HARVEY, James Arthur (1870-1935) was born at Whitby, Ontario and received his early education there. He attended courses at the School of Practical Science at the University of Toronto and commenced his career as an architect in 1893. Many of his commissions for residential works were often carried out as speculative ventures for builders and contractors who lived and worked in Parkdale and the Annex, and he can be numbered among the first of Toronto's architects to develop the prototype for the two and three storey walk-up apartment block. Harvey took an interest in local politics where he served two terms as Reeve for the Village of Swansea and he was the creator of 'Harcroft', one of the first bird and wild flower sanctuaries in Canada located on forty acres of land surrounding his residence on Olympus Avenue adjacent to High Park. He died in Toronto on 6 November 1935 (obituary in the Toronto Star, 7 Nov. 1935, 38; Globe [Toronto], 7 Nov. 1935, 12, with port.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xii, Dec. 1935, 212)
J.A. HARVEY (Residential works in Toronto)
JAMESON AVENUE, near Springhurst Avenue, for John F. Connolly, 1896 (Toronto b.p. 3166, 30 April 1896)
KING STREET WEST, near Triller Avenue, pair of houses for Capt. J.D. Beaty, 1899 (Toronto b.p. 95, 26 May 1899)
TYNDALL AVENUE, near Huxley Street, for James M. Brown, 1900-01 (Toronto b.p. 26, 3 Dec. 1900)
PEARSON AVENUE, near Sorauren Avenue, pair of houses for John M. McIvor, 1900-01 (Toronto b.p. 31, 7 Dec. 1900)
JAMESON AVENUE, at Fife Street, pair of houses for John F. Connolly, 1900 (Toronto b.p. 218, 20 April 1900)
RUSHOLME ROAD, near Dewson Street, for T. Vallentyne, 1901 (Toronto b.p. 69, 11 Nov. 1901)
EUCLID AVENUE, near Harbord Street, two pairs of houses for J.S. Montgomery, 1902 (Toronto b.p. 410, 22 Sept. 1902)
DOWLING AVENUE, at Laburnham Avenue, for William W. Vickers, 1902 (Toronto b.p. 498, 14 Oct. 1902)
BEATRICE STREET, near College Street, pair of houses for Henry F. Squires, 1903 (C.R., xiii, 28 Jan. 1903, 4)
ALBANY AVENUE, at Bloor Street West, pair of houses for Robert C. Vaughan, 1903 (Toronto b.p.1043, 25 April 1903)
LOWTHER AVENUE, at Madison Avenue, for Robert C. Vaughan, 1903 (Toronto b.p. 1356, 26 June 1903)
SPADINA ROAD, near Dupont Street, for Thomas H. Kinnear, 1903 (Toronto b.p. 1727, 23 Sept. 1903)
CRESCENT ROAD, near Cluny Avenue, for James H. Lumbers, 1903 (Toronto b.p. 1787, 30 Sept. 1903)
EUCLID AVENUE, at Harbord Street, for Albert E. Emery, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 251, 18 April 1904)
BEATRICE STREET, near College Street, two pairs of houses for H.F. Squires, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 293, 21 April 1904)
WALMER ROAD, near Bernard Avenue, for Samuel Crane, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 523, 21 May 1904)
RUSHOLME ROAD, near Hepbourne Street, for William J. Kirby, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 922, 20 July 1904)
HEPBOURNE STREET, near Concord Avenue, for George T. Gorrie, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 978, 29 July 1904)
ADMIRAL ROAD, near Bernard Avenue, for Emma Tyrwhitt, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 20, 14 Nov. 1904)
RUSHOLME ROAD, near Hepbourne Street, pair of houses for Clarence W. Cook and Warren Cook, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 28, 14 Nov. 1904)
HURON STREET, near Bernard Avenue, for Thomas A. Lytle, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 33, 14 Nov. 1904)
SHERBOURNE STREET NORTH, near South Drive, for Henry A. Gray, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 313, 3 March 1905)
BERNARD AVENUE, two pairs of houses for Harry Hutson, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 430, 27 March 1905)
PALMERSTON AVENUE, near College Street, for Dr. William H. Walton-Ball, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 990, 1 June 1905)
PALMERSTON AVENUE, near Ulster Street, for John Deavitt, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 90, 1 June 1905)
RUSHOLME ROAD, near Hepbourne Street, pair of houses for Alfred P. Walker and Mrs. Jennie C. Kemp, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 1405, 5 July 1905)
PALMERSTON AVENUE, near Ulster Street, for Robert L. McIntyre, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 2311, 20 Oct. 1905)
SPADINA ROAD, at Bernard Avenue, for Samuel Crane, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 2301, 20 Oct. 1905)
SPADINA ROAD, near Bernard Avenue, for M.A. Armstrong, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 2644, 1 Dec. 1905)
CRESCENT ROAD, at South Drive, for T. Worthington Jull, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 3356, 9 April 1906)
RUSHOLME ROAD, at Dewson Street, pair of houses for Arthur C. Hutson, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 3835, 12 May 1906)
PALMERSTON AVENUE, near College Street, for Andrew B. Ingram, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 5200, 7 Sept. 1906)
RUSHOLME ROAD, near College Street, four detached houses for J.A. Harvey in trust, 1906-07 (Toronto b.p. 5819, 1 Nov. 1906; 6224, 10 Jan. 1907; 6510, 5 March 1907; 7472, 10 May 1907; 7802, 28 May 1907; 8456, 13 July 1907)
DALTON ROAD, near Lowther Avenue, for Samuel G. Near, 1909 (Const., ii, Feb. 1909, 77)
OLYMPUS AVENUE, 'Harcroft', a residence for the architect, 1910 (inf. from Toronto Historical Board)
WELLS HILL AVENUE, near Nina Street, for Jeremiah Dinwoody, 1913 (Toronto b.p. 5699, 14 July 1913)
J.A. HARVEY (other works in Toronto and Southern Ontario)
QUEEN STREET WEST, at Dunn Avenue, store for R. Ross, of Shaw & Co., Photographers, 1898 (Toronto b.p. 187, 19 Jan. 1898)
QUEEN STREET WEST, near Lansdowne Avenue, store and apartments for John McIvor, 1899 (Toronto b.p. 143, 22 June 1899)
GUNNS CO. LTD., Sydenham Street near Sackville Street, a 2 storey factory, 1903 (Toronto Daily Star, 22 July 1903, 2)
QUEEN STREET WEST, near Northcote Avenue, store and residence for Alex C. Stanners, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 1416, 7 July 1905)
TORONTO RACQUET CLUB, Emily Street, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 1629, 27 July 1905)
COLLEGE STREET, east of Bathurst Street, retail store and dwelling for Henry R. Reynolds, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 3261, 29 March 1906)
COLLEGE STREET, at Delaware Avenue, store and apartments for Charles Snow, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 5318, 19 Sept. 1906)
WELLINGTON STREET WEST, near Portland Street, warehouse for Mendel Granatstein, 1907 (Toronto b.p. 6457, 1 March 1907)
THOMAS A. LYTLE CO., Sterling Road near Dundas Street West, warehouse, 1907 (Toronto b.p. 7358, 4 May 1907)
SYLVAN APARTMENTS, Havelock Street at Sylvan Avenue, for J.T. Hutson, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 3 March 1909, 21)
ELLINGTON APARTMENTS, Gerrard Street East near Church Street, 1909 (Toronto b.p. 14237, 17 March 1909)
LA PLAZA APARTMENTS, Charles Street East at Jarvis Street, 1909; demol. c. 1955 (inf. Toronto Historical Board)
MANHATTAN APARTMENTS, Charles Street East at Church Street, 1909-10 (P. McHugh, Toronto Architecture: A City Guide, 1985, 178, illus.)
WHITBY, ONT., Ontario County Court House, Centre Street, extension to the south wing, 1910 (C.R., xxiv, 27 April 1910, 28)
GALT, ONT., conversion of the old Opera House after a fire, into 14 apartment units, 1910 (Berlin News Record [Kitchener], 6 Sept. 1910, 1, t.c.)
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, Bloor Street West at St. Clarens Avenue, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 23939, 21 Oct. 1910)
ROSLYN APARTMENTS, Glen Road at Howard Street, for A.N. Garrett, 1911 (Toronto b.p. 28855, 5 July 1911; C.R., xxv, 5 July 1911, 60, t.c.)
MELBOURNE AVENUE, near Gwynne Avenue, apartment block for C.E. Proctor, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 33411, 18 April 1912)
SECORD APARTMENTS, King Street West near Dufferin Street, 1913 (Toronto b.p. 7401, 11 Oct. 1913)
ST. PETER'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Bloor Street West at Bathurst Street, a parish hall and club house, 1914 (Toronto b.p. 8805, 6 Jan. 1914)
METROPOLITAN APARTMENTS, Lansdowne Avenue at Queen Street West, 1914 (Toronto b.p. 10546, 17 April 1914)