{{Short description|Canadian architect}} {{Other uses|Henry Simpson (disambiguation){{!}}Henry Simpson}} {{Infobox person | name = Henry Simpson | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 1864 | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death year and age|1926|1864}} | death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = architect }} '''Henry Simpson''' (1864–1926) was an architect active in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, around the turn of the 20th century.<ref name=TorontoHeritageDesignation> {{cite news |url = http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-22725.pdf |title = Reasons for Designation (Statement of Significance)-- 251 King Street East: National Hotel |publisher = City of Toronto government |date = 2009 |archivedate = 2013-06-15 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130615073117/http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-22725.pdf |url-status=dead |quote = |df = }} </ref> Simpson trained under prominent architect E.J. Lennox, and the buildings he designed were in the Richardsonian Romanesque style Lennox had helped popularize.<ref name=BpfaNationalHotel> {{cite news |url = http://www.bpfa.ca/National%20Hotel%20History.pdf |title = Former National Hotel in peril |publisher = Better Planning for All |archivedate = 2013-08-24 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130824044355/http://bpfa.ca/National%20Hotel%20History.pdf |url-status=dead |quote = |df = }} </ref> He was one of the architects employed by the prominent Massey family, well-known philanthropists.<ref> {{cite news |url = http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=fre&rec_nbr=105634&rec_nbr_list=105634 |title = Massey family fonds [multiple media]. |publisher = Collections Canada |date = 2008-03-19 |archivedate = 2013-06-12 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130612133834/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=fre&rec_nbr=105634&rec_nbr_list=105634 |url-status=dead |quote = The drawings were prepared by a number of architects including Joseph Ireland, E.J. Lennox, Henry Simpson, G.M. Miller, Sproatt & Rolp, Mathers & Haldenby, and Hart Massey. |df = }} </ref> Simpson worked with Charles J. Gibson from 1888 to 1890.<ref> {{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=w3QaRm89fNEC&q=%22Henry+Simpson%22+Lennox+Toronto&pg=PA248 | title = Toronto: No Mean City | publisher = University of Toronto Press | author = Eric Ross Arthur, Stephen A. Otto | date = 1986 | page = 248 | isbn = 9780802065872 | accessdate = 2013-03-12 | quote = Back in Toronto by 1885, he practised with Henry Simpson in 1888-1890 and then went on his own once more. }} </ref>
Over a dozen buildings he designed have survived to the present day.<ref name=ToBuiltSimpsonProfile> {{cite web |url = http://www.tobuilt.ca/php/companies_to_buildings.php?search_fd0=2183 |title = Brief search results: Charles Simpson |publisher = TO Built |archivedate = 2013-04-10 |archiveurl = https://archive.today/20130410035017/http://www.tobuilt.ca/php/companies_to_buildings.php?search_fd0=2183 |url-status=dead |quote = |df = }} </ref> According to the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada Simpson played a role in the design of 126 buildings from 1891 to 1916.<ref name=BioDictHSimpson> {{cite news |url = http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1306 |title = SIMPSON, Henry (1864-1926) |publisher = Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada |author = Verity Griscti, Joshua Hull |archivedate = 2016-04-11 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160411094004/http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1306 |url-status=dead |quote = |df = }} </ref> == Simpson's buildings that have survived to the 21st Century ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Buildings Henry Simpson designed that survived into the 21st Century<ref name=ToBuiltSimpsonProfile/> |- ! known as || address || image || completed || notes |- | A.M. Orpen House || 380 Sherbourne Street || || 1900 || |- | 465 Broadview Ave || 465 Broadview Ave || || 1908 || Built for the Toronto Drugist A.E. Walton along with some of Walton’s stores |- | Edward McNamara Building || 857 King Street West || || 1903 || A set of rowhouses at 857-879 King Street West |- | J.F. Brown Furniture Building || 193 Yonge Street || || 1903 || |- | Parisian Laundry Building || 602 King Street West || || 1904 || |- | 161 Crescent Road || 161 Crescent Road || || 1905 || |- | Bradshaw & Company Factory || 107 Atlantic Avenue || || 1905 || |- | National Hotel, Toronto || 251 King Street East || 75px || 1905 || The hotel was built in 1868 and Simpson was responsible for a 1905 expansion and renovation. |- | Aluminum & Crown Stopper Company || 334 King Street East || || 1908 || Simpson was responsible for the north wing—on Parliament |- | The Strand Hotel || 75 Victoria Street || 75px || 1908 || |- | Castlemere Apartments || 75 Crescent Road || || 1912 || Tudor revival |- | 7 Triller Avenue || 7 Triller Avenue || || 1912 || |- | Brunswick-Balke-Collender Factory Boiler House || 40 Hanna Avenue || || 1913 || |- | Brunswick-Balke-Collender Factory Building || 40 Hanna Avenue || || 1913 || |- | Hester Drummond House || 230 Royal York Road || || 1890 || Designed by Gibson and Simpson |- | |}
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