DOLPHIN, Charles Brammall (1888-1969)
(biography in preparation)
Charles B. DOLPHIN (works in Toronto)
(with Ross & MacDonald) YORK GARAGE, York Street at Adelaide Street West, an automobile parking garage, 1926; demol. (C.R., xl, 29 Sept. 1926, 923-38, illus. & descrip.)
CRESCENT ROAD APARTMENTS, Yonge Street at Gibson Avenue, for W.R.P. Parker, 1926; still standing in 2023 (Toronto b.p. 90623, 21 June 1926; Toronto Daily Star, 21 Aug. 1926, 4, illus. & descrip.; inf. Marybeth McTeague, Heritage Preservation Services, City of Toronto)
CLARENDON APARTMENTS, Clarendon Avenue at Avenue Road, 1926-27; still standing in 2023 (Toronto Daily Star, 11 Dec. 1926, 4, illus. & descrip.; Const., xxi, Jan. 1928, 13-6, 23-4, 31, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, v, March 1928, xxxiii, illus. in advert.; W. Dendy & W. Kilbourn, Toronto Observed, 1986, 238-43, illus. & descrip.)
PETER STREET, south of Richmond Street West, a 4 storey warehouse for Yolles & Rotenberg Ltd., 1927 (Toronto Daily Star, 5 March 1927, 3, descrip.)
KING - YONGE TOWER, King Street West at Yonge Street, a 26 storey skyscraper, 1927, but not built (Toronto Daily Star, 20 May 1927, 8, illus. & descrip.)
NATIONAL TRUST CO., King Street East near Yonge Street, addition of office building, 1927 (Daily Commercial News, 29 July 1927, 1, illus.)
CAWTHRA MANSIONS APARTMENTS, College Street at Beverley Street, a row of three detached low-rise apartment blocks, 1926-27; all still standing in 2023 (Toronto Daily Star, 11 June 1926, 3, illus. & descrip.; and p. 26, detailed architectural descrip.; C.R., xli, 22 June 1927, 622-5, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iv, Aug. 1927, vi, illus. in advert.)
BAY ADELAIDE GARAGE, Adelaide Street West near Bay Street, a 6 storey automobile parking garage, 1927-28; demol. (Toronto Daily Star, 8 April 1927, 32, illus. & descrip.; and 10 June 1927, 8, descrip.; Const., xxi, April 1928, 139-41, illus. & descrip.)
SOLLOWAY MILLS CO., Yonge Street near Adelaide Street West, a 4 storey office block, 1929; demol. (Toronto Daily Star, 8 June 1929, 12, illus. & descrip., and 9 Aug. 1929, 6, illus. ; Const., xxiii, April 1930, 106-10, 123-4, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, vii, May 4 1930, 1, illus. in advert.)
WELLESLEY STREET EAST, near Yonge Street, apartment block for Grover C. Murdoch, 1929-30; demol. (Toronto b.p. 12282, 5 Nov. 1929; Toronto Daily Star, 15 Aug. 1930, 26)
IMPERIAL OIL GAS STATION, Kingston Road at Silver Birch Avenue, for D.L. Sneedon, 1930 (dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 269)
ROBINS LTD., Yonge Street near Granby Street, 1930; demol. (Telegram [Toronto], 23 July 1930, 28, illus. & descrip.; Toronto Daily Star, 25 July 1930, 25, illus. & descrip.)
CONSUMER'S GAS COMPANY SHOWROOM, Yonge Street at St. Clements Avenue, 1930; still standing in 2023 (Toronto Daily Star, 18 July 1930, 25, descrip.; Const., xxiv, Feb. 1931, 39, 53-4, 59-63, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, viii, 43yMarch 1931, xvii, illus. in advert.)
GRAY COACH BUS TERMINAL, Bay Street at Edward Street, 1931-32; altered and restored 1990; still standing in 2023 (Const., xxv, April 1932, 91-6, illus. & descrip.; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 214, illus. & descrip.)
TORONTO POSTAL DELIVERY BUILDING, Bay Street at Lakeshore Boulevard West, 1939-40; additions 1947; altered 1997-99 with portions of the facades incorporated into the new Air Canada Centre (C.R., lii, 29 March 1939, 10, illus.; and lix, Nov. 1946, 98; Financial Post (Toronto), 15 March 1947, 21; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 45-47, illus. & descrip.)
NORTH YORK, 'in the Bayview district', residence for Mrs. W.J. O'Connor, c. 1938 (C.H.G., xvii, May 1940, 26-7, illus.)
BAY GROSVENOR BUILDING, Bay Street at Grosvenor Street, 1947-49; demol. 2017 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxvii, Feb. 1950, 46, illus. in advert.)
REMINGTON RAND CO., Bay Street near St. Joseph Street, office and showroom, 1950; demol. (Toronto b.p. 9423, 17 Aug. 1950)
BELL TELEPHONE CO. WEST TORONTO DISTRICT OFFICE, Bloor Street West near Glendonwynne Road, 1950; still standing 2019 (Financial Post [Toronto], 12 Feb. 1955, 20, illus.)
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO., St. Clair Avenue West near Symes Road, warehouse, 1950-51 (Toronto b.p. 10414, 13 Oct. 1950)
POSTAL STATION Q, (now called the Arthur Meighen Building), St. Clair Avenue East opposite Alvin Avenue, 1951-54; still standing in 2023 (NAC, RG 11, Vol 4139, File 11753-56; dwgs. at Public Works Canada, Ottawa)
TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION HEADQUARTERS, Yonge Street at Davisville Avenue, also called the William C. McBrien Building, 1957-58; still standing in 2023 (inf. from Toronto Transit Commission Archives)
WAR AMPUTATIONS OF CANADA LTD., Merton Street near Pailton Crescent, office building, 1959; still standing in 2023 (City of Toronto b.p. 55163, 5 June 1959; Inf. Marybeth McTeague, Heritage Preservation Services, City of Toronto)
Charles B. DOLPHIN (works elsewhere)
PORT CREDIT, ONT., St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Stavebank Road at High Street East, 1927-28; still standing in 2023 (Toronto Daily Star, 17 Sept. 1927, 12, illus. & descrip.; Const., xxii, April 1929, 119-20, illus.)
(with Findlay & Foulis) NIAGARA FALLS, ONT., General Brock Hotel, Ontario Avenue, 1928-29; still standing in 2023 and now called The Crowne Plaza Niagara Falls (Const., xxii, Sept. 1929, 287-90, illus. & descrip.)
RICHMOND HILL, ONT., clubhouse for the Toronto Ski Club, east side of Yonge Street, south of Stouffville Road, '......adjacent to the Summit Golf Club course', 1930 (Toronto Daily Star, 14 Nov. 1930, 36, descrip.)
KITCHENER, ONT., stores and apartments for Westmount Homes Ltd., Belmont Avenue, 1936 (C.R., vol. 50, 22 Jan. 1936, 29)
PORT ARTHUR, ONT., Lakehead Mental Hospital, Algoma Street, a new Administration Building, 1938; with additions to hospital, 1950 (C.R., li, 22 June 1938, 48; lxiii, May 1950, 140)
HALIFAX, N.S., Royal Canadian Navy Gunnery & Torpedo School, 1942 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xx, Aug. 1943, 128, illus.; with correction Sept. 1943, 165)
OTTAWA, ONT., major alterations to the Aylmer Apartments, Slater Street, to accommodate the Dept. of Naval Affairs Offices, 1940-41 (Ottawa Journal, 4 Dec. 1940, 12)
PORT CREDIT, ONT., British American Oil Co. Refinery, Lakeshore Road, offices, laboratory and restaurant, 1942 (C.R., lv, 6 May 1942, 30)
HUNTSVILLE, ONT.; BANCROFT, ONT.; NIPIGON, ONT.; SUDBURY, ONT.; and WIARTON, ONT., Hospital Buildings for the Canadian Red Cross, 1945 (C.R., lviii, March 1945, 134, illus.; Canadian Hospital [Toronto], xxvi, Jan. 1949, 30-1, illus. & descrip.)
GORMLEY, ONT., residence for E.F. Longfellow, c. 1947 (C.H.G., xxv, April 1948, 40-1, illus.)
SMOOTH ROCK FALLS, ONT., hospital, 1949 (C.R., lxii, April 1949, 156)
EXETER, ONT., general hospital, for the South Huron Hospital Association, 1949-51 (C.R., lxii, Sept. 1949, 158; Financial Post [Toronto], 9 June 1951, 8, t.c.)