Frederick William Cumberland

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Frederick William Cumberland was a prominent 19th-century Canadian architect and engineer known for designing significant public and institutional buildings in Toronto and helping shape the city’s Victorian architectural character.

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Frederick William Cumberland canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architect ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
university administrator ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
Romanesque Revival ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Romanesque

Victorian architecture ⓘ
birthDate 1821-04-10 ⓘ
birthPlace London, England ⓘ
citizenship Canada ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath Canada ⓘ
deathDate 1881-08-05 ⓘ
deathPlace Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Toronto
designed Cathedral Church of St. James parish buildings, Toronto ⓘ
Mechanics’ Institute, Toronto ⓘ
Old Trinity College, Toronto ⓘ
Osgoode Hall (additions), Toronto ⓘ
linked to: Osgoode Hall

St. James Cathedral, Toronto (additions and alterations) ⓘ
Toronto Normal School ⓘ
University College, University of Toronto ⓘ
York County Court House, Toronto ⓘ
employer Northern Railway of Canada ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Cumberland ⓘ
fatherInLaw John Cawthra ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
civil engineering ⓘ
railway management ⓘ
fullName Frederick William Cumberland ⓘ
givenName Frederick ⓘ
hasWorkLocation Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Toronto
influenced development of institutional architecture in Toronto ⓘ
memberOf Canadian Institute (Toronto) ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ⓘ
movedTo Toronto, Upper Canada ⓘ
linked to: York, Upper Canada
notableFor design of major public and institutional buildings in Toronto ⓘ
shaping Victorian architectural character of Toronto ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
railway executive ⓘ
politicalAffiliation Conservative Party (Province of Canada) ⓘ
positionHeld architect to the University of Toronto ⓘ
chief engineer of Northern Railway of Canada ⓘ
general manager of Northern Railway of Canada ⓘ
member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ⓘ
member of the Senate of the University of Toronto ⓘ
president of the Canadian Institute (Toronto) ⓘ
represented constituency of Algoma ⓘ
residence Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Toronto
spouse Wilmette Julia Cawthra ⓘ

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Osgoode Hall → architect → Frederick William Cumberland ⓘ
Frederick William Cumberland → fullName → Frederick William Cumberland ⓘ