Charles B. Dolphin

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.

Toronto Postal Delivery Building c.1950s

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]
  • The Clarendon (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.
  • Arthur Meighen Building (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 Doris Alexandrine LeGendre Stovel had several children (Nancy Jane Dolphin (1937–2002), William Dolphin, Flight Lieutenant Douglas Dolphin (d. 1944), Robert Dolphin and Shirley Dolphin).[7]

References
  1. 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.
  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 1940's and 1950's – 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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