1 Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke was born in Toronto where he was educated at Jesse Ketchum School and Upper Canada College. From 1865-72, he was an apprentice to his uncle, architect Henry Langley (1836-1907). In 1873, Henry Langley, his brother Edward (a builder) and Edmund Burke formed the partnership of Langley, Langley & Burke. Following the retirement of Edward, the partnership of Langley & Burke continued until Edmund left in 1892. Langley & Burke obtained a number of important church commissions, including Sherbourne Street Methodist (now St. Luke’s United, Toronto, 1886-87) and Trinity Methodist (now Trinity-St. Paul’s United, Toronto, 1887-89). From 1895-1908, he was in the partnership of Burke & Horwood, which also completed a number of church designs, including: Memorial Baptist (Toronto, 1896-97); Fourth Avenue Baptist (Ottawa, 1904, now Ukrainian Baptist); and King Street Baptist (Cambridge, 1905). The partnership of Burke, Horwood & White was an extremely successful firm that designed, among other buildings, the Hudson Bay Company’s flagship stores in Western Canada, using modern building technology to create some of the country’s first skyscrapers. Burke was a founding member the Architectural Guild of Toronto (1887), the Ontario Association of Architects (1899) and the Royal Architectural Institute in Canada (1908).

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