JARVIS, Edgar Beaumont (1864-1948)
(biography in preparation)
E. B. JARVIS (Commercial & Industrial works in Toronto)
(with Knox & Elliot) CONFEDERATION LIFE BUILDING, Richmond Street East at Yonge Street, a commission won in a competition, 1890-91; still standing in 2022 (C.A.B., ii, Nov. 1889, 124, illus. & descrip.; W. Dendy & W. Kilbourn, Toronto Observed, 1986, 124-5, illus.)
POLSON IRON WORKS, Esplanade Street at Sherbourne Street, machine shop, 1891 (C.R., ii, 25 April 1891, 2)
JANES BUILDING, for Simeon H. Janes, Yonge Street at King Street East, 1892; demol. 1912 (C.R., ii, 26 Dec. 1891, 2)
CENTRE ISLAND, summer hotel for Edward Hanlan '....just east of St. Andrew's Church', 1894; demol. (C.R., iv, 14 Dec. 1893, 2; and 11 Jan. 1894, 1)
McKINNON BUILDING, Jordan Street at Melinda Street, 1893-94; burned January 1895 and rebuilt; demol. c. 1960 (Toronto b.p. 1487, 25 Nov. 1893; Inland Architect [Chicago], xxiii, Feb. 1894, illus.; Mail [Toronto], 14 Jan. 1895, 5, descrip.; C.R., v, 17 Jan. 1895, 1)
SATURDAY NIGHT MAGAZINE BUILDING, for the Sheppard Publishing Co., Adelaide Street West near Yonge Street, 1895; demol. 1963 (C.R., v, 3 Jan. 1895, 1)
VICTORIA STREET, north of King Street East, office building for Simeon H. Janes, 1898 (Toronto b.p. 89, 15 April 1898)
BROWN BROTHERS STATIONERS CO., Wellington Street West near Bay Street, warehouse, 1899; burned April 1904; rebuilt by E.B. Jarvis, 1905 (C.R., x, 8 Feb. 1899, 3; C.A.B., xii, April 1899, 90, illus. of terra cotta details; Toronto Daily Star, 17 May 1904, 1, detailed descrip., and 23 June 1905, Industrial Edition, 14, descrip.)
COLLEGE STREET, at Terauley Street, store and office for Dr. Alton H. Garratt, 1899; demol. (Toronto b.p. 55, 12 May 1899; C.A.B., xv, April 1902, illus.)
S.F. McKINNON & CO., Wellington Street West at York Street, warehouse, 1899; demol. 1964 (Toronto b.p. 124, 13 June 1899)
P. & P. GRIFFIN CO., Bloor Street West at St. Helen's Avenue, factory, 1900 (Toronto b.p. 225, 10 Oct. 1900)
HOME BANK, King Street West near Yonge Street, 1905; demol. (C.R., xv, 22 March 1905, 6; C.A.B., xix, April 1906, 53, illus & descrip.)
MERCHANTS FIRE INSURANCE CO., Adelaide Street East near Church Street, 1910 (Const., iv, March 1911, 61, illus.)
E. B. JARVIS (Residential works in Toronto)
SUSSEX AVENUE, residence for Robert S. McIndoe, 1891 (C.A.B., iv, June 1891, illus.)
BRUNSWICK AVENUE, near Ulster Street, pair of houses for Frederick C. Jarvis, 1891 (C.A.B., iv, Aug. 1891, illus.)
SCARBOROUGH, ONT., cottage for John A. Murray, 1892 (C.A.B., v, Sept. 1892, illus.)
ST. GEORGE STREET, near Bloor Street West, residence for Columbus H. Greene, 1895; demol. (C.R., v, 11 Oct. 1894, 2; C.A.B., ix, Oct. 1896, illus.)
QUEEN'S PARK CRESCENT, north of College Street, residence for Lt. Col. James Mason, 1896 (Toronto b.p. 3212, 16 June 1896)
SHERBOURNE STREET, near Carlton Street, residence for Henry M. Pellatt, 1898 (C.R., ix, 11 May 1898, 3; C.A.B., xv, May 1902, 68, illus.)
HUNTLEY STREET, near Elm Avenue, residence for Mrs. J.E. Ellis, 1898 (Toronto b.p. 91, 13 Oct. 1898)
ELM AVENUE, residence for Peter C. Larkin, 1900; and stable 1904 (C.A.B., xiii, Nov. 1900, illus.; xvii, April 1904, illus.)
HUNTLEY STREET, near Elm Avenue, residence for Edgar B. Jarvis architect, 1900 (C.A.B., xiii, Dec. 1900, illus.)
GLEN ROAD, at South Drive, development of land owned by E.L. Sawyer for a private residence for Alex Mackenzie, 1901 (C.R., xii, 17 April 1901, 1)
HAWTHORNE AVENUE, residence for Lawrence Boyd, 1902 (C.A.B., xv, Dec. 1902, illus.)
BEAU STREET, north of Elm Avenue, residence for Edgar J. Jarvis, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 2443, 7 Nov. 1905; dwgs. at OA, Horwood Coll. 454d)
GLEN ROAD, near Dale Avenue, residence for Herbert C. Jarvis, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 3933, 22 May 1906)
NANTON AVENUE, residence for Edgar B. Jarvis architect, 1906 (inf. from Toronto Historical Board)
SHEPPARD APARTMENTS, Charles Street East at Jarvis Street, 1907 (C.A.B., xx, March 1907, illus.; Canadian Cement & Concrete Review, Feb. 1908, 33, illus. & descrip.)
E. B. JARVIS (Institutional works in Toronto)
LORETTO ABBEY, Wellington Street West near Spadina Avenue, new Chapel, Concert Hall and extensions, 1897-99; demol. 1961 (Catholic Record [London], 2 April 1898, 5, descrip.; Globe [Toronto], 10 June 1899, 1, illus. & descrip.; C.A.B., xiv, May 1901, illus.; E. Arthur, Toronto No Mean City, 1964, 198-99, illus.)
(with J.W. Siddall) ST. LAWRENCE MARKET, Front Street East at Jarvis Street, 1901-02; South Market Building still standing in 2022; North Market Building demol. c. 1965 (C.R., xii, 6 March 1901, 3; Globe [Toronto], 4 Oct. 1904, 8; W. Dendy, Lost Toronto, 1978, 51, illus.)
CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION GROUNDS, Art Gallery Pavilion, 1902; demol. 1973 (C.A.B., xiv, April 1901, 79; and xv, March 1902, illus.)
GRACE HOSPITAL, College Street at Huron Street, extension, 1903; demol. (C.A.B., xvi, Dec. 1903, illus.)
WESTON, ONT., new buildings for the Toronto Hospital for Consumptives, Weston Road off Buttonwood Avenue, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 2 Aug. 1905, 5)
E.B. JARVIS (works elsewhere in Ontario)
COLLINGWOOD, ONT., summer residence for Britton B. Osler, 1894 (C.R., v, 25 Oct. 1894, 2)
KITCHENER, ONT., The Berlin-Waterloo Hospital, a commission won in a competition over 14 other architects, 1894-95 (Daily Record [Berlin], 30 June 1894, 2; and 13 March 1895, 2; Waterloo County Chronicle [Waterloo], 27 Sept. 1894, 4)
BRANTFORD, ONT., major addition to the Darling Street Public School, 1895 (Daily Expositor [Brantford], 15 March 1895, 4; and 18 Feb. 1896, 4, descrip.)
BRANTFORD, ONT., Victoria Public School, Richmond Street at Pearl Street, a commission won in a competition, 1897-98; still standing in 2022 (Daily Expositor (Brantford), 20 Feb. 1897, 7, illus. & detailed descrip.; Brantford Weekly Expositor, 22 July 1897, 1, illus.)
LAKE ROSSEAU, MUSKOKA, ONT., summer hotel for E.L. Sawyer, 1901 (C.R., xii, 3 April 1901, 1, t.c.; Inland Architect [Chicago], July 1902, 51, illus. & descrip.)
LONDON, ONT., residence for W.S. Blackburn, Richmond Street near Cromwell Street, 1902 (dwgs. at Univ. of Western Ontario, J.M. Moore Collection)
ORANGEVILLE, ONT., Carnegie Library, Mill Street at Broadway, 1906-07; still standing in 2022 (Orangeville Banner, 14 May 1908, 2, detailed architectural descrip.; M. Beckman, The Best Gift, 1984, 185)
LUCKNOW, ONT., Carnegie Library, Campbell Street near Havelock Street, 1906; still standing in 2022 (M. Beckman, The Best Gift, 1984, 185)
BELLEVILLE, ONT., Springer Lock Mfr. Co., Coleman Street, a large 2 storey addition to factory, 1921 (Daily Standard [Kingston], 26 Aug. 1921, 16)
BELLEVILLE, ONT., Coleman Ward Public School, 1921 (Toronto Daily Star, 5 March 1921, 22, t.c.)
BELLEVILLE, ONT., Albert College, Dundas Street West near Sidney Street, 1922-24; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xxxvi, 19 July 1922, 51)
COMPETITIONS
BRANTFORD, ONT., Carnegie Library, 1902. E.B. Jarvis was one of five architects invited to submit a design for this building (Brantford Expositor, 4 Aug. 1902. 1). The plans by Jarvis were one of 2 finalists, but were set aside and Stewart, Stewart & Taylor of Hamilton were awarded the commission.