BURNHAM, Daniel H. (1868-1931), a minor figure in Toronto who first appears in the City of Toronto Directory as a contractor and carpenter as early as 1889 (Toronto Directory, 1889, 469). He continued to work as a carpenter and builder until 1913, but he began to style himself as an "architect" in 1914, and he designed a number of commercial blocks and apartment buildings between 1914 and 1930. He died in Toronto on 24 May 1931, and his brief obituary published in the Toronto Star on 26 May 1931, p. 2 referred to him as "...an architect....and designer of many North Toronto houses". He should not be confused with his namesake Daniel H. Burnham, the famous Chicago architect who died in 1912, and to whom he appears to be unrelated.
(works in Toronto)
ST. CLAIR AVENUE WEST, near St. Clarens Avenue, row of six stores with apartments above, for Herbert J. Atkinson 1914 (Toronto b.p. 9661, 17 March 1914)
ROSEHILL AVENUE, residence for Gilbert M. Walker, 1916 (Const., ix, June 1916, 211)
ST. CLAIR AVENUE WEST, near Pinewood Avenue, store and residence for Albert M. Hough, 1916 (Const., ix, June 1916, 211)
MILVERTON BOULEVARD, at Coxwell Avenue, residence for H.H. Sprague, 1920; addition 1929 (dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 650)
NEW TORONTO, a bank, store and apartments for George W. Booth, 1921-22 (C.R., xxxv, 26 Oct. 1921, 47)
MILLER BROS., flower show rooms, office building, auto show rooms and garage, Front Street West near Yonge Street, 1922-23; demol. (C.R., xxxvi, 1 Nov. 1922, 49)
THE BATHURST APARTMENTS, Bathurst Street near Helena Avenue, 1927 (C.R., xli, 22 June 1927, 57)
YONGE STREET, near Broadway Avenue, apartment block for William Moad, 1927-28 (Daily Commercial News, 12 Sept. 1927, 5; C.R., xli, 5 Oct. 1927, 51)
ELLSWORTH AVENUE, at Vaughan Road, apartment block for an unnamed client, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 18 April 1928, 73)
MIMICO, residence for Leonard F. Franceschini, Lake Shore Road at Douglas Boulevard, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 6 Aug. 1930, 67)
KINGSWOOD ROAD, residence for F.J. Cornell, 1930 (City of Toronto b.p. B 18090, 18 Aug. 1930; inf. Barbara Myrvold, Toronto)