REDMOND, George Denman (1883 - c. 1934) was born in London, Ont. on 17 November 1883 and attended Wellesley Public School in Toronto. He did not obtain a formal educaton in architecture but instead trained in architectural offices in New York in 1902-07, then returned to Toronto where he was employed as a draftsman in the City Architect's Department. It was there that he met Neil Beggs, another City employee; both decided to leave the Department in 1912 and start their own office in Toronto. They were successful in obtaining some of the first commissions for multi-storey apartment blocks in the city, including The Ernescliffe (1913), the largest apartment block in Toronto at that time. In mid-1913 their collaboration ended with both partners opening separate offices. Redmond continued to practise in Toronto until 1934 (inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects).
REDMOND & BEGGS (works in Toronto unless noted)
WELLSBORO APARTMENTS, Jarvis Street near Maitland Street, 1912 (Toronto b.p 32854; 12 March 1912; Const., vi, April 1913, 15, illus. in advert.)
BALDWIN STREET, near Beverly Street, apartment block for L.S. Yolles, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 32855, 13 March 1912)
CUTHBERTSON BLOCK, Yonge Street near Alice Street, 1912; demol. (C.R., xxvi, 3 April 1912, 69)
KINGSLEY MANSIONS, King Street West at Jameson Avenue, apartment block, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 33094, 6 April 1912)
WALMER ROAD, near Austin Terrace, apartment block for Redmond & Beggs in trust, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 33895, 12 May 1912)
YORK APARTMENTS, Spadina Road at Bloor Street West, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 33894, 14 May 1912)
OSSINGTON AVENUE, at Harrison Street, factory for W.S. Grimshaw, 1912 (Toronto b.p. 35648, 28 June 1912)
BEAVER THEATRE, Dundas Street West near Keele Street, for W.L. Joy, 1912 (Toronto Star, 1 June 1912, 4, illus. & descrip.; Toronto b.p. 36124, 19 July 1912; Const., viii, April 1915, 151-3, illus. & descrip.; Builder [London], cix, 15 Oct. 1915, 276-7, illus. & descrip.)
ACADEMY THEATRE, Bloor Street West at St. Clarens Avenue, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 1 Jan. 1913)
OWEN SOUND, ONT., new theatre, for the Griffin Amusement Syndicate, 1913 (Owen Sound Sun, 18 Feb. 1913, 1, descrip.)
JACOB VISE LTD., Yonge Street at Elm Street, store, theatre and offices, 1913 (Toronto b.p. 3507, 23 April 1913)
HAMILTON, ONT., Theatre for Griffin Amusement Co., James Street North, 1913 (C.R., xxvii, 23 April 1913, 66)
ERNESCLIFFE APARTMENTS, Wellesley Street East at Sherbourne Street, 1913, a group of three apartment blocks, built in three phases, including Annex B, Bleeker Street, 1914; Annex A, facing Wellesley Street East, 1915, and The Ernescliffe, Sherbourne Street at Wellesley Street East, 1916 (Toronto b.p. 3563, 25 April 1913; Globe & Mail [Toronto], 4 Sept. 2015, G4, illus. & descrip.)
PARKVIEW THEATRE, Roncesvalles Avenue, 1913-14 (Canadian Builder & Carpenter [Toronto], iv, Jan. 1914, 28-9, illus. & descrip.)
G.D. REDMOND
AVENUE ROAD, at St. Clair Avenue West, tract of fourteen houses for Bernard Fitzpatrick, 1914; demol. c. 1955 (Toronto b.p. 13359, 20 July 1914)
CROWN PICTURE THEATRE, Gerrard Street East, near Broadview Avenue, 1916-17; closed 1956 and later demol. (C.R., xxx, 21 June 1916, 47; inf. Scott Edwards)
OSHAWA, ONT., Chevrolet Motor Co., William Street East at Kenneth Avenue, factory, 1916 (C.R., xxx, 12 July 1916, 45)
EVELYN AVENUE, at Glendonwynne Avenue, for Elmer C. Phipps, 1919 (Toronto b.p. 22014, 25 April 1919)
REPUBLIC MOTOR CAR CO., Wellesley Street West at Bay Street, auto service and parking garage, 1919-20; demol. (Toronto b.p. 28198, 29 Dec. 1919)
MIMICO, apartment block on Lakeshore Road near Church Street, for J.F. Galvin, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 6 March 1929, 53)