COON, Stephen Burwell (1862-1936)
(biography in preparation)
S.B. COON (works in Toronto)
EUCLID AVENUE, near Ulster Street, pair of houses for William Batty, 1903 (Toronto b.p. 1970, 7 Nov. 1903)
ROXBOROUGH STREET WEST, near Molson Street, residence for Stephen B. Coon, architect, 1905-06 (Toronto b.p. 785, 5 May 1905; and Toronto b.p. 6027, 28 Nov. 1906)
ROXBOROUGH STREET WEST, near Avenue Road, residence for David Garrow, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 860, 15 May 1905)
RUSHOLME ROAD, near Dewson Street, residence for Robert Watt, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 1173, 17 June 1905)
SHERBOURNE STREET, near Richmond Street East, warehouse for J.M. Lowes Co., 1911 (Toronto b.p. 24869, 23 Dec. 1910)
HEATH STREET WEST, at Oriole Road, residence for Aubrey O. Hurst, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 33823, 9 May 1912)
POPLAR PLAINS ROAD, near Clarendon Avenue, residence for James Randall, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 34871, 14 June 1912)
S.B. COON & SON (Residential Works in Toronto unless noted)
GLEN ROAD, near Douglas Drive, residence for Calvin W. Defoe, 1914 (Toronto b.p. 8870, 13 Jan. 1914)
PETERBOROUGH, ONT., residence for A.W. Cressman, Hunter Street West, 1915 (C.R., xxix, 18 Aug. 1915, 49)
ROXBOROUGH DRIVE, at Edgar Avenue, residence for Herman C. Fletcher, 1916 (Const., ix, Sept. 1916, 314)
HAMILTON, ONT., Tisdale Avenue, apartment block for Mrs. T. W. Brennan, 1916 (Const., ix, Oct. 1916, 362)
LAWRENCE PARK APARTMENTS, Yonge Street at Glengrove Avenue, 1925 (Const., xviii, Oct. 1925, 320-21, illus. & descrip.)
UNIVERSITY APARTMENTS, St. Thomas Street at Sultan Street, 1926-27, still standing in 2024 (Toronto Daily Star, 17 Sept. 1926, 30, advert. by S.B. Coon ; Toronto b.p. 88323, 20 April 1926)
BALMORAL APARTMENTS, Balmoral Avenue at Avenue Road, 1928-29 (Toronto Daily Star, 8 May 1928, 4, descrip.; Toronto b.p. A6628, 7 April 1928; R.A.I.C. Journal, vii, July 1930, xlviii, illus. in advert.; W. Dendy & W. Kilbourn, Toronto Observed, 1986, 238-40, illus. & descrip.)
HILLHOLME ROAD, residence for George Blachford, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 16 May 1928, 65)
QUEEN'S PARK APARTMENTS, Bredalbane Street at Surrey Place, 1930; demol. 1964 (Toronto Daily Star, 4 April 1930, 36; R.A.I.C. Journal, viii, March 1931, 80, 95, illus.; dwgs. at OA, RG 15-13-2-836)
NORTH TORONTO, prototype residence for an 'English Cottage to Cost Under $4000', built for an unidentified client, 1932 (C.H.G., x, June 1933, 35, illus.)
EASTBOURNE, ONT., on Lake Simcoe, summer residence for Donald H. Rowan, 1932 (Const., xxvi, May-June 1933, 64, illus.; C.H.G., x, Sept. 1933, 40, illus.)
DELEVAN AVENUE, residence for J.E. Collins, 1934 (C.H.G., xii, Jan.-Feb. 1935, 31, illus.)
S.B. COON & SON (Educational works in Ontario)
SARNIA, ONT., Public School, Lochiel Street, 1916 (C.R., xxx, 28 June 1916, 646, illus. & descrip.; Const., x, July 1917, 240-41, illus. & descrip.)
MOUNT DENNIS, ONT. [in West Toronto], Silverthorne Public School, Keele Street, 1916-17 (C.R., xxx, 26 April 1916, 405, illus. & descrip.; Weston Times & Guide Weekly, 17 Oct. 1917, 2, detailed architectural descrip.)
TRENTON, ONT., High School, 1917; demol. c. 1970 (C.R., xxxi, 6 June 1917, 497, 509, illus. & descrip.; Const., xii, July 1919, 203-4, illus.)
GUELPH, ONT., public School, 1919 (C.R., xxxiii, 5 March 1919, 52; Montreal Daily Star, 22 April 1919, 11, t.c.)
WESTON, ONT., Weston Memorial High School, Maria Street at Pine Street, 1919-20 (Weston Times & Guide, 14 April 1920, 5, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.; F.D. Cruikshank, History of Weston, 1937, 52)
SARNIA, ONT., Collegiate Institute & Vocational School, Wellington Street near Stuart Street, 1919-21; still standing in 2023 (Times Herald [Port Huron, Mich.], 25 July 1919, 4, descrip.; C.R., xxxv, 9 Feb. 1921, 56, t.c.; Register of Sarnia Heritage Property, 2010, illus. & descrip.)
ETOBICOKE, Humber Heights Consolidated School, Bridge Street, 1921 (Weston Times & Guide, 27 April 1921, 5, t.c.)
CAMPBELLFORD, ONT., High School, Ranney Street East at Market Street, 1922; demol. 1988 (C.R., xxxvi, 22 Feb. 1922, 49, t.c.)
WELLINGTON, ONT., Consolidated School, 1921-22 (Daily Standard [Kingston], 12 Sept. 1921, 6; C.R., xxxvi, 24 May 1922, 54)
RENFREW, ONT., Collegiate Institute, 1922 (C.R., xxxvi, 5 July 1922, 48)
TORONTO, ONT., Danforth Park Public School, Lumsden Avenue at Gledhill Avenue, 1922; demol. (C.R., xxxvi, 5 April 1922, 58; and 20 Dec. 1922, 13, illus. in advert.)
KITCHENER, ONT., Collegiate Institute,& Vocational School, King Street South at Green Street, designed 1920; built 1922-23 ( (News Record [Kitchener], 5 Feb. 1920, 1, descrip.; C.R., xxxvii, 30 May 1923, 155, illus.; Fifteenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1927, 279, illus.)
ST. CATHARINES, ONT., Collegiate & Vocational School, Catherine Street at Woodland Street, 1922-23; addition 1932 (C.R., xxxvi, 23 Aug. 1922, 52-3; St. Catherines Standard, 6 Nov. 1923, 1 & 20, illus. & descrip.; E. Julian et al, St. Catharines: Our Built Heritage, 2005, 119, illus.)
MEAFORD, ONT., School, 1923 (C.R., xxxvi, 20 Dec. 1922, 41)
TORONTO, ONT., Weston Collegiate Industrial & Vocational School, MacDonald Avenue at Pine Street, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 28 Feb. 1923, 45)
TORONTO, ONT., Fairbank Memorial School, Harvie Avenue at Carrington Avenue, York Township, 1922-23; still standing in 2023 (C.R., xxxvii, 14 March 1923, illus. on cover)
TORONTO, ONT., Public School, at Leaside, 1923 (C.R., xxxvii, 18 July 1923, 49, t.c.)
GANANOQUE, ONT., Stone Street Public School, major addition and extensive alterations, 1925-26 (Daily British Whig [Kingston], 18 July 1925, 7)
GANANOQUE, ONT., Linklater Central Public School, Stone Street North at North Street, 1925-26; still standing in 2023 (Daily Standard [Kingston], 16 Nov. 1925, 6; and 26 May 1926, 3, descrip.)
CLINTON, ONT., Collegiate Institute, 1926 (C.R., xl, 14 July 1926, 51)
FERGUS, ONT., High School, 1927 (Fergus-The Story of a Little Town, 1933, 249)
TIMMINS, ONT., High School, addition for vocational and technical departments, 1927 (C.R., xli, 1 June 1927, 49)
RIDGEWAY, ONT., Continuation School, Bertie Township, 1927; still standing in 2021 (C.R., xli, 29 June 1927, 50)
ETOBICOKE, ONT., Islington High School, Montgomery Road, 1927-28 (Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 11 Oct. 1927, 1, illus.; Times & Guide [Weston], 22 Aug. 1928, 5, descrip.)
OSHAWA, ONT., Oshawa Collegiate Institute, addition for vocational and technical departments, Simcoe Street North,1929-30 (Oshawa Times, 7 May 1930, Souvenir Edition, supplement, illus. & descrip.)
TORONTO, ONT., Humber Heights Consolidated School, c. 1930 (R.A.I.C. Journal, x, March 1933, 55)
NORTH BAY, ONT., major 3 storey addition to the Collegiate, for a new Technical & Vocational School, 1930-31 (The Nugget [North Bay], 13 Aug. 1930, 2, t.c.; and 28 March 1931, 1, wth signed perspective by S.B. Coon; and 14 Oct. 1931, 9, but incorrectly credited to architect 'S.B. Coombe' [sic], and 21 Oct. 1931, 17, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xlvii, 18 Jan. 1933, 41, illus.)
WOODSTOCK, ONT., School, Riddell Street, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 25 March 1931, 64, t.c.)
S.B. COON & SON (Commercial & Institutional works in Ontario)
MIMICO, ONT., Carnegie Library, Station Road, 1915; demol. 1966 (M. Beckman, The Best Gift, 1984, 185)
STRATFORD, ONT., St. John's United Church, Waterloo Street South, 1926 (First Annual Report: St. John's United Church, Stratford, 1927, 8)
TORONTO, ONT., Atlas Building, Bay Street at Temperance Street, a 13 storey tower, 1927; still standing in 2023 (Const., xxi, March 1928, 95-6, 99-101, 109, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xlii, 4 July 1928, 705-8, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, v, May 1928, xl, illus. in advert.)
TORONTO, ONT., stores and office building for Robins Ltd., Bloor Street West at Bay Street, 1927; demol. (Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 12 Sept. 1927, 1, illus.)
TORONTO, ONT., St. James-Bond United Church, Avenue Road near Willowbank Boulevard, 1927-28; demol. 2006 (Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 23 Sept. 1927, 1, illus.; Toronto Daily Star, 21 Jan. 1928, 13, descrip.; and 1 Feb. 1928, 1, illus.; The Globe [Toronto], 8 Oct. 1928, 2, descrip.)
TORONTO, ONT., block of stores and office building for Robins Ltd., Bloor Street West at Bellair Street, 1928; demol. (Toronto Daily Star, 8 May 1928, 37, illus. & descrip.)
FORT ERIE, ONT., Fort Erie Times & Review Newspaper Office, Jarvis Street, Bridgeburg, 1928 (Fort Erie Times, 4 May 1928, 1, illus. & descrip.)
STRATFORD, ONT., Hotel Stratford, with frontage on Ontario Street and frontage on Cobourg Street at the rear, 1929 (Financial Post [Toronto], 26 April 1929, 17, descrip.; Canadian Hotel Review, vii, June 1929, 30)
TORONTO, ONT., Frank Stollery's Store, Yonge Street at Bloor Street West, 1929; demol. 2015 (P. McHugh, Toronto Architecture: A City Guide, 1985, 217)
TORONTO, ONT., commercial block of ten stores on Bloor Street West from Balmuto Street to Bay Street, 1930; demol. c. 1970 (Telegram [Toronto], 14 May 1930, 16, illus.)
TORONTO, ONT., York Masonic Temple, Eglinton Avenue East at Yonge Street, c. 1930 (Year Book of the Toronto Chapter- Ontario Association of Architects, 1933, 95, illus.)
TORONTO, ONT., Dad's Cookie Ltd., factory and office, Pape Avenue near Mortimer Avenue, 1930 (R.A.I.C. Journal, viii, March 1931, 80)
TORONTO, ONT., Lake Simcoe Ice & Fuel Ltd., shop and offices, Dupont Street, 1932 (Const., xxvi, May-June 1933, 67, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, x, Nov. 1933, 184, illus.)
COMPETITIONS
KITCHENER, ONT., This architect was one of 4 designers who were asked to submit plans for the new Collegiate Institute & Technical School at Kitchener in 1919 (News Record [Kitchener], 23 Dec. 1919, 6). The winner was Stephen B. Coon & Son of Toronto, and his design was later built in 1922-23.
OWEN SOUND, ONT., major addition to the Collegiate Institute, 1921-22 (Owen Sound Sun-Times, 15 Nov. 1921, 1; and 29 April 1922, 1). Both S.B. Coon of Toronto and Robert McGiffin of Toronto prepared alternative designs for this large 2 storey addition extending 375 feet. The winner was McGiffin & Smith.
COLLINGWOOD, ONT., public school, 1924. S.B. Coon was one of 4 architects who submitted plans for this new educational building (Daily Sun-Times [Owen Sound], 8 July 1924, 5). It is unclear who the winner was.