GEORGE, Allan (1873-1961), architect of Toronto and active there for nearly 40 years. He was a member of the following offices:
George & Moorhouse, Toronto, 1912-1918 (with Walter N. Moorhouse)
George, Moorhouse & King, Toronto, 1919-1934 (with Walter N. Moorhouse and Cecil C. King)
George & Moorhouse, Toronto, 1936-1940 (with Walter N. Moorhouse)
Allan George, Toronto, 1946-1950
(biography in preparation)
GEORGE & MOORHOUSE (works in Toronto unless noted)
NORTH YORK, 'Valleycrest', residence for A.E. Robinson, Hedgewood Road, 1912-13 (Const., viii, June 1915, 236-7, illus.)
NORTH YORK, 'Strathrobyn', residence for Frederick B. Robins, near Yonge Boulevard and Wilson Avenue, 1915-16 (Const., viii, June 1915, 250, illus.; x, May 1917, 146, 148-53, illus. & descrip.; C.H.G., x, Aug. 1933, 14-21, illus.)
BRAMPTON, ONT., twenty houses for the Brampton Housing Commission, 1919-20 (C.R., xxxiii, 3 Dec. 1919, 51)
GEORGE, MOORHOUSE & KING (works in Toronto unless noted)
NORWAY PRIMARY SCHOOL, Kingston Road at Heyworth Crescent, 1919-20 (Toronto Star, 5 Aug. 1919, 6, t.c.; Const., xiv, Feb. 1921, 38-41, illus. & descrip.)
OAKVILLE, ONT., 'Appletrees', alterations to residence for unnamed client, 1922 (Const., xvi, Nov. 1923, 410-11, illus. & descrip.)
CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION, Manor Road East, 1921 (In His Service 50 Years: Church of the Transfiguration 1921-1971, illus.)
CHRIST CHURCH, DEER PARK, Heath Street West at Yonge Street, 1922-23 (Const., xvi, June 1923, 199-202, illus. & descrip.; Canadian Churchman [Toronto], 30 Sept. 1926, 640, illus.)
BRANTFORD, ONT., residence for Reginald Scarfe, Brant Avenue, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 5 July 1922, 54)
SOUTH DRIVE, at Crescent Road, residence for Ethel M. McKay, 1923 (Const., xvi, Aug. 1923, 280, illus.)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, residence for Arthur S. Leitch, 1923-24 (C.R., xxxviii, 20 Aug. 1924, 842-3, illus. & descrip.; Const., xviii, June 1925, 192-94, illus. & descrip.)
BADMINTON & RACQUET CLUB, St. Clair Avenue West near Yonge Street, 1924; burned February 2017 (Const., xviii, April 1925, 114-19, illus & descrip.)
OAKVILLE, ONT., residence for G.C. Taylor, c. 1925 (Const., xviii, Nov. 1925, 352-3, illus. & descrip.)
SCARBOROUGH, ONT., St. Simon's Anglican Church, Moorish Road, 1925 (St. Simon's Church Highland Creek 25th Anniversary Year 1925-50, 23, illus.)
GLEN GROVE AVENUE EAST, near Yonge Street, large residence for Thomas H. Sheppard, 1926-27 (Winnipeg Tribune, 30 Sept. 1927, 1, descrip.)
CASTLE FRANK ROAD, residence for Gerald R. Larkin, 1926; still standing in 2023 (Const., xx, Sept. 1927, 282-6, 291-4, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, v, March 1928, 83, 85, illus.; July 1928, 249, 265, illus.; vi, March 1929, 93, 96, 101, illus.; C.H.G., iv, Sept. 1927, 25-8, illus.; vi, April 1929, 20-1, illus.; W. Dendy & W. Kilbourn, Toronto Observed, 1986, 236-7, illus. & descrip.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 747, illus.)
J.M. DENT & CO., retail shop, Bloor Street West near Bedford Road, 1926 (Const., xix, Sept. 1926, 285-7, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, April 1927, 145, 147, illus., Toronto Daily Star, 18 Feb. 1927, 23, list of awards)
YORKMINSTER BAPTIST CHURCH, Yonge Street at Heath Street, 1927-28 (Toronto Star Weekly, 3 March 1928, 4, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, v, May 1928, 156-65, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xlii, 18 July 1928, 749-51, illus. & descrip.)
CORAL GABLES APARTMENTS, Wellesley Street East at Wellesley Place, 1928 (Toronto Daily Star, 6 Jan. 1928, 8, descrip.; Toronto b.p. A4904, 9 Jan. 1928; C.R., xlii, 8 Feb. 1928, 56)
ERSKINE UNITED CHURCH, Roncesvalles Avenue at Wright Avenue, 1928 (Toronto Daily Star, 18 Feb. 1928, 8, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, vi, March 1929, 105-6, illus.)
BEAUMONT ROAD, at Glen Road, residence for Lt. Col. H.D. Lockhart Gordon, 1928 (C.H.G., vii, Oct. 1930, 26-7, illus.)
OAKVILLE, ONT., addition and restoration of residence for A. Montye Macrae, 1928 (C.H.G., vi, Jan. 1929, 33-5, 76, illus.)
RIVERVIEW DRIVE, 'Glenmore', residence for Barry B. Hayes, 1928 (C.H.G., vi, Jan. 1929, 39, illus.)
STANDARD STOCK AND MINING EXCHANGE, Temperance Street, 1929; demol. (Const., xxii, Oct. 1929, 319, 331-2, illus. & descrip.)
DANFORTH BRANCH PUBLIC LIBRARY, Pape Avenue near Danforth Avenue, 1929; still standing in 2023 (Toronto Daily Star, 12 April 1929, 22, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, vii, Dec. 1929, 434-6, illus. & descrip.; Const., xxiii, Sept. 1930, 285, 287-8, illus. & descrip.)
ROSEDALE ROAD, at Cluny Drive, residence for John J. Gibbons, 1929 (Toronto b.p. B7881, 30 May 1929)
WARREN ROAD, near Kilbarry Road, residence for T.A. McAuley, 1929 (C.H.G., vi, Dec. 1929, 31-4, illus.)
BLYTHWOOD ROAD, residence for Patrick E. Ussher, 1929 (C.H.G., vi, Dec. 1929, 43, illus.)
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS (Mormon), Bathurst Street near St. Clair Avenue West, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 16 July 1930, 61; Toronto Daily Star, 22 Aug. 1930, 24, illus. & descrip.)
MAY STREET, residence for Mrs. Peter Larkin, 1930 (Toronto Star, 9 May 1930, 35, descrip.; C.H.G., ix, Feb. 1932, 17-24, 42, 44, illus.; Year Book of the Toronto Chapter-Ontario Association of Architects, 1933, 26-7, illus.)
ST. LUKE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Westwood Avenue near Pape Avenue, 1930 (Toronto Daily Star, 20 June 1930, 26; Brief Historical Sketch of the Parish of St. Luke, 1956, 17)
ST. TIMOTHY'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Ridley Boulevard at Old Orchard Grove Boulevard, 1930-31 (Toronto Daily Star, 3 Oct. 1930, 33, illus. & descrip.)
RONCESVALLES AVENUE, at Fermanagh Avenue, large addition to existing apartment block, 1931 (Toronto Daily Star, 13 Feb. 1931, 31, descrip.)
WESTON, ONT., Central United Church, Main Street at King Street, 1931 (Toronto Daily Star, 10 April 1931, 28, illus.)
(with Eric Arthur) NORTH YORK, residence for James S. McLean, Bayview Avenue, near Lawrence Avenue East, 1931-32 (Const., xxvi, May-June 1933, 55-8, illus. & descrip.; C.H.G., x, March 1933, 20-2, illus.)
OLD FOREST HILL ROAD, near Eglinton Avenue West, residence for Albert L. Hudson, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 27 Sept. 1933, 32)
GEORGE & MOORHOUSE (works in Toronto unless noted)
(with Samuel H. Maw) TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE, Bay Street near King Street West, 1936-37; altered 1989-90; still standing in 2023 (Toronto Star, 28 March 1936, 17, illus. & descrip.; Globe & Mail [Toronto], 19 March 1937, 23-30, illus. & descrip.; Financial Post [Toronto], 15 Aug. 1936, 8, illus. & extensive descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xiii, Aug. 1936, 148-50, illus. & descrip.; xiv, April 1937, 58-66, illus. & descrip.; W. Dendy & W. Kilbourn, Toronto Observed, 1986, 226-8, illus. & descrip.; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 26-28, illus. & descrip.)
PORT CREDIT, ONT., residence for W.G. Dean, Mississauga Road, 1936 (C.R., l, 12 Aug. 1936, 38)
NORTH YORK, 'Graydon Hall', a mansion and estate for H. Rupert Bain, Graydon Hall Drive near Don Mills Road, 1936 (Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 14 Oct. 1936, 5, illus.; C.H.G., xiv, May 1937, 20-1, illus.; xv, Sept. 1938, 18-24, illus.)
ST. HILDA'S COLLEGE, University of Toronto, Devonshire Place near Hoskin Avenue, 1937-38; still standing in 2023 (C.R., vol. 50, 13 Oct. 1937, 14, illus.; Globe & Mail [Toronto], 9 Sept. 1938, 15, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xvii, Jan 1940, 9, illus.; dwgs. at Trinity College Archives)
OAKVILLE, ONT., Hotel Gibson, alterations, 1938 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xv, Nov. 1938, 245, illus.)
TRINITY COLLEGE, University of Toronto, Hoskin Avenue, new West Wing, including Strachan Dining Hall, Senior & Junior Common Rooms, Kitchen, Infirmary, and Recreation Room; new East Wing, including Welch House, Whitaker House, and West House Residences, 1940-41; all still standing in 2023 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xviii, Nov. 1941, 182-5, illus.)
ALLAN GEORGE (works in Toronto unless noted)
OTTAWA, ONT., St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wellington Street at Kent Street, addition of a new Church Hall, vestry and offices, 1949-50 (Ottawa Journal, 30 Jan. 1950, 21)
TORONTO ISLAND, major addition to the Island Public School, near Hanlan's Point, for the Toronto Board of Education, 1950; still standing in 2023 (Globe & Mail [Toronto], 12 May 1950, 5; inf. Alex Bozikovic)