Henry Simpson

Henry Simpson (1864–1926) was an architect active in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, around the turn of the 20th century. Simpson trained under prominent architect E.J. Lennox, and the buildings he designed were in the Richardsonian Romanesque style Lennox had helped popularize. He was one of the architects employed by the prominent Massey family, well-known philanthropists. Simpson worked with Charles J. Gibson from 1888 to 1890.

Over a dozen buildings he designed have survived to the present day. According to the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada Simpson played a role in the design of 126 buildings from 1891 to 1916.

Simpson's buildings that have survived to the 21st Century

+ Buildings Henry Simpson designed that survived into the 21st Century 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