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Harbord Collegiate Institute

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The current Institute's Romanesque-style main entrance.

The current Institute's Romanesque-style main entrance.

The original 1890 Harbord Collegiate Institute Jacobean Revival building.

Harbord Street entrance in August 2021.

Illustration of Harbord Collegiate Institute in 1890. (Image courtesy of Toronto District School Board Museum and Archives.)

The second Harbord Collegiate Institute in 1982. (Image courtesy of the Toronto Public Library.)

BUILDING INFORMATION

Name & Location:

Harbord Collegiate Institute
286 Harbord Avenue
Toronto
Palmerston-Little Italy

Owner:

Toronto District School Board

First Owner:

Toronto Board of Education

Year Completed:

1892

OTHER IDENTIFICATION

Notes:

The Institute's original Jacobean Revival building was completed in 1890 from designs by Wilm Knox and John Elliot Harlock. Charles Hartnoll Bishop carried out major alterations to the structure in 1909. In 1930, the existing school was mostly demolished to make way for the current Romaneque Revival building, which was designed by Charles Edmund Cyril Dyson.

Status:

Completed

Map:

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Companies:

The following companies are associated with this building

Architect - Knox & Elliot <-- More buildings by this architect.
Architect - C.E. Cyril Dyson <-- More buildings by this architect.
Architect - C.H. Bishop <-- More buildings by this architect.

BUILDING DATA

Building Type:

School

Current Use:

Educational

Heritage Status:

Designated under Part IV Ontario Heritage Act

Main Style:

Romanesque Revival <-- More buildings in this style.

Sources:

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