Wickson, Alexander Frank

WICKSON, Alexander Frank (1861-1936)

A.F. WICKSON (works in Toronto unless noted)

GRAY BUILDING, for Robert H. Gray, Wellington Street West near Yonge Street, 1895; demol. (Globe [Toronto], 5 July 1895, 4)
HUXLEY STREET, in South Parkdale, residence for George A. Long, 1897 (C.R., viii, 23 Sept. 1897, 1)
MARMADUKE RAWLINSON CO., St. Joseph Street at St. Nicholas Street, storage warehouse, an addition of a 4th floor, 1898; new warehouse, 1905-07 (by Wickson & Gregg); extension, 1913 (by Wickson & Gregg); addition, 1920 (Toronto b.p. 158, 20 May 1898; and b.p. 1633, 27 July 1905; and b.p. 6387, 20 Aug. 1913; and b.p. 29369, 29 March 1920)
WALKER AVENUE, residence for George M. Bryan, 1898 (Toronto b.p. 157, 23 Dec. 1898)
SOUTH DRIVE, residence for James Jermyn, 1899 (C.A.B., xii, March 1899, illus.)
MACPHERSON AVENUE WEST, residence for Henry Wickson, 1899 (Toronto b.p. 21, 16 Oct. 1899)
TORONTO TECHNICAL SCHOOL, College Street near University Avenue, conversion of the former Toronto Athletic Club into a Technical School, 1900; still standing in 2022 (Toronto Daily Star, 2 Aug. 1900, 2; and 23 Oct 1900, 2, detailed architectural descrip.; C.R., xi, 8 Aug. 1900, 3)
SOUTH DRIVE, residence for Charles May, 1900 (Toronto b.p. 175, 18 Sept. 1900)
DOVERCOURT ROAD, near Dewson Street, residence for Daniel Scott, 1900 (C.A.B., xiii, Sept. 1900, illus.)
ROSEDALE ROAD, near Crescent Road, residence for Albert Horton, 1900-01 (Toronto b.p. 5, 22 Nov. 1900)
PARK ROAD, residence for Andrew T. Reid, 1901 (C.R., xii, 11 Sept. 1901, 2, t.c.)
OTTAWA, ONT., residence for George Simpson, Clemow Avenue near Lyon Street, 1901 (C.R., xii, 26 June 1901, 2)
PURE GOLD MFR. CO., King Street West at Duncan Street, warehouse for Thomas B. Greening, 1901 (Toronto b.p. 287, 4 Oct. 1901)
MAPLE AVENUE, residence for Marmaduke Rawlinson, 1902 (Toronto b.p. 46, 2 April 1902)
SPADINA ROAD, north of Bloor Street West, residence for Harry C. Barker, 1903 (Toronto b.p. 820, 10 March 1903)
PARIS, ONT., Carnegie Library, William Street at Broadway Street West, 1903-04; still standing in 2022 (Brantford Expositor, 26 March 1903, 3; and 12 May 1904, 16, detailed descrip.; C.R., xiv, 13 May 1903, 1, t.c.; dwgs. at Paris Public Library)
FIRE HALL No. 4, Berkeley Street at Adelaide Street East, reconstruction and major addition, 1903-05; still standing in 2023 and now The Alumnae Theatre (C.R., xiv, 18 Nov. 1903, 4; Toronto Daily Star, 13 Sept. 1905, 1, illus. & descrip.)
JOHN D. IVEY & CO., Wellington Street West, warehouse, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 18 March 1903, 4, t.c.)
YONGE STREET, near Bloor Street, store and factory for George Coles, 1904; addition 1913 by Wickson & Gregg (Toronto b.p. 558, 28 May 1904; b.p. 5 May 1913)
FETHERBONE NOVELTY CO., King Street West at Duncan Street, warehouse for Alexander T. Reid, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 693, 17 June 1904)
SAUNDERS, LORIE & CO., Adelaide Street West at Simcoe Street, warehouse, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 1445, 28 Oct. 1904)
CLUNY AVENUE, near Crescent Road, residence for Richard S. Williams Jr., 1904 (Toronto b.p. 1446, 28 Oct. 1904)
PURE GOLD MANUFACTURING CO., College Street near Augusta Avenue, factory, 1904 (Toronto b.p. 772, 29 June 1904)
ELMSLEY PLACE, pair of houses for Alphonse F. Jones and William R. Houston, 1904 (Const., iii, July 1910, 87, illus.)

WICKSON & GREGG (Residential works in Toronto unless noted)

WALMER ROAD, near Bernard Avenue, for Arthur Dinnis, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 788, 5 May 1905)
CHESNUT PARK ROAD, near Cluny Avenue, for George M. Bryan, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 1018, 3 June 1905)
ST. GEORGE STREET, near Lowther Avenue, for John D. Robertson, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 1172, 17 June 1905)
FOREST HILL ROAD, near Heath Street, for Robert Northey, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 5760, 27 Oct. 1906)
TORONTO COTTAGE HOME CO., semi-detached cottages, 1907 (C.A.B., xx, July 1907, 117, illus.)
ST. GEORGE STREET, near Bernard Avenue, for George E. Shaw, 1907 (Toronto b.p. 8302, 2 July 1907)
LAMPORT AVENUE, near May Place, for James McLenaghen, 1907 (C.A.B., xxi, April 1908, 16-17, illus. & descrip.)
ORIOLE ROAD, near St. Clair Avenue West, for James Grand, 1908 (Const., iii, July 1910, 85-86, illus.)
CHESTNUT PARK ROAD, for John B. McCarter, 1908 (Const., iii, July 1910, 84, 86, illus.)
FOREST HILL ROAD, residence for A. Frank Wickson, architect, 1908 (C.R., xxii, 2 Sept. 1908, 20-21, illus; Toronto Society of Architects Catalogue, 1909, 79, illus.)
BINSCARTH ROAD, near Glen Road, for Mrs. Charles May, 1908 (Const., iii, July 1910, 81-83, illus.)
DAVENPORT ROAD, near Spadina Road, “Ardwold”, a mansion for Sir John Craig Eaton, 1909-10; demol. 1936 (Toronto b.p. 15141, 9 May 1909; W. Dendy, Lost Toronto, 1978, 185-87, illus. & descrip.)
LYNWOOD AVENUE, near Poplar Plains Road, for Mrs. Harry F. Webb, 1909 (Const., iv, Sept. 1911, 75-77, illus. & descrip.)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, at Heath Street West, for Frederick J. Smith, 1909 (Toronto b.p. 17716, 15 Oct. 1909; Toronto Daily Star, 30 July 1927, 9, descrip. and sale of property)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, near Heath Street, for John Boyd, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 21057, 4 June 1910)
COLLEGE STREET, near Dovercourt Road, for Dr. John D. Webster, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 22738, 12 Aug. 1910)
HEATH STREET WEST, at Dunvegan Road, for Reuben Millichamp, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 22666, 9 Aug. 1910)
ROXBOROUGH STREET EAST, for Hugh L. Kerr, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 24004, 22 Oct. 1910)
WHITNEY ROAD, near Glen Road, for Charles E. Lailey, 1910-11 (Toronto b.p. 24808, 13 Dec. 1910)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, near Lonsdale Road, for Alexander Rogers, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 26 July 1911, 60)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, near Lonsdale Road, for George F. Shepley, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 33910, 14 May 1912)
BEAUMONT ROAD, near Glen Road, for Albert E. Thorley, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 35111, 18 June 1912; dwgs. OA, D Collection, Items 1802 to 1818)
HEATH STREET WEST, near Dunvegan Road, for Gordon T. Jennings, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 37852, 30 Sept. 1912)
HIGHLAND AVENUE, near Glen Road, for William A. Kemp, 1913 (Toronto b.p. 2121, 20 Feb. 1913; Toronto Daily Star, 8 April 1938, 36, descrip. and sale of property)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, near Poplar Plains Road, for James Hardy, 1913 (Toronto b.p. 6563, 28 Aug. 1913)
DRUMSNAB ROAD, at Castle Frank Road, for Mrs. William N. West, 1914 (Const., ix, June 1916, 184-85, illus.)
OAKVILLE, ONT., "Haltonbrooke”, for Joseph W. Flavelle Jr., 1916 (Const., ix, Dec. 1916, 432; and xii, June 1919, 190, illus.)
LYNDHURST AVENUE, for Ralph Connable, 1916-17 (Const., x, May 1917, 154-55, illus. & descrip.)
LAKE ROSSEAU, MUSKOKA, “Kawandag”, for Sir John Craig Eaton, 1920-21 (Const., xiv, Aug. 1921, 241-45, illus. & descrip.; C.H.G., xii, May 1935, 20, illus.)
NORTH YORK, ONT., “Donalda”, a mansion for David A. Dunlap, near Don Mills Road and York Mills Road, 1921 (Const., xiv, Oct. 1921, 302-06, illus. & descrip.; Toronto Daily Star, 18 Feb. 1927, 23, list of awards; R.A.I.C. Journal, v, Feb. 1928, 54-55, illus.; C.H.G., vi, May 1929, 23, illus.)
CLUNY DRIVE, near Crescent Road, for Fawcett A. Reid, 1921 (Toronto b.p. 44039, 10 Oct. 1921)
CLUNY DRIVE, at Cluny Avenue, for Norman B. McPherson, 1922 (Toronto b.p. 48497, 13 \April 1922)
OSHAWA, ONT., a farm for George N. McLaughlin, 1928 (R.A.I.C. Journal, v, Feb. 1928, 56-57, 60, illus. & descrip.)
EVERSLEY, ONT., “Villa Fiori”, for Lady Eaton, 1928-29 (R.A.I.C. Journal, v, Feb. 1928, 58-60, illus. & descrip.; C.H.G., vii, May 1930, 17-22, illus.; and Aug. 1930, 35, illus.)
NORTH YORK, ONT., “Annandale”, for Lt. Gov. Herbert A. Bruce, Bayview Avenue, 1929 (C.H.G., vi, May 1929, 48)
BRANTFORD, ONT., for Reginald J. Scarfe, Ava Road, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 10 Sept. 1930, 65)
PORT CREDIT, ONT., for Alexander Fasken, Mississauga Road, c. 1929 (C.H.G., vii, March 1930, 20, illus.)
UNIONVILLE, ONT., “Glenburn Farms”, for Col. Frederick H. Deacon, 1931 (C.H.G., viii, Nov. 1931, 17-22, illus)
MAPLE, ONT., for Rev. Sidney Martin, c. 1936 (C.H.G., xiv, March 1937, 31, illus.)

WICKSON & GREGG (Commercial & Industrial works in Toronto unless noted)

ARLINGTON CO., Fraser Avenue near Library Street, 1905 (Toronto b.p. 2238, 9 Oct. 1905)
TURNBULL ELEVATOR CO., John Street, north of Adelaide Street West, addition to factory, 1905-06 (C.R., xvi, 22 Nov. 1905, 5)
JOHN C. GREEN & CO., Wellington Street West near York Street, warehouse, 1905; demol. (C.A.B., xx, Aug. 1907, 148-49, illus.)
TELFER MANUFACTURING CO., Duncan Street at Pearl Street, factory, 1906 (Toronto b.p. 3182, 23 March 1906)
FLEMING ATWELL PRINTING CO., Duncan Street at Pearl Street, warehouse, 1906-07 (Toronto b.p. 5892, 9 Nov. 1906)
E.W. GILLET CO., King Street West at Duncan Street, warehouse, 1907 (Toronto b.p. 7597, 16 May 1907)
HARRY BARKER BREAD CO., Spadina Avenue at St. Patrick Street, factory, 1908 (C.R., xix, 12 Feb. 1908, 20)
McLAUGHLIN CARRIAGE Col, Church Street at Richmond Street East, warehouse, 1908-09 (Toronto b.p. 13422, 25 Nov. 1908)
J. STEVENS & SON, Wellington Street West near Simcoe Street, warehouse, 1909, demol. (C.R., xxiii, 10 March 1909, 27)
COPP CLARK CO., Wellington Street West, at Portland Street, warehouse, 1909, with extensions 1912 and 1928 (Toronto b.p. 14147, 11 March 1909; and Toronto b.p. 33293, 13 April 1912; and b.p. A5884, 12 March 1928)
ZAM-BUK CO., office for C.E. Fulford, Dupont Street near Spadina Road, 1910 (Const., v, March 1912, 85, illus.)
WILSON, LYTLE & BADGEROW CO., Adelaide Street East near Sherbourne Street, factory, 1911 (Proceedings of the Ontario Association of Architects, xi, 1912, illus.)
BOYD, BRUMMELL CO., Wellington Street West near Yonge Street, warehouse, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 3 April 1912, 72)
ANDREW MUIRHEAD CO., King Street East at Frederick Street, warehouse, 1914 (Toronto b.p. 11139, 4 May 1914)
CENTRAL MOTORS PARKING GARAGE, Temperance Street, 1924 (C.R., xxxviii, 15 Oct. 1924, 1028-35, illus. & descrip.; Const., xviii, March 1925, 90-95, illus. & descrip.)

WICKSON & GREGG (Institutional & Ecclesiastical works in Toronto unless noted)

(with Alfred H. Chapman) CARNEGIE LIBRARY, College Street at St. George Street, 1906-09; with addition 1928-29; still standing in 2022 and now the Univ. of Toronto Student Centre (C.A.B., xix, June 1906, 85-86, 96 ff., illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, iii, May/June 1926, 97-99, illus.; Toronto Daily Star, 8 June 1928, 8, illus. and 14 Sept. 1928, 8, illus. & descrip.; Const., xxiii, Sept. 1930, 282-84, 293-94, illus. & descrip.; W. Dendy & W. Kilbourn, Toronto Observed, 1986, 164-67, illus.)
BRAMPTON, ONT., Carnegie Library, Queen Street East at Chapel Street, 1906; still standing in 2022 (C.R., xxii, 5 Sept. 1906, 1)
BLOOR STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Bloor Street West at Huron Street, a new Sunday School, 1908 (Toronto b.p. 11694, 4 July 1908)
TIMOTHY EATON MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH, St. Clair Avenue West at Dunvegan Road, Sunday School, 1911; Church 1913-14; still standing in 2022 (S. Ayer, History of Timothy Eaton Memorial Church 1909-1977, 12; C.R., xxix, 13 Jan. 1915, 36-37, illus. & descrip.; Const., viii, Feb. 1915, 60-67, illus. & descrip.; W. Dendy & W. Kilbourn, Toronto Observed, 1986, 190-91, illus. & descrip.)
LAKEVIEW CLUB, Harrison Avenue, 1911 (Const., v, Dec. 1911, 70-71, illus.)
SHERBOURNE STREET METHODIST CHURCH, Sherbourne Street at Carleton Street, a large Sunday School Building with 27 classrooms, 1911-12 (Toronto b.p. 26758, 18 April 1911; Toronto Star Weekly, 6 April 1912, Section Two, p. 10, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.)
HAVERGAL JUNIOR SCHOOL, St. Clair Avenue West near Yonge Street, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 26 July 1911, 59)
INFANTS HOME & INFIRMARY, St. Mary Street near St. Nicholas Street, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 35963, 11 July 1912)
STURGEON POINT, ONT., on Sturgeon Lake near Fenlon Falls, Union Church, Irene Avenue at 6th Street, 1915; still standing in 2022 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xvi, July 1939, 158, illus.)
BRAMPTON, ONT., High School, 1917; with major addition, 1926 (C.R., xxxi, 21 March 1917, 43; Toronto Daily Star, 5 June 1926, 4, illus. & detailed descrip.)
ST. CLAIR AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH, St. Clair Avenue West at Rushton Road, 1924 (Const., xviii, Feb. 1925, 36-39, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, ii, March/April 1925, xvii, illus. In advert.)
HALIFAX, N.S., St. Andrew's United Church, Cobourg Road at Robie Street, 1926-27 (Halifax Herald, 15 Oct. 1927, 15, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, vi, Feb. 1929, 40-44, illus. & descrip.)
CALVIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Delisle Avenue near Yonge Street, 1926-27 (Toronto Daily Star, 20 April 1926, 19; Const., xx, Nov. 1927, 359-64, illus. & descrip.)

WICKSON, GREGG & BLACKWELL (works in Toronto unless noted)

SWANSEA, WEST TORONTO, residence for Edward M. Wilcox, Riverside Drive, 1936 (C.H.G., xiv, April 1937, 32, illus)
MILTON, ONT., renovation and remodelling of a 19th C. stone cottage for J.J. Salt, 1938-39 (C.H.G., xvii, Jan-Feb. 1940, 34, illus.)