Gouinlock Buildings / Early Exhibition Buildings

Gouinlock Buildings / Early Exhibition Buildings is a National Historic Site of Canada in Toronto, Ontario.

Ontario · Saskatchewan Road, Toronto, Ontario · location approximate

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Early Exhibition Buildings These five buildings - the Press (1904), Music (1907), Horticulture (1907), Government (1912), and the Fire Hall and Police Station (11912) - are the largest and finest group of early 20th century exhibition buildings in Canada. Designed by G. W. Gouinlock, they reflect the influence of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition of Chicago in their creative classical decoration and ordered integration to a site plan. The first permanent exhibition buildings in Toronto, they are an impressive reminder of the Canadian National Exhibition as the major industrial and agricultural fair of the period.

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Vieux pavillons d'exposition Les cinq édifices dits de la Presse (1904), de la Musique (1907), de l'Horticulture (1907), du Gouvernement (1912) et des Pompiers et de la Police (1912) forment le groupe le plus important de pavillons d'exposition construits au Canada au débuts du XXe siècle. Conçus par G. W. Gouinlock, ils refletent, par leur décor classique innovateur et leur intégration ordonnée au plan d'ensemble. L'influence de l'expostiton internationale de Chicago de 1893. Premiers pavillons d'exposition permanents à Toronto, ce sont des témoins émouvants de l'Exposition nationale du Canada la plus grande foire industrielle et agricole de l'époque au pays.

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