Henry Bowyer Lane

Henry Bowyer Joseph Lane
Born 1817
Corfu, Greece
Died 1878
Birchfield, Birmingham, England
Nationality English
Alma mater Blundell's School
Occupation Architect
Buildings Osgoode Hall
Toronto's second City Hall

Henry Bowyer Joseph Lane (1817–1878) was an English architect who worked in Toronto from c. 1841 to 1847.

Lane was born to Henry Bower Lane, a Royal Artillery Captain and Elizabeth Lacey in 1817 and moved to Devon, England after 1819.[1]

Lane's education included time at Blundell's School in Tiverton and subsequent professional training in England before he emigrated to Canada in 1841, living first in Cobourg, Upper Canada, and then in Toronto.

One of Lane's most significant contributions is Osgoode Hall, namely the west and central wings from 1844-1846. He designed and oversaw the construction of the incorporated city of Toronto's second city hall in 1844.[2] Lane's limited commissions outside of Toronto, in Niagara-on-the-Lake and Cobourg, were never as grand as his work in Toronto.

During his time in Toronto, Lane married Lucy Anne Sharpe in 1844, and they left the city in 1847. He is believed to have died in Birmingham, England in 1878.[1]

Works

Building Year Completed Location Notes Image
Diocesan Theological Institute/Haskell House 1842 174 Green Street and Queen Street, Cobourg, Ontario College of Theology for Alexander Bethune, Anglican Bishop of Toronto[3]
St. Peter's Church original facade and tower 1844; demolished after 1854 240 College Street, Cobourg, Ontario 1st church 1844-1854[3]
Brock's Monument 1843 Queenston Heights, Niagara Falls, Ontario Plans to rebuild with a submission or proposal that did not win [1]
Little Trinity Anglican Church 1843 425 King Street East, Corktown, Toronto Gothic Revival church with polychromatic brickwork.
Church of St. George the Martyr 1845 197 John Street, Toronto Gothic Revival church. Remnants survived a 1955 fire.
City Hall and New Market 1845 Front Street at Market Street, Toronto Toronto's second city hall, incorporated into St. Lawrence Market South in 1899.
St. Mark’s Church, Niagara-on-the-Lake 1845 41 Byron Street, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Ecclesiastical furnishings only[1]
St Paul’s Church Anglican, Kingston 1846 137 Queen Street, Kingston Plans only[1]
Osgoode Hall 1846 Toronto Central and west wings
Church of the Holy Trinity 1847 Trinity Square, Toronto Gothic Revival
Enoch Turner School 1848 106 Trinity Street, Toronto Gothic Revival school house is believed to have been designed by Lane,[4] who had left Toronto in 1847

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Otto, Stephen A.; MacRae, Marion Bell (1985). "Lane, Henry Bowyer Joseph". In Halpenny, Francess G. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. VIII (1851–1860) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  2. ↑ Pound, Richard W. (2005). Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates. Fitzhenry and Whiteside.
  3. 1 2 "Cobourg ACO Walking Tour". Architecture. Cobourg History. Retrieved December 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.enochturnerschoolhouse.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=29&showall=1

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