CHADWICK, William Craven Vaux (1868-1941), a prominent architect in Toronto best known for his residential and commercial building designs. He was active in the following offices:
W.C.V. Chadwick, Toronto, 1897-1898
Chadwick & Beckett, Toronto, 1899-1914 (with Samuel G. Beckett)
W.C.V. Chadwick, Toronto, 1919-1924
W.C.V. Chadwick & Bryan Chadwick, Toronto, 1924-1938 (with his brother Bryan Chadwick)
(biography in preparation)
W.C. V. CHADWICK (works in Toronto)
ST. ALBAN'S ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL, Howland Avenue at Barton Avenue, new Chapel, 1897 (Toronto b.p. 3029, 19 Feb. 1897)
SPADINA ROAD, at Austin Terrace, major additions and alterations to 'Spadina', a mansion for Albert W. Austin, 1897; still standing in 2022 (Toronto Saturday Night, 2 Oct. 1897, 2; Canadian Collector, xix, March/April 1984, 35, descrip.)
ALBANY CLUB, King Street East near Church Street, alterations, 1898; still standing in 2022 (Toronto b.p. 4, 11 Feb. 1898)
POPLAR PLAINS ROAD, residence for W.C.V. Chadwick, architect, 1905 (C.A.B., xviii, Dec. 1905, 181, illus. & descrip.)
CHADWICK & BECKETT (Residential Works in Toronto unless noted)
TORONTO ISLAND, for William G. MacKendrick, Chippewa Avenue, 1899 (Toronto b.p. 72, 15 May 1899)
TORONTO ISLAND, for Charles W. Beatty and William Christy, 1899 (C.R., x, 5 April 1899, 3)
LOWTHER AVENUE, for an unidentified client, 1900 (C.A.B., xiii, Oct. 1900, illus.)
MACPHERSON AVENUE, near Yonge Street, for Alfred B. Cameron, 1900-01 (Toronto b.p. 49, 27 Dec. 1900)
PARK ROAD, for Charles A. Dinnick, 1901 (Toronto b.p. 148, 3 April 1901; Toronto Architectural Eighteen Club Catalogue, 1902, 45, illus.)
COWAN AVENUE, near Huxley Street, pair of houses for Thomas McIlwan, 1901 (Toronto b.p. 117, 15 March 1901)
ALBANY AVENUE, pair of houses for Mrs. Sarah Barton, 1901 (Toronto b.p. 191, 16 April 1901; 10 July 1901)
WALMER ROAD, near Bloor Street West, for Robert J. Copeland, 1901 (Toronto b.p. 1, 20 May 1901)
ISABELLA STREET, at Huntley Street, pair of houses for Samuel R. Wickett, 1901 (Toronto b.p. 98, 5 July 1901; C.A.B., xv, Sept. 1902, illus.)
GLEN ROAD, for Charles A. Dinnick, 1902 (Toronto b.p. 44, 1 Nov. 1901; C.A.B., xvii, March 1904, illus.; Globe & Mail [Toronto], 30 Oct. 2020, H 6 & H 7, illus. & descrip.)
KAPPA ALPHA SOCIETY HOUSE, Devonshire Place at Hoskin Avenue, 1902; demol. (Toronto b.p. 95, 22 Nov. 1901)
ELGIN AVENUE, row of eight semi-detached houses for the Bacon Estate, 1902 (Toronto b.p. 289, 4 June 1902; C.A.B., xvi, Sept. 1903, illus.)
ROXBOROUGH STREET EAST, near Binscarth Road, for George W. Howland, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 2 July 1902, 4; C.A.B., xvi, June 1903, illus.)
ELM AVENUE, near Sherbourne Street North, for Charles A. Larkin, 1903 (Toronto b.p. 753, 21 Feb. 1903; C.A.B., xviii, May 1905, illus.)
WALMER ROAD, near Bernard Avenue, for Thomas A. Russell, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 2030, 20 Nov. 1903)
CRESCENT ROAD, near Lamport Avenue, for Joseph Henderson, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 437, 10 May 1904)
MANNING AVENUE, for an unidentified client, 1904 (C.A.B., xviii, March 1905, illus.)
ROSEDALE ROAD, for Charles B. Niles, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 1283, 28 Sept. 1904)
WELLESLEY STREET EAST, near Yonge Street, forDr. John T. Fotheringham, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 274, 16 Feb. 1905)
PALMERSTON AVENUE, at Ulster Street, for Algernon Temple, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 2819, 19 Jan. 1906)
BERNARD AVENUE, at Huron Street, for C.H. Stanley Clark, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 2907, 8 Feb. 1906)
GLEN ROAD, near South Drive, for Alfred B. Fisher, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 2933, 14 Feb. 1906)
CHESTNUT PARK ROAD, near Yonge Street, for Albert Kleiser, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 3021, 3 March 1906)
ST. GEORGE STREET, at Lowther Avenue, for M. Ross Gooderham, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 3085, 13 March 1906)
PRINCE ARTHUR AVENUE, near Bedford Road, for Joseph W. Beatty, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 3542, 21 April 1906)
ST. GEORGE STREET, near Lowther Avenue, for S. John Bain, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 3635, 28 April 1906)
ROXBOROUGH STREET EAST, near Cluny Avenue, for Henry G. Kelly, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 5767, 29 Oct. 1906; Const., ii, June 1909, 79-80, illus.)
BINSCARTH ROAD, near Glen Road, for Orlando Heron, 1907 (Toronto b.p. 6617, 14 March 1907)
CASTLE FRANK ROAD, near McKenzie Avenue, for Edward Hay, 1907 (Toronto b.p. 7419, 8 May 1907)
EGLINTON, 'The Greyhouse', for John F.H. Ussher, Victoria Avenue, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 14 Oct. 1908, 20-1, illus. & descrip.)
ST. GEORGE STREET, near Bernard Avenue, for William B. Taylor, 1908 (Toronto b.p. 10155, 1908)
ADMIRAL ROAD, at Bernard Avenue, residence for Charles D. Scott, 1909 (inf. from Toronto Historical Board)
ROWANWOOD AVENUE, for Richard L. Cowan, 1909 (Const., ii, June 1909, 80-1, illus.)
ROSEDALE ROAD, for Charles S. Niles, 1909 (Const., ii, June 1909, 75, 77-8, illus.)
YONGE STREET, near Roxborough Street East, for Willet S. Niles, 1909 (Const., ii, June 1909, 75-6, 78, illus.)
DUNVEGAN ROAD, at Heath Street West, for James Ince, 1909 (Toronto b.p. 13754, 11 Jan. 1909)
ROSEDALE, 'Avonmore', for Frederick K. Foster, c. 1909 (Toronto Society of Architects Exhibit Catalogue, 1909, 105, illus.)
LAWTON BOULEVARD, near Heath Street West, for John J. Palmer, 1909 (Toronto b.p. 14140, 10 March 1909)
CRESCENT ROAD, near Park Road, for Charles S. Boone, 1909 (Const., iv, June 1911, 70-7, illus.)
SCARTH ROAD, near Chestnut Park Road, for Glyn Osler, 1909 (Toronto b.p. 14836, 22 April 1909; dwgs. at OA, Sproatt & Rolph Coll.)
ROSEDALE ROAD, near Park Road, for Henry S. Osler, 1909 (Toronto b.p. 14851, 23 April 1909)
CASTLE FRANK ROAD, for George E. Bryant, c. 1909 (Const., iii, June 1910, 84-6, illus. & descrip.)
CASTLE FRANK CRESCENT, south of Bloor Street East, 'Seven Oaks', a large residence for Charles H. Fleming, c. 1909; and later owned and occupied by Prime Minister Arthur Meighen from 1927 until 1960 (Const., iii, July 1910, 64-7, illus.; Winnipeg Tribune, 30 Sept. 1927, 1, descrip.)
HEATH STREET, for Henry N. Baird, 1910 (Const., iii, July 1910, 68-9, illus.)
WESTERN AVENUE, for J. Howard Bovell, 1910 (Const., iii, July 1910, 70-1, illus.)
JAMESON AVENUE, for Frank A. Coryell, 1910 (Const., iii, Oct. 1910, 80-2, illus.)
WHITNEY AVENUE, near Glen Road, for Mrs. C. Whitby Goode, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 23339, 17 Sept. 1910)
HIGHLAND AVENUE, near Glen Road, for Mrs. Lillian Wright, 1910-11 (Toronto b.p. 24024, 24 Oct. 1910)
PORT CREDIT, ONT., for Alfred W. Briggs, 1910 (Const., iv, July 1911, 72-5, illus.)
ST. EDMUND'S DRIVE, Lawrence Park, for John Firstbrook and Wilfrid S. Dinnick, 1911 (Const., iv, Nov. 1911, 97-102, illus.)
DAWLISH AVENUE, Lawrence Park, for J.H. Evans, John Brooks, and Julian Sale, 1911; residence of John Brooks demol. 1993 (Const., iv, Nov. 1911, 103-5, illus.)
ST. LEONARD'S AVENUE, Lawrence Park, for John A. McConnell, 1911 (Const., iv, Nov. 1911, 105, illus.)
EXETER CRESCENT, Lawrence Park, for Alphonso F. Jones, 1911 (Const., iv, Nov. 1911, 105-7, illus.)
PORT CREDIT, ONT., for Charles Hamilton, 1912 (C.R., xxv, 20 Dec. 1911, 61, t.c.)
DUNDAS, ONT., for Col. J.J. Grafton, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 7 Feb. 1912, 63, t.c.)
GLEN GROVE AVENUE, for Alfred M.N. Ansley, 1911 (Const., v, March 1912, 76-7, illus.)
SUMMERHILL GARDENS, for D.M. Robertson and A.E. Osler, 1911 (Const., v, March 1912, 78-9, illus.)
PARKWOOD AVENUE, near Heath Street West, for W.H. Baker, 1911 (Const., v, June 1912, 72-6, illus.)
ROXBOROUGH STREET EAST, for Edward J. Freyseng, 1912 (Const., v, Sept. 1912, 62-5, illus.)
GLEN ROAD, for George W. Blaikie, c. 1911 (Toronto Society of Architects Exhibit Catalogue, 1912)
CASTLE FRANK ROAD, near McKenzie Avenue, for Henry G. Kelly, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 34867, 14 June 1912)
DUNVEGAN ROAD, near Heath Street West, for Archibald B. Barker, 1912-13 (Toronto b.p. 1080, 19 Nov. 1912; Const., vii, June 1914, 281, illus.)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, near Lonsdale Road, for Capt. E. Russell Hale, 1913 (Toronto b.p. 1718, 14 Jan. 1913)
GLEN ROAD, near Roxborough Drive, for Daniel Fitzgerald, 1913 (Toronto b.p. 5126, 16 June 1913; Globe & Mail [Toronto], 6 Dec. 2019, H6 & H7, illus. & descrip., but lacking attribution to the architect)
DAWLISH AVENUE, Lawrence Park, for James E. Jones, 1914 (Canadian Builder & Carpenter [Toronto], iv, May 1914, 27-31, illus. & descrip.)
BLYTHWOOD ROAD, at Strathgowan Crescent, Lawrence Park, residence for Robert J. Lovell, c. 1914 (Canadian Builder & Carpenter [Toronto], vii, Nov. 1917, 10, illus.)
INDIAN GROVE, near Ridout Street, for F.H. Morden Neilson, c. 1914 (Const., x, May 1917, 157-8, illus.)
ROSEDALE, house near Chorley Park, for an unidentified client, 1914 (Const., viii, June 1915, 226-9, illus.)
CHADWICK & BECKETT (Commercial & Industrial Works in Toronto unless noted)
TORONTO TYPE FOUNDRY CO., York Street near Wellington Street West, factory, 1899 (Toronto b.p. 56, 12 May 1899)
BOWMANVILLE, ONT., Sunday School for the Presbyterian Church, 1899 (C.R., x, 26 April 1899, 5)
BEATTY MANUFACTURING CO., King Street West at Portland Street, factory, 1900-01 (Toronto b.p. 293, 12 Nov. 1900)
TORONTO PLATE GLASS CO., Victoria Street near Queen Street East, major addition to warehouse, 1900-01; demol. (Toronto b.p. 15, 28 Nov. 1900)
TORONTO PLATE GLASS CO., Victoria Street, north of Shuter Street, glass bending factory, 1901 (Toronto b.p. 83, 1 March 1901)
J.D. KING CO. LTD., Wellington Street West at Clarence Street, major addition to factory, 1901 (Toronto b.p. 155, 4 April 1901)
ROBERT L. PATTERSON CO., Wellington Street West near York Street, warehouse, 1901; demol. (Toronto b.p. 183, 15 April 1901)
CANADIAN KODAK CO., King Street West east of Portland Street, 1901-02 (Toronto b.p. 79, 14 Nov. 1901; Toronto Daily Star, 9 May 1902, 4)
BANK OF TORONTO, Queen Street West at Spadina Avenue, 1902; still standing in 2022 (Toronto b.p. 245, 12 Aug. 1902; Toronto Society of Architects Exhibit Catalogue, 1909, 107, illus.)
BANK OF TORONTO, King Street West at Bathurst Street, 1902; still standing in 2022 (C.A.B., xvii, Aug. 1904, illus.; dwgs. at Toronto Dominion Bank, Premises Div., Toronto)
MENZIE MANUFACTURING CO., Pacific Avenue, factory, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 505, 19 May 1904)
WILLIAM NEILSON CHOCOLATE CO., Gladstone Avenue near College Street, factory, 1904; addition, 1910, with details regarding partial collapse of the building in April 1912; all still standing in 2022 (Toronto b.p. 1377, 17 Oct. 1904; b.p. 22112, 15 July 1910; Ottawa Journal, 6 May 1912, 3 & 8, descrip.)
DUNLOP TIRE & RUBBER GOODS CO., Booth Avenue at Natalie Avenue, north of Queen Street East, large factory, engine house and smithing shops, 1905-06; all demol. c. 2005 (Evening Times (Hamilton), 9 Dec. 1905, 7, descrip., but lacking attribution to the architect; Toronto b.p. 5467, 6 Oct. 1906; inf. Robert Hamilton)
CHRISTIE, BROWN & CO., Frederick Street near Adelaide Street East, factory, 1907; still standing in 2022 (Toronto b.p. 7304, 2 May 1907)
TORONTO ELECTRIC LIGHT CO., Hydro Sub Station, Tecumseth Street at Adelaide Street West, 1908; still standing in 2022 (dwgs. at Toronto Hydro, Planning Div.)
IMPERIAL TRUST CO., Richmond Street West near Yonge Street, 1909 (Const., ii, Aug. 1909, 65-7, illus.; Builder [London], cv, 5 Dec. 1913, illus.)
TORONTO FURNITURE CO., Dufferin Street south of King Street West, factory, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 26667, 25 April 1911)
CANADA CYCLE & MOTOR CAR CO., Weston Road near St. Clair Avenue West, factory, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 23653, 6 Oct. 1910)
BEARDMORE BELTING CO., Front Street East near Scott Street, warehouse, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 28219, 15 June 1911)
BANK OF TORONTO, Queen Street East at Logan Avenue, 1912; still standing in 2022 (dwgs. at City of Toronto, Building Records Div.)
TELFER BROS., Sterling Road, a 4 storey factory, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 12 March 1913, 72)
CHAPMAN & WALKER BUILDING, Richmond Street West near York Street, 1913; demol. (Const., vii, April 1914, 142, illus.)
ROYAL BANK, Bloor Street West at Dovercourt Road, 1914; still standing in 2022 (dwgs. at Royal Bank Archives, Montreal)
CHADWICK & BECKETT (Institutional & Ecclesiastical Works in Toronto unless noted)
BRADFORD, ONT., Trinity Anglican Church, Church Street at James Street, 1900; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xi, 2 May 1900, 2; dwgs. at Anglican Church Archives, Toronto Diocese Office)
GOLF CLUB HOUSE, possibly the High Park Golf Club, c. 1900 (C.A.B., xiii, Dec. 1900, illus.)
ALEXANDRA GATES, Bloor Street West at Avenue Road; and now relocated at the head of Philosopher's Walk facing Bloor Street West, 1902; still standing in 2022 (Toronto Daily Star, 25 Sept. 1901, 5, detailed descrip.; Canadian Engineer, ix, Sept. 1902, 253-4, illus. & descrip.)
CALEDONIAN SKATING RINK, Mutual Street near Dundas Street East, major additions to ice rink, and additions to seating galleries, 1905-06; demol. (Toronto Daily Star, 3 Nov. 1905, 12, detailed descrip.; Toronto b.p. 2676, 8 Dec. 1905)
MACHZIKI HADATH JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, Terauley Street, 1906; demol. (Toronto b.p. 4890, 14 Aug. 1906)
ST. ALBAN'S ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL, Howland Avenue at Barton Avenue, proposal for completion of the cathedral, with new chapter house, cloister, and chancel, 1907 (Toronto Daily Star, 2 Feb. 1907, 7, descrip.)
WOODSTOCK, ONT., Carnegie Library, Hunter Street at Graham Street, a commission won in a competition, 1907; still standing in 2022 (Brantford Daily Expositor, 6 Feb. 1907, 7; C.R., xviii, 6 March 1907, 4; M. Beckman, The Best Gift, 1984, 65-6, 178, illus.)
SONS OF ENGLAND BENEFIT SOCIETY, Richmond Street East at Bertie Street, 1907 (Toronto b.p. 7259, 1 May 1907)
CANADIAN MILITARY INSTITUTE, University Avenue opposite Armoury Street, new Library, 1908; still standing in 2022 (Toronto b.p. 10285, 28 March 1908)
PARKDALE CANOE CLUB HOUSE, Sunnyside Beach at Lakeshore Road West, 1908 (Toronto b.p. 12365, 27 Aug. 1908)
W.C.V. CHADWICK (works in Toronto unless noted)
HOME BANK, Danforth Avenue at Main Street, 1919; still standing in 2022 (Toronto b.p. 25137, 11 Aug. 1919)
OAKVILLE, ONT., residence for Maj. F. Moss, 1919 (C.R., xxxiii, 10 Sept. 1919, 50)
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, St. Clair Avenue West at Oakwood Avenue, 1920 (dwgs. at Bank of Nova Scotia Archives, Toronto)
CLUNY DRIVE, at Rosedale Road, residence for William Mulock, 1921 (Const., xv, Sept. 1922, 287-90, illus.; C.H.G., i, June 1925, 14-5, illus.)
COPPER CLIFF, ONT., Public School, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 22 March 1922, 49)
MCKENZIE AVENUE, near Castle Frank Road, residence for John B. Kay, 1922 (Const., xvi, April 1923, 147, illus.)
HUNTLEY STREET, residence for James Miln, alterations and remodelling, 1924 (Const., xvii, Aug. 1924, 263, illus. & descrip.)
CHRISTIAN & MISSIONARY ALLIANCE, school, Christie Street near Bloor Street West, 1924 (Toronto b.p. 73169, 31 July 1924)
W.C. VAUX CHADWICK & BRYAN CHADWICK (works in Toronto unless noted)
OSGOODE HALL, Queen Street West at University Avenue, alterations for the Law School, 1923-24; still standing in 2022 (Const., xviii, Jan. 1925, 18-20, illus. & descrip.)
ISLINGTON, residence for Frederick T. James, Lambton Mills, c. 1924 (R.A.I.C. Journal, ii, July-Aug. 1925, viii, illus. in advert.)
CASTLE FRANK CRESCENT, residence for Samuel B. Marriott, 1924 (C.H.G., i, June 1925, 13, illus.)
ELM AVENUE, at South Drive, residence for Robert C.H. Cassells, 1925 (Toronto b.p. 82211, 16 July 1925)
BINSCARTH ROAD, residence for Britton Osler, 1926 (C.H.G., iii, Nov. 1926, 45, illus. in advert.)
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, Queen Street East at Church Street, 1928; still standing in 2022 (Toronto b.p. A8439, 23 May 1928; dwgs. at Bank of Nova Scotia Archives, Toronto)
EGLINTON HUNT CLUB & STABLES, Avenue Road south of Roselawn Avenue, for George W. Beardmore, 1928; stables demol. in 1986, Hunt Club still standing in 2022 (Toronto Daily Star, 18 May 1928, 25, illus. & descrip.; and 6 July 1928, 4, descrip.; Saturday Night [Toronto], 1 June 1929, 24-5, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xliii, 25 Dec. 1929, 238, illus. in advert.)
ROSEDALE ROAD, at Avondale Road, residence for Samuel W. McKeown, 1929 (Toronto b.p. 10934, 20 Sept. 1929)
HAWTHORNE GARDENS, at Castle Frank Road, residence for Norman Seagram, 1929 (Toronto Daily Star, 12 April 1929, 22, and 23 May 1929, 22, illus. & descrip.; Toronto b.p. B5915, 8 April 1929; C.H.G., x, Sept. 1933, 24-5, illus.)
WARREN ROAD, major reconstruction and alterations to residence for E.J. Northwood, 1930 (Toronto Daily Star, 20 June 1930, 26, illus. & descrip.)
RIVERVIEW DRIVE, at Teddington Park Avenue, residence for John Milne, 1930 (C.H.G., vii, Aug. 1930, 53-5, illus.)
BUNTIN-REID CO., Peter Street, warehouse, 1931 (Toronto Daily Star, 21 Aug. 1931, 32; Canadian Engineer, lxv, 5 April 1932, 35, illus. in advert.)
GEORGIAN BAY, 'Kanonsiyo', residence for Rankin Nesbitt, 1934 (C.H.G., xii, May 1935, 24, illus.)
OTTAWA, ONT., Bank of Nova Scotia, Ottawa South Branch, Bank Street at Belmont Avenue, 1934 (Ottawa Journal, 26 June 1934, 1)
GUELPH, ONT., Dominion Public Building, Wyndham Street North near Woolwich Street, 1935; still standing in 2022 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xii, Oct. 1935, 161, illus.; Building in Canada, March 1938, 26-7, illus.)
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT CO., Weston Road near St. Clair Avenue West, office and warehouse, 1936 (Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 11 June 1936, 6, illus.)
NORTH YORK, residence for J. Darcy Chadwick, Ridley Boulevard at Harley Street, 1938 (Toronto Daily Star, 2 Sept. 1938, 28)