SALISBURY, Henry George (1875-1940), active in Toronto, Ontario from 1902. Born there on 18 April 1875, he began his career as a bricklayer. In 1903 he joined the staff of the City Architect’s Department as an Assistant Building Inspector, working under the direct supervision of Robert McCallum. By 1910 he had attained the post of Chief Examiner of Plans in that department, but he resigned in October 1912 (Canadian Engineer [Montreal], xxiii, 24 Oct. 1912, 661). He then became architect and building superintendent for the old Toronto Street Railway Co., and briefly worked for the Toronto & Niagara Power Co., and for the Toronto Electric Light Co. He retired in 1920 when the Toronto Transit Commission took over the Toronto Street Railway Company.
Salisbury died in Toronto on 15 November 1940 (obituary with port., Globe & Mail [Toronto], 16 Nov. 1940, 4; obit. with port, Telegram [Toronto], 16 Nov. 1940, 35; obit. Engineering & Contract Record [Toronto], liii, 27 Nov. 1940, 29; inf. Ontario Association of Architects). He should not be confused with another Toronto architect, Albert E. Salisbury, who was active from 1900 to 1925, and to whom he appears to be unrelated.
(works in Toronto)
ROBERTSON BROTHERS LTD., Richmond Street East, west of Jarvis Street, a major five storey addition to existing warehouse complex, 1910, with another addition, 1913; all still standing in 2023 (City of Toronto b.p. 2914, 7 April 1913; blueprints, City of Toronto Archives, dated 1910)
HOGARTH AVENUE, at Broadview Avenue, residence for Dr. Walter Bonney, 1911; demol. (Toronto Daily Star, 7 Jan. 1914, 15)
CONNAUGHT AVENUE STREETCAR BARNS, Queen Street East at Connaught Avenue, for the Toronto Street Railway Co., 1913; still standing in 2023 (Toronto b.p. 5636, 10 July 1913)
JAMES H. KEENS MFR. CO., Spadina Avenue, north of Queen Street West, a large 6 storey garment factory at 174 Spadina Avenue, 1912-13; still standing in 2024 (Toronto Daily Star, 11 Feb. 1914, 1, court testimony from H.G. Salisbury)
EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF THE DEAF, Wellesley Street East near Church Street, alterations to the former residence of Paul Kane, Artist, to create a church hall, 1925 (Toronto b.p. 82754, 5 Aug. 1925)