Fleury, William Eric

FLEURY, William Eric (1910-1983), active in Toronto as a business partner with Eric Arthur in a succession of firms including:

Arthur, Fleury & Piersol 1940-42 (with Eric Arthur and George H. Piersol)
Fleury & Arthur 1946-1956 (with Eric Arthur)
Fleury, Arthur & Barclay 1957-1964 (with Eric Arthur and Stanley B. Barclay)
Fleury, Arthur, Barclay & Stern 1964-1966 (with Eric Arthur, Stanley B. Barclay and Andre Stern)
Ludlow & Fleury 1966 to 1975 (with Basil Ludlow)
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Born in Toronto on 12 September 1910 he attended Upper Canada College there, as well as Royal Military College in Kingston, Ont. After graduating from the Dept. of Architecture at the Univ. of Toronto in 1937 he trained under Mackenzie Waters, and then worked in the office of William Rae, and with him collaborated on the design of St. Cuthbert's Anglican Church in the Leaside neighbourhood of Toronto. He was invited by Eric Arthur to join in a new partnership with himself and George H. Piersol, but the firm was disbanded in 1942 due to the outbreak of WWII, with Arthur serving with the merchant navy in the North Atlantic, and Piersol moving to Ottawa. Fleury served as an officer in the Royal Canadian Artillery during WWII, and after returning to Toronto in 1946 he rejoined Arthur in the new firm of Fleury & Arthur, and remained active for the next 30 years as their office grew and took on new partners.

Their major works in Toronto after 1950 include St. Andrew's Church, Victoria Park Avenue at Terraview Blvd., Scarborough (1957), The Benson Women's Athletic Building, University of Toronto, Huron Street at Harbord Street, the South Extension to the Coliseum, Exhibition Park (1961), and Castle Frank High School, Bloor Street East at the Don Valley (1962). One of his later works was the design of "Windover", a country residence in the Albion Hills near Toronto for the renowned Canadian author Robertson Davies (1967-71). Fleury died in Toronto on 1 December 1983 (death notice Globe & Mail [Toronto], 5 Dec. 1983; inf. Ontario Association of Architects; inf. David Fleury, Toronto). The Ontario Archives at York University, Toronto holds a collection of drawings by Fleury & Arthur and their successor firms from 1940 to 1975 (OA, Acc. 15510)

W.E. FLEURY (works in Toronto)

TORONTO, ONT., St. Cuthbert's Anglican Church, Bayview Avenue at St. Cuthbert's Road, 1937-38; addition of a Parish Hall, 1950-51 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxix, July 1952, 220-21, illus.; History of St. Cuthbert's Parish 1890-1940, 28, illus.)

FLEURY & ARTHUR (works in Toronto unless noted)

NORTH YORK, ONT., residence for Eugene E. Hawke, Park Lane Circle at Bayview Avenue, 1945-46 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xiv, May 1937, 78, illus.; C.H.G., xxi, Nov. 1944, 13-15, illus.) dwgs. at OA, Fleury Coll.)
TORONTO, ONT., residence for W.H. Bosley, Riverview Crescent, 1946-47 (dwgs. at OA, Fleury Coll.)
TORONTO, ONT., major addition to a private residence for Clair Stewart, originally designed by Mackenzie Waters, 1947 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxiv, Aug. 1947, 276-78, illus. & descrip.)
CHARLETTOWN, P.E.I., office for Canada Packers Ltd., 1947-48 (dwgs. at OA, Fleury Coll.)
GUELPH, ONT., King George Elementary School, Lemon Street, 1948-49; addition 1953-54 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxix, April 1952, 111, illus.; dwgs. at OA, Fleury Coll.)
TORONTO, ONT., residence for R.A. Bowlby, Cedarwood Avenue, 1948-50 (dwgs. at OA, Fleury Coll.)
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY, Women's Union Building (Wymilwood), Charles Street West near Queen's Park Boulevard, 1950-52; altered 2011-12 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxxi, Feb. 1954, 38-57, illus. & descrip.; H. Kalman, "Eric Arthur and the Introduction of Modernism to Canada", in The Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada [Ottawa], xlii, No. 2, December 2017, 58-59, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at OA, Fleury Coll.)
ETOBICOKE, ONT., residence for Art Tateishi, Valecrest Drive, 1951 (H. Kalman, "Eric Arthur and the Introduction of Modernism to Canada", in The Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada [Ottawa], xlii, No. 2, December 2017, 57-58, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at OA, Fleury Coll.)
TORONTO, ONT., Canada Packers Ltd., St. Clair Avenue West, Research Building adjacent to the packing plant, and additions to the Canada Packers office building, 1951-52; head office building, 1956 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxxi, June 1954, 183-6, illus.; xxxii, Oct. 1955, 387, illus.; H. Kalman, "Eric Arthur and the Introduction of Modernism to Canada", in The Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada [Ottawa], xlii, No. 2, December 2017, 56-57, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at OA, Fleury Coll.)
TORONTO, ONT., The Building Materials Display Centre, also known as The Building Centre, Shuter Street at Victoria Street, a three storey modernist building opposite Massey Hall, 1955 (Financial Post, 19 Feb. 1955, 40, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.)