David E. Winterton is a Toronto-based architect and architectural historian.

“Toronto Edwardian is a field-defining book. Bringing to light a vast amount of new information on Frank Darling and the firm of Darling & Pearson, Winterton offers a penetrating account of Canadian architecture in its international context, raising its study to a new level of elegance and sophistication.” Matthew M. Reeve, co-editor of Casa Loma: Millionaires, Medievalism, and Modernity in Toronto’s Gilded Age

• Foreword xiMICHAEL McCLELLANDPreface xvAcknowledgments xixAbbreviations xxvIntroductionEdwardian Toronto; Edwardian Architecture 3Part 1 Context 231 Frank Darling, Canadian Architect 252 Hogtown Shakes Off the MudToronto’s Early Twentieth-Century Civic Imaginary 543 Patrons of the Grand MannerImperialists, Plutocrats, and Their Architect, Frank Darling 71Part 2 Buildings 844 Residential ArchitectureHouses for Patrons and Clubhouses for Leisure 865 Education and EdificationHospitals, the University of Toronto, and Other Institutional Work 1256 Temples of CommerceThe Bank Commissions 1587 Commercial Building Commissions 2038 “Where shall the limit be?”Darling & Pearson’s Tall Building Commissions 2189 Twilight of Canadian GothicDarling’s Last Work for Trinity College 245EpilogueThe Architectural Legacy of Frank Darling and Darling & Pearson 257APPENDIX 1Catalogue Raisonné: Chronological List of Work (from the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada) 265APPENDIX 2Partners and Staff 285APPENDIX 3Patrons 295APPENDIX 4Architectural Glossary 299Figures 303Notes 313Bibliography 325Index 331

David E. Winterton is a Toronto-based architect and architectural historian.

“Toronto Edwardian is a field-defining book. Bringing to light a vast amount of new information on Frank Darling and the firm of Darling & Pearson, Winterton offers a penetrating account of Canadian architecture in its international context, raising its study to a new level of elegance and sophistication.” Matthew M. Reeve, co-editor of Casa Loma: Millionaires, Medievalism, and Modernity in Toronto’s Gilded Age

• Foreword xiMICHAEL McCLELLANDPreface xvAcknowledgments xixAbbreviations xxvIntroductionEdwardian Toronto; Edwardian Architecture 3Part 1 Context 231 Frank Darling, Canadian Architect 252 Hogtown Shakes Off the MudToronto’s Early Twentieth-Century Civic Imaginary 543 Patrons of the Grand MannerImperialists, Plutocrats, and Their Architect, Frank Darling 71Part 2 Buildings 844 Residential ArchitectureHouses for Patrons and Clubhouses for Leisure 865 Education and EdificationHospitals, the University of Toronto, and Other Institutional Work 1256 Temples of CommerceThe Bank Commissions 1587 Commercial Building Commissions 2038 “Where shall the limit be?”Darling & Pearson’s Tall Building Commissions 2189 Twilight of Canadian GothicDarling’s Last Work for Trinity College 245EpilogueThe Architectural Legacy of Frank Darling and Darling & Pearson 257APPENDIX 1Catalogue Raisonné: Chronological List of Work (from the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada) 265APPENDIX 2Partners and Staff 285APPENDIX 3Patrons 295APPENDIX 4Architectural Glossary 299Figures 303Notes 313Bibliography 325Index 331

David E. Winterton is a Toronto-based architect and architectural historian.

“Toronto Edwardian is a field-defining book. Bringing to light a vast amount of new information on Frank Darling and the firm of Darling & Pearson, Winterton offers a penetrating account of Canadian architecture in its international context, raising its study to a new level of elegance and sophistication.” Matthew M. Reeve, co-editor of Casa Loma: Millionaires, Medievalism, and Modernity in Toronto’s Gilded Age

• Foreword xiMICHAEL McCLELLANDPreface xvAcknowledgments xixAbbreviations xxvIntroductionEdwardian Toronto; Edwardian Architecture 3Part 1 Context 231 Frank Darling, Canadian Architect 252 Hogtown Shakes Off the MudToronto’s Early Twentieth-Century Civic Imaginary 543 Patrons of the Grand MannerImperialists, Plutocrats, and Their Architect, Frank Darling 71Part 2 Buildings 844 Residential ArchitectureHouses for Patrons and Clubhouses for Leisure 865 Education and EdificationHospitals, the University of Toronto, and Other Institutional Work 1256 Temples of CommerceThe Bank Commissions 1587 Commercial Building Commissions 2038 “Where shall the limit be?”Darling & Pearson’s Tall Building Commissions 2189 Twilight of Canadian GothicDarling’s Last Work for Trinity College 245EpilogueThe Architectural Legacy of Frank Darling and Darling & Pearson 257APPENDIX 1Catalogue Raisonné: Chronological List of Work (from the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada) 265APPENDIX 2Partners and Staff 285APPENDIX 3Patrons 295APPENDIX 4Architectural Glossary 299Figures 303Notes 313Bibliography 325Index 331