MARTIN, Harry Dixon (1877-1951) was born in Loughborough, Engl. on 7 October 1877 and worked as a draftsman in various offices from 1893 to 1920. He emigrated to Canada in 1921 and later opened an office in Toronto in 1924, where he was joined by his son H.V. Martin (1906-1969) in the partnership of H.D. Martin & Son. From their office in East York, a suburb of Toronto, they designed several public and institutional works for that township, as well as private houses in Forest Hill and surrounding neighbourhoods. Martin died in Toronto on 6 March 1951 (obit. R.A.I.C. Journal, xxviii, April 1951, 118; inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects)
H.D. MARTIN & SON
DUNVEGAN ROAD, at Russell Hill Road, residence for G. Gordon Plaxton, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 6 June 1928, 56)
HIGHBOURNE ROAD, six houses for H. Jenkins, 1928-29 (inf. Ontario Assoc. of Architects)
HARTMAN JONES MEMORIAL SCHOOL, Carlaw Avenue at Floyd Avenue, 1929-30 (C.R., xliii, 13 Feb. 1929, 53; Toronto Daily Star, 27 Nov. 1929, 19, descrip.)
EAST YORK COLLEGIATE, Coxwell Avenue at Cosburn Avenue, major addition, 1929 (Toronto Daily Star, 15 May 1929, 16, t.c.; and 15 June 1929, 24, illus. and descrip.; C.R., xliii, 22 May 1929, 59)
GLEN MANOR DRIVE, near Glen Manor Drive East, detached house at 324 Glen Manor Drive, for Anson H. Forster, 1931; still standing in 2024 (dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 91)
ELDERWOOD DRIVE, near Vesta Drive, residence for Albert A. Kennedy, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 12 Oct. 1932, 40)
ROSEMARY LANE, residence for William B. MacLauchlan, 1933 (Village Post [Forest Hill], 10 Nov. 1932, 1; C.R., xlvii, 19 April 1933, 41)
ORMSBY CRESCENT, near Spadina Road, residence for William C. Terry, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 18 Jan. 1933, 39)
DEWBOURNE AVENUE, near Richview Avenue, residence for John W. Gratton, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 2 Aug. 1933, 35)
WHITEHALL ROAD, near MacLennan Avenue, two houses for Harold R. Anderson, 1933 (C.R., xlvii, 27 Sept. 1933, 32)
SILVER BIRCH AVENUE, near Glenfern Avenue, large residence for Stephen Jones, 1934; still standing at 33 Silver Birch Avenue in 2024 (dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 134)
ST. BRIGID’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CONVENT, Wolverleigh Boulevard, east of Glebemount Avenue, 1934 (dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 481)
ETOBICOKE, two houses for an unnamed client, Eleventh Street near Morrison Street, 1935 (Building in Canada [Toronto],, xv, Oct. 1935, 25)
LYTTON BOULEVARD, near Mona Drive, two houses for an unnamed client, 1935 (Building in Canada [Toronto], xv, Oct. 1935, 25)
R.H. McGREGOR PUBLIC SCHOOL, Sammon Avenue at Coxwell Avenue, c. 1935 (list of works in obit.)
FLOYD AVENUE TABERNACLE, Floyd Avenue near Pape Avenue, c. 1935 (list of works in obit.)
SECOND CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST, Danforth Avenue near Donlands Avenue, c. 1935 (list of works in obit.)
EAST YORK FIRE HALL, Cosburn Avenue at Donlands Avenue, c. 1935 (list of works in obit.)
EAST YORK MUNICIPAL OFFICE, Sammon Avenue, 1936-37 (Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 4 Nov. 1936, 5, illus.)
GLEN MANOR DRIVE WEST, residence for Mrs. Anson H. Foster, at 272 Glen Manor Drive West, 1939; still standing in 2024 (dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 370)
WAVERLEY ROAD, at KIngston Road, a row of 4 detached houses at 355, 357, 359 and 361 Waverley Road, for George Lankin, 1940; all still standing in 2024, but No. 359 has been altered with additions (dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 1410)
KINGSTON ROAD, east of Glen Manor Drive, a row of 4 detached houses for L.H. Lankin, builder, identical in design, at 765, 767, 769 and 771 Kingston Road, 1941; all still standing in 2024 (dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 101)
HERBERT HOSIERY CO., Coxwell Avenue near Cacsai Avenue, addition of second floor to factory, 1943 (dwgs. at City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 410, File 1237)
PORT CREDIT, ONT., residence for Robert Greven, 1945 (C.H.G., xxii, Dec. 1945, 26, illus.)