii, Jan. 1909, 82-4, illus. & descrip.)
GUELPH, ONT., St. George's Anglican Church, Woolwich Street opposite Douglas Street, a new Bishop's Throne and alterations to Sanctuary, 1908 (Canadian Churchman [Toronto], 30 April 1908, 300, descrip.; dwgs. at OA)
HART HOUSE, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, Hart House Circle, west of Queen's Park Crescent, 1911-19; with Soldier's Memorial Tower, designed 1919; built 1922-23; new Kitchen Wing for the Great Hall, at the east end of Hart House, facing Queen’s Park Crescent, 1930; all still standing in 2022 (Const., v, June 1912, 60-8, illus.; and xiii, May 1920, 136-61, illus. & descrip.; and xvii, June 1924, 178-9, illus. & descrip.; Evening Mail [Halifax], 2 April 1919, 11, illus. & descrip.; Architectural Forum (New York), xl, Jan. 1924, 11-16 & plates, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, ii, Jan./Feb. 1925, 8-9, 17, 19, illus.; Toronto Daily Star, 18 July 1930, 25, descrip.; W. Dendy & W. Kilbourn, Toronto Observed, 1986, 194-8, illus.; dwgs. at Univ. of Toronto Archives; dwgs. at OA)
ONTARIO CLUB, Wellington Street West at Jordan Street, 1911-12 (Const., vi, June 1913, 227-35, illus.)
BISHOP STRACHAN GIRL'S SCHOOL, Lonsdale Road at Russell Hill Road, 1913-14; Memorial Chapel 1925; additions to the Junior School, 1931; all still standing in 2022 (Const., ix, Aug. 1916, 261-5, illus. & descrip.; xix, May 1926, 138-44, 146, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxx, 19 Jan. 1916, 50-3, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, April 1927, 129, illus.; dwgs. at OA)
WOODSTOCK, ONT., Nurses Home, Brant Street, 1913-14 (Daily Sentinel-Review [Woodstock], 28 April 1914, 1, 8, illus.; dwgs. at OA)
ST. CATHARINES, ONT., Ridley College, Ridley Road, Headmaster's Residence, 1914; Isolation Hospital, 1918; Indoor Skating Rink, 1918-19; Gooderham House Dormitory, 1921-22; Memorial Chapel, 1921-23 (Const., xvi, Sept. 1923, 300-07, illus. & descrip.; Architectural Forum [New York], xl, April 1924, pl. 54-6; R.A.I.C. Journal, ii, July/Aug. 1925, 133, 135, illus.; K. Beattie, Ridley: The Story of a School, 1963, 393, 404, 439, 1110-11; dwgs. at OA)
PETERBOROUGH, ONT., Young Women's Christian Association, new Swimming Pool and glass conservatory, 1918 (Evening Examiner [Peterborough], 31 May 1918, 10)
ARTS & LETTERS CLUB, Elm Street, west of Yonge Street, interior alterations, 1920; still standing in 2022 (dwgs. at OA)
ST. MONICA'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Hiawatha Road, south of Gerrard Street East, 1922; still standing in 2023 (dwgs. at OA)
METROPOLITAN METHODIST CHURCH, Queen Street East at Church Street, a new carillon tower with 26 bells, each weighing up to 8,000 pounds, 1922 (Toronto Daily Star, 10 Jan 1922, 13, illus. & descrip.)
NEWCASTLE, ONT., Community Hall, King Avenue West at Mill Street North, 1922-23, still standing in 2024 (Canadian Statesman [Bowmanville], 6 July 1922, illus. & descrip.; Chronicle & Gazette [Whitby], 6 July 1922, 4, descrip.; Const., xvi, Nov. 1923, 380-6, illus. & descrip.; Toronto Daily Star, 2 June 1926, 4, descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxii, Feb. 1945, 30, illus.; dwgs. at OA)
PORT HOPE, ONT., Trinity College School, the Memorial Junior School (now Boulden House), 1922-24; still standing in 2022 (Const., xviii, June 1925, 177-80, 188, illus. & descrip.; A.H. Humble, The School on the Hill: Trinity College School 1865-1965, 81; dwgs. at OA)
WOODSTOCK, ONT., General Hospital, addition, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 4 April 1923, 57; dwgs. at OA)
AURORA, ONT., St. Andrew's Boys College, west of Yonge Street, and south of St. John's Sideroad, 1923; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xxxvii, 28 March 1923, 54; Toronto Daily Star, 24 April 1923, 2, descrip.)
SIMCOE, ONT., Norfolk County War Memorial & Carillon Tower, Norfolk Street, 1923; still standing in 2022 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 10 March 1923, 2, descrip.; and 13 March 1923, 2; Saturday Night [Toronto], 20 June 1925, 14, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, Jan. 1927, 32)
UPPER CANADA COLLEGE, Lonsdale Road at Forest Hill Road, new Boy's Residence, 1923-24; still standing in 2022 (R.A.I.C. Journal, i, July/Sept. 1924, xi, illus. in advert.)
MURRAY BAY, QUE., War Memorial Cross, 1924 (dwgs. at OA)
ST. JAMES ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL, King Street East at Church Street, Memorial Cross in the park facing Church Street, c. 1925; War Memorial Sedilia, 1948-50; all still standing in 2022 (Const., xx, April w1927, 117, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, Nov. 1927, 399, illus.; dwgs. at OA)
MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY, Blackwell Mausoleum, 1926; still standing in 2022 (dwgs. at OA)
HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Country Branch, on Weston Road, Thistletown, 1927-28 (Daily Commercial News, 25 May 1927, 1, illus.; Weston Times & Guide, 6 July 1927, 5; Const., xxii, June 1929, 185-88, 193-6, 199, illus. & descrip.)
TORONTO ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL, Prince Arthur Avenue, 1929-30 (The Globe [Toronto], 23 July 1928, 18, illus.; Canadian Hotel Review, vii, May 1929, 54)
EMMANUEL COLLEGE & RESIDENCE, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, on the campus of Victoria College, Queen's Park Crescent near Charles Street West, 1930-31; still standing in 2022 (University of Toronto Monthly, xxix, April 1929, 255-56, illus. & descrip.; Toronto Daily Star, 28 March 1929, 18, descrip.; and 3 April 1929, 2, illus., and 33, detailed descrip.; and 26 Sept. 1930, 31, descrip.; and 10 Oct. 1930, 35, descrip.; C.R., xlv, 29 April 1931, 508-14, illus. & descrip.; Const., xxiv, Aug. 1931, 250-8, 263-70, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, ix, Aug. 1932, 180-8, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at OA)
OTTAWA, ONT., National Research Council Headquarters, Sussex Drive near Rideau Falls, designed 1928; built 1930-32; still standing in 2022 (Toronto Daily Star, 19 July 1928, 2, detailed descrip.; and 20 Feb. 1929, 2, illus.; and 6 Aug. 1929, 17, detailed descrip.; Ottawa Journal, 19 July 1928, 7; and 10 Aug. 1932, 1 & 10-11, descrip.; Owen Sound Daily Sun-Times, 28 Feb 1929, 16, illus. view of model & descrip.; Canadian Engineer, lx, 28 April 1931, 15-8, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xlvi, 3 Aug. 1932, 857-70, illus. & descrip.; Const., xxv, Aug. 1932, 172-80, 183-6, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, ix, Dec. 1932, 264-5, illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 737-8, illus. & descrip.; Andrew Waldron, Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region, 2017, 114-15, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at OA)
MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY, memorial and burial vault for Robert Laidlaw, 1931; still standing in 2022 (dwgs. at OA)
UNIVERSITY AVENUE, at Queen Street West, Adam Beck Memorial, 1931; still standing in 2022 (dwgs. at OA)
OTTAWA, ONT., Knox Presbyterian Church, Lisgar Street at Elgin Street, 1932-33; still standing in 2022 (Ottawa Journal, 22 June 1931, 11, descrip.; and 24 Oct. 1931, 2, descrip.; Ottawa Citizen, 27 May 1933, 11, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xii, Dec. 1935, 194, 202, illus. & descrip.; Andrew Waldron, Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region, 2017, 58-9, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at OA)
TORONTO HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTIVES, Buttonwood Avenue, Weston, a new Surgical Wing, 1932 (C.R., xlvii, 15 March 1933, 263-4, illus. & descrip.)
Institutional works by Ernest Rolph after the death of Henry Sproatt in 1934
WELLAND, ONT., Community Hall for the Page-Hersey Tube Co., Crowland Trail, 1936 (dwgs. at OA)
ST. JAMES CEMETERY, Parliament Street, garage and greenhouse for the Chapel, 1941-42; crematorium, 1946-48; greenhouse and utility building, 1950-51; all still standing in 2022 (dwgs. at OA)
HORNBY, ONT., Orangemen's Hall, 1946 (dwgs. at OA)
BOLTON, ONT., Civitan Summer Camp, 1947 (dwgs. at OA)
NORTH YORK, Township Police Station, Yonge Street at Princess Avenue, 1948-49 (dwgs. at OA)
SPROATT & ROLPH (Commercial and Industrial Works in Toronto unless noted)
SUNLIGHT SOAP CO., for Lever Brothers, a major industrial complex of offices and factory, costing $140,000, Eastern Avenue at Broadview Avenue, 1899-1900; additions 1907, and 1910; all demol. (Buffalo Evening News [Buffalo, N.Y.], 3 Oct. 1899, 2; C.A.B. , xiii, March 1900, illus.; Toronto b.p. 9709, 10 Dec. 1907)
HULL, QUE., office building for E.B. Eddy Co., 1901 (C.A.B., xiv, Jan. 1901, illus.)
HALIFAX, N.S., I.C.R. Railway Station, North Street, new concourse and extensive alterations, 1902; demol. (Railway & Shipping World [Toronto], v, April 1902, 125, descrip.; dwgs. at OA)
MONCTON, N.B., car shop for the I.C.R. Railway, 1902 (dwgs. at OA)
SUCKLING & CO., Wellington Street West near Bay Street, warehouse, 1904; demol. (Toronto b.p. 802, 5 July 1904)
ROLPH & CLARK CO., Simcoe Street at Pearl Street, warehouse, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 862, 11 July 1904)
CENTRAL CANADA LOAN & SAVINGS CO., King Street East at Victoria Street, office building, 1904; demol. (C.A.B., xvii, July 1904, illus.)
WINNIPEG, MAN., Nash, Carson & Naylor Ltd., Main Street at Alexander Street, major additions and alterations to department store, 1904 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 22 Oct. 1904, 6, descrip.; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 11 Nov. 1904, 11, illus. & descrip.)
WINNIPEG, MAN. meat packing house and cannery building for Malcolm's Western Canneries Ltd., 1907 (Winnipeg Tribune, 28 Feb. 1907, 3, descrip. and tender call)
CALGARY, ALTA., meat packing house and cannery building for Malcolm's Western Canneries Ltd., 1907 (Winnipeg Tribune, 28 Feb. 1907, 3, descrip. and tender call)
MEDICINE HAT, ALTA., meat packing house and cannery building for Malcolm's Western Canneries Ltd., 1907 (Winnipeg Tribune, 28 Feb. 1907, 3, descrip. and tender call)
WALKERVILLE, ONT., Home Bank of Canada, a three storey commercial block for The Home Bank, Wyandotte Street East at Windermere Road, 1907 (Evening Record [Windsor], 19 July 1907, 3, t.c.; 19 Oct. 1907, 4, illus. & descrip.)
SOUTHAM PRESS BUILDING, Duncan Street at Adelaide Street West, warehouse, 1908; altered in 2021 and incorporated into new condominium tower development (Const., ii, May 1909, 60-2, 70, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at OA)
ALEX T. REID & CO., King Street West at Duncan Street, factory, 1909 (Toronto b.p. 16658, 30 July 1909)
MACLEAN PUBLISHING CO., Centre Street near Edward Street, warehouse, 1910 (Const., v, March 1912, 84, illus.)
STEELE BRIGGS SEED CO., Spadina Avenue at Clarence Square, warehouse, 1911; still standing in 2022 (Toronto b.p. 30403, 20 Sept. 1911; dwgs. at OA)
NORTH STREET (now Bay Street), offices for Sproatt & Rolph, Architects, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 678, 25 Oct. 1912; Const., xii, March 1919, 71-4, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at OA)
ROLPH & CLARK CO., Carlaw Avenue near Queen Street East, factory, 1913; still standing in 2022 (Toronto b.p. 1447, 17 Dec. 1912)
CHRISTIE BROWN & CO., King Street East at Frederick Street, factory and warehouse, 1913; still standing in 2022 (Const., x, Jan. 1917, 17-22, illus. & descrip.)
AIKENHEAD HARDWARE CO., Richmond Street West near Spadina Avenue, factory, 1913 (Toronto b.p. 5740, 16 July 1913; dwgs. at OA)
PETERBOROUGH, ONT., factory for Henry Hope & Sons Window Mfrs., Park Street, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 16 July 1913, 66)
GUTTA PERCHA RUBBER CO., West Lodge Avenue, factory, 1914 (Toronto b.p. 14223, 11 Sept. 1914)
GEORGE LAMONT & SONS, Carlaw Avenue near Dundas Street East, factory, 1915 (dwgs. at OA)
WILLIAM NEILSON CHOCOLATE CO., Gladstone Avenue, north of Dundas Street West, large factory, 1916; extensive additions 1919; all still standing in 2023 (C.R., xxx, 5 April 1916, 45; Toronto b.p. 22747, 19 May 1919)
AULT & WIBORG LTD., Symington Avenue near Royce Avenue, warehouse and office, 1917 (dwgs. at OA)
JENKIN'S ART GALLERIES, College Street through to Grenville Street, 1917; addition, 1924; demol. c. 1980, but facade facing Grenville Street left standing (Const., xi, Oct. 1918, 304-9, illus. & descrip.)
AMERICAN RADIATOR CO., Campbell Avenue near Dupont Street, 1917 (Toronto b.p. 11356, 10 April 1917)
T. EATON CO., Delivery Warehouse, Coxwell Avenue, south of Hanson Street, 1918; converted to housing c. 1995; still standing in 2023 (Toronto b.p. 15091, 24 Nov. 1917; Const., x, Dec. 1917, 432)
T. EATON CO., stables, Terauley Street at Hayter Street, 1919; and extensive additions to Department Store, Yonge Street at Albert Street, 1922; all demol. 1972 (C.R., xxxvii, 27 June 1923, 622-5, 643, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, i, Jan.-March 1924, xvii, illus. in advert.; Const., xviii, Feb. 1925, 64-5, illus. & descrip.)
McGREGOR & McINTYRE CO., Shaw Street at Marchmount Road, office building, 1919 (Toronto b.p. 23226, 4 June 1919; dwgs. at OA)
WESTERN CANADA FLOUR MILLS LTD., MacPherson Avenue at Poplar Plains Road, office and garage, 1920 (Montreal Daily Star, 6 June 1919, 18; Toronto b.p. 29249, 25 March 1920; dwgs. at OA)
COBOURG, ONT., factory for Langslow-Fowler Co., George Street, 1920-26 (dwgs. at OA)
AULT & WIBORG CO., Peter Street at Adelaide Street West, warehouse and garage, 1923 (Toronto b.p. 62347, 22 June 1923)
GERRARD BUILDING, a large 3 storey office block for the Canada Life Assurance Company, Yonge Street at Gerrard Street East, 1923; demol. 2021 but facades left standing (Toronto Daily Star, 24 April 1923, 2, descrip.; Brantford Expositor, 7 Sept. 1923, 6, descrip.; Const., xvii, Sept. 1924, 288-90, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxxviii, 31 Dec. 1924, 1315, illus. & descrip.)
MANUFACTURER'S LIFE INSURANCE CO., Bloor Street East near Jarvis Street, at St. Paul's Place, 1924-25; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xxxviii, 28 May 1924, 537-38, illus. & descrip.; Const., xix, June 1926, 172-80, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, Nov. 1927, 393, illus.; The Globe [Toronto], 27 Aug. 1925, 5 and 9, descrip.; Ottawa Journal, 27 Aug. 1925, 7, descrip.; dwgs. at OA)
(with Ross & MacDonald) MONTREAL, QUE., T. Eaton Co. Store, Ste. Catherine Street West at University Street, 1925-27; still standing in 2022 (Montreal Daily Star, 15 April 1925, 29, illus.' Const., xxi, Dec. 1928, 402-6, 409-12, illus. & descrip.; Montreal, Les Magasins Les Cinemas, 1985, 180-3, illus.)
T. EATON CO. STORE, Yonge Street at Queen Street West, Georgian Room Restaurant & Foyer, 1926; demol. 1974 (R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, March 1927, 81, illus.)
(with Ross & MacDonald) ROYAL YORK HOTEL, Front Street West at York Street, 1927-29; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xli, 13 July 1927, 692-4, illus. & descrip.; and xliii, 12 June 1929, 655-91, illus. & descrip.; Const., xxi, March 1928, 93-4, 102, illus. & descrip.; and xxii, July 1929, 208-22, 227-36, illus. & descrip.; Architectural Forum [New York], li, Dec. 1929, 609-12, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, vii, Dec. 1930, 452-3, 463, illus. & descrip.; J. Lachapelle, Le Fantasme Metropolitan: l'Architecture de Ross et MacDonald, 2001, 127-56, illus. & descrip.)
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, University Avenue near Dundas Street West, a 4 storey office block, 1928-29; demol. 1964 (Toronto Daily Star, 4 May 1928, 8, illus. & descrip.; and 16 Oct. 1928, 34, illus. & descrip.; and 25 April 1929, 22, descrip.; C.R., xlii, 7 Nov. 1928, 1167, illus.; Const., xxii, June 1929, 174-8, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, vi, Sept. 1929, 323, illus.; dwgs. at OA)
(with F.H. Wilkes and Mackenzie Waters) CANADA PERMANENT BUILDING, Bay Street at Adelaide Street West, 1928-29; still standing in 2022 (Toronto Daily Star, 10 March 1928, 28, descrip.; and 25 July 1928, 2, detailed descrip.; Financial Post [Toronto], 28 Nov. 1929, 18, descrip.; Const., xxiii, March 1930, 73-9, 83-6, illus. & descrip.; May 1930, 165-70, illus.; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 16, illus. & descrip.)
D.S. PATERSON BUILDING, Richmond Street West near Yonge Street, 1928-29 (Toronto Daily Star, 4 May 1928, 8, illus. & descrip.; Const., xxii, June 1929, 176, 179, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, vi, Nov. 1929, 395, illus.)
DOMINION BRIDGE CO., Shaw Street, additions to offices, 1929 (dwgs. at OA)
(with Ross & MacDonald) EATON'S COLLEGE STREET STORE, Yonge Street at College Street, 1929-30; still standing in 2022 (Toronto Daily Star, 13 July 1928, 1 and 2, illus. & descrip.; Const., xxi, Dec. 1928, 400, illus.; xxiii, Nov. 1930, 350-60, 365-8, illus. & descrip.; J. Lachapelle, Le Fantasme Metropolitan: l'Architecture de Ross et MacDonald, 2001, 60-63, 67-74, illus. & descrip.; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 173-75, illus. & descrip.)
ANACONDA AMERICAN BRASS CO., office building, Eighth Street near Lakeshore Boulevard West, in New Toronto, 1929-30 (C.R., xliii, 30 Oct. 1929, 61)
CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE CO., University Avenue at Queen Street West, 1930-31; still standing in 2022 (Toronto Daily Star, 29 Jan. 1929, 19, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, vi, Feb. 1929, 45, illus.; and vii, July 1930, 255, illus.; and viii, June 1931, 221-37, illus. & descrip.; Const., xxiv, April 1931, 111-20, 123-31, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xlv, 8 April 1931, 411-25, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at OA)
Commercial & Industrial Works by Ernest Rolph after the death of Henry Sproatt in 1934
ONTARIO HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION, University Avenue at Orde Street, office building, 1934-35; addition, 1940; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xlv, 16 Sept. 1931, 1114, illus.; xlvi, 8 June 1932, 663, illus.; xlix, 10 July 1935, 563-7, illus. & descrip.; liv, 1 Jan. 1941, 14-6, illus. & descrip.; A. Carr, '620 University Avenue: Twentieth-Century Historicism', in Newsletter of the Toronto Region Architectural Conservancy, Sept. 1989, 16-22, illus.; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 66-7, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at OA)
IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA, King Street West at Bay Street, 1934-35; demol. 1972 (Gazette [Montreal], 28 Aug. 1934, 4, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xlviii, 5 Sept. 1934, 739, illus. & descrip.; and vol. 50, 12 Feb. 1936, 91-8, illus. & descrip.; Financial Post [Toronto], 1 Sept. 1934, 4, illus. & descrip.; and 16 Feb. 1935, 15, illus. & descrip.; and 18 Jan. 1936, 11, illus. & extensive descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xiii, Jan. 1936, 2-11, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at OA)
ONTARIO HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION, Bloor Street West near Bedford Road, office block, 1948-49 (dwgs. at OA)
CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Castlefield Avenue at Caledonia Road, warehouse and offices, 1950 (dwgs. at OA)
COMPETITIONS
OTTAWA, ONT., Departmental and Justice Buildings, 1907. Sproatt & Rolph were one of 30 architects from across Canada who submitted a design for this major commission (Evening Journal [Ottawa], 4 Sept. 1907, 1, list of entrants). The juror Edmund Burke ranked their design in 9th Place. The first prize was awarded to E. & W.S. Maxwell of Montreal, but their scheme was never built.
KINGSTON, ONT., Memorial Archway, at Royal Military College, 1920. The Toronto firm of Sproatt & Rolph was one of 7 architects invited to prepare a design for this large outdoor arch. The eventual winner was John M. Lyle of Toronto (inf. Sarah Toomey, Chief Librarian, Massey Library, Royal Military College, Kingston)
REGINA, SASK., Darke Hall at Regina College, Ramsay Drive, 1928. The Toronto firm of Sproatt & Rolph were invited to submit alternate plans for this new Assembly Hall, and they may have been one of several architects who prepared a design (Morning Leader (Regina), 13 March 1928, 2). The commission was later given to J.H. Puntin of Regina.