Charles B. Dolphin

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Toronto Postal Delivery Building c.1950s

Charles Brammall Dolphin (March 3, 1888 – June 28, 1969) was a British-Canadian architect who designed various buildings in Toronto.[1] Most notably the Toronto Postal Delivery Building (now incorporated into the Scotiabank Arena).

Born in Ashton-under-Lyne, England, Dolphin immigrated to Canada.

He was married to Doris Alexandrine Stovel and had several children: William (died as infant), Flight Lieutenant Douglas Dolphin, RCAF (d. 1944) and Nancy Jane Dolphin (1937–2002), Robert Dolphin and Shirley Dolphin.

He died in Toronto in 1969.[1]

Portfolio[]

  • William McBrien Building (1900 Yonge Street) 1957–1958 – International Style office tower
  • Toronto Postal Delivery Building 1947 – most of original Art Deco was building demolished with only portions of the south & east facades remaining[2]
  • (2 Clarendon Avenue) 1926–1927 – Tudor Revival apartments[3]
  • Bloor-Yonge (TTC) subway station (20 Bloor Street East) 1954[4]
  • Consumers Gas Showroom (2532 Yonge Street) 1930–1932[5] Art Deco building restored by ERA Architects.
  • (Postal Station Q 25 St Clair Ave East) 1954[6]
  • Toronto Coach Terminal (610 Bay Street) 1931–1932; altered 1990
  • St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Port Credit (24 Stavenbank Road) 1926–1927
  • Toronto Ski Club clubhouse (near 11901 Yonge Street), Richmond Hill, Ontario 1930

Personal[]

Dolphin was married to had several children (Nancy Jane Dolphin (1937–2002), William Dolphin, Flight Lieutenant Douglas Dolphin (d. 1944), Robert Dolphin and Shirley Dolphin).[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Charles Brammall Dolphin at archINFORM. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Toronto Postal Delivery Building". Torontohistory.org. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  3. ^ "Avenue Road's Grand Apartments". Heritagetoronto.org. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ Bob Krawczyk. "2532 Yonge Street". TOBuilt. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014. Consumers Gas Showroom, Architect: Charles Dolphin
  6. ^ "Toronto Architecture from the 1940s and 1950s – Page 8". Urbantoronto.ca. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  7. ^ "McKee, Nancy Jane Dolphin" (death notice). The Globe and Mail. September 2002.
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