EARLY EXHIBITION BUILDINGS
Title
EARLY EXHIBITION BUILDINGS
Description
These five buildings the Press (1904), Music (1907), Horticulture (1907), Government (1912), and the Fire Hall and Police Station (1912) – are the largest and finest group of early 20th century exhibition buildings in Canada. Designed by G.W. Gouinlock, they reflect the influence of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition of Chicago in their creative classical decoration and ordered integration to a site plan. The first permanent exhibition buildings in Toronto, they are an impressive reminder of the Canadian National Exhibition as the major industrial and agricultural fair of the period.
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Government of Canada
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Government of Canada
Creator
Sarah J. McCabe
Date
August 30, 2018
Files
Collection
Citation
Sarah J. McCabe, “EARLY EXHIBITION BUILDINGS,” Historic Plaques of Ontario: An Omeka Demo Site, accessed April 29, 2024, https://ontarioplaques.omeka.net/items/show/234.