William Thomas - Definition and Overview

William Thomas (1799--1860). Born in Suffolk, United Kingdom. Emigrated with wife and 10 children to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1843. Architect and City Engineer in Toronto and other places as well. Two of his sons also became architects: William Tutin Thomas and Cyrus Pole Thomas

Buildings Designed

• Church Street Row Housing, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1848.
• Don Gaol, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1852. Italianate style.
• Granville Street Mall--Central Block, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1859--1860. Facades of shops and new pedestrian area. Romanesque and Italianate detail.
• Granville Street Mall--North End, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, c. 1860. Romanesque and Italianate detail.
• Guelph Civic Museum, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1847 (originally built as a hotel and commercial building)
• Guelph City Hall, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1856--1857. Renaissance revival.
• Halifax Old County Court House, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1858--1862. Italian renaissance style.
• Halton County Court House, Milton, Ontario, Canada, 1855--1857. Baronial-Gothic style. Crenellated towers, cut-stone construction.
• Halton County Gaol and Court House Complex, Milton, Ontario, Canada, 1855--1857. Restored 1990.
• Toronto House of Industry (Workhouse), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1848. Tudor-Gothic style. (Now used as the Laughlen Lodge for the Aged).
• Huron County Gaol, Goderich, Ontario, Canada, 1840
• Niagara District Court House, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, 1847. Classical revival style. (Now used as a theatre.)
• Norfolk County Gaol, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, 1847--1848
• Oakham House, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1848. Tudor-Gothic style.
• Quebec City Customs Building, Quebec, Quebec, Canada, 1856. Classical style.
• St. George's Anglican Church, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1870. Gothic revival.
• St. Lawrence Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1850. Neo-classical.
• St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1858. Gothic revival.
• St. Michael's Cathedral, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, begun in 1845. Gothic revival.
• St. Michael's Cathedral Episcopal Palace, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1845--1848. Gothic revival.
• St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Ontario, Canada, 1844--1846. Gothic revival.
• St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1854--1857. Gothic style.
• Wellington County Court House, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1841--1843