ACO Toronto - Kimberley Public School

BUILDING INFORMATION

Name & Location:

Kimberley Public School
50 Swanwick Avenue
Toronto
East End-Danforth

Owner:

Toronto District School Board

Occupant:

TDSB

Year Completed:

1964

OTHER IDENTIFICATION

Alternate Name:

Beaches Alternative School/ Mary Street School/ Kimberley School

Notes:

Originally Mary Street School, Kimberley Junior Public School is situated at the corner of Main and Swanwick Streets in East Toronto. It currently shares a space with Beaches Alternative school (BAS). The first building in the school's history opened in 1882 on Mary Street (now Kimberley Street) north of the current school. This school, Mary Street School, was a wooden, four-room structure. Increased population in the area led to the construction of a larger two-storey school building in 1897, while some classes were still held in the original building. In 1903, East Toronto High School (now Malvern Collegiate Institute) moved into the 1882 building. This original building is believed to have been demolished in 1907 after the high school moved to their own building. In 1908, the school's name changed to Kimberley Junior Public School. Additions in 1910 were likely done by Charles H. Bishop.

The current school building was constructed in 1964, fronting onto Swanwick Avenue, and opened to students in September 1965. October 1997 marked the school's centennial celebration. Architectural firm Taylor Smyth completed a library addition to the building.

Status:

Completed

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Companies:

The following companies are associated with this building

Architect - Taylor Smyth Architects <-- More buildings by this architect.

BUILDING DATA

Building Type:

School

Current Use:

Educational

Main Style:

Modernist <-- More buildings in this style.

Sources:

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KIMBERLEY STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL, 1910 (Toronto b.p. 19932, 21 April 1910)
Author - Dictionary of Architects 1800-1950 website
Notes -
BISHOP, Charles Hartnoll (1851-1924) served as Superintendent of Buildings for the Toronto Board of Education for more than thirty years and in that capacity designed many of the public and high school buildings erected there between 1882 and 1915.&nbs
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Kimberley School
Author - Gloster, Bernard Joseph, Canadian, 1878-1948
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(Pen & Ink drawing, 1908. Courtesy of the Toronto Public Library:Â More information
Kimberley Junior Public School (GR. JK-06)
Author - Toronto District School Board
Notes -
TDSB school webpage.

Originally Mary Street School, Kimberley Junior Public School is situated at the corner of Main and Swanwick Streets in East Toronto. October 18th, 1997
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Kimberley Ave. Public School, Kimberley Ave., w. side, between Swanwick Ave. & Gerrard St. E.
Author - Salmon, James Victor (1911-1958) Picture, 1957
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(Photograph, 1957. Courtesy of the Toronto Public Library:Â More information
Beaches Alternative School
Author - http://beachesalternativeschool.ca/
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parent run school website.

In 1972, the first Alternative Elementary School in Toronto (Alpha Alternative) opened it’s doors, and paved the way for elementary alternative schools across the city. In 1975, a small group of parents in the B
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...â€œMary Street Schoolâ€ (the former street name of Kimberley Avenue)....
Author - Beaches Alternative School website
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(Photograph, 1889. Courtesy of the Toronto Public Library:Â More information
Robert Smyth Portfolio
Author - Taylor Smyth Architects
Notes - Details the library addition to Kimberley Public School
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Additions:

Year	Architect	Builder	Style
0	Taylor Smith Architects

Kimberley Public School

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