Henry Simpson (1864–1926) was an architect active in

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, Canada, around the turn of the 20th century. Simpson trained under prominent architect

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, and the buildings he designed were in the

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style Lennox had helped popularize. He was one of the architects employed by the prominent

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, 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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, Henry 1864 births 1926 deaths People from Old Toronto 20th-century Canadian architects 19th-century Canadian architects