RAESIDE, William (1846-1891), a native of Beith, Scotland who was active in Toronto, Ont. during the last two decades of the 19th C. He was a minor figure who designed many of own buildings in the Annex neighbourhood of the city from 1888 until his death there on 24 May 1891 (death notice Toronto World, 26 May 1891, 1)
(works in Toronto)
ROSEHILL RESERVOIR, Rosehill Avenue near Yonge Street, residence for the caretaker of the City Reservoir, 1888; demol. after 1940 (City of Toronto, Council Minutes, 30 Jan. 1888, Item 102)
WILLCOCKS STREET, at Robert Street, ten houses for William McBean, 1889 (Architectural Era [Syracuse], iii, March 1889, 75)
SUSSEX AVENUE, residence for William Schubert, 1889 (Architectural Era [Syracuse], iii, March 1889, 75)
BATHURST STREET, near Adelaide Street West, store and flat for Robert Irvine, 1889 (Architectural Era [Syracuse], iii, March 1889, 75)
LIPPINCOTT STREET, at Ulster Street, four houses for R. Taylor, 1889 (Architectural Era [Syracuse], iii, March 1889, 75)
COLLEGE STREET, at Brunswick Avenue, a large commercial block of eleven stores with public hall, 1891 (C.R., ii, 28 Feb. 1891, 2)