1 Frank Darling

Frank Darling was born in Scarborough Township, Canada West (Ontario). He was educated at Upper Canada College and Trinity College, both in Toronto. He studied briefly at the office of Thomas Gundry and Henry Langley, as well as in London, England with architect George Edmund Street (1824-81). Darling had partnerships with Henry Macdougall, Samuel Curry (1854-1942), Henry Sporatt (1866-1934) and John Pearson (1867-1940). Darling began private practice in Toronto in 1873 when he entered into partnership with Henry Macdougall. He had many commissions from Toronto Anglican congregations, including: St. Matthias (Toronto, 1873-74); St. Thomas (Toronto, 1874, demolished); St. Luke (Toronto, 1881, demolished); and St. Mary Magdalene Anglo-Catholic Church (Toronto, 1892). He also designed a number of banks, including the Bank of Montreal (Toronto, 1885, now the Hockey Hall of Fame) and dozens of buildings for the Bank of Commerce, which included designs for Winnipeg, Montreal and Vancouver. As one of Toronto’s greatest promoters of the Beaux-Arts style, Darling was the first honorary President of the Toronto Beaux-Arts Club. In 1915, he became the only Canadian designer to receive the Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects.

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