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John Ewart (architect)

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church, St. Paul's. In 1818, he built the parliament building for Upper Canada at York. In 1824, he designed the courthouse and jail for the
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in 1788. After completing his apprenticeship in building, he moved to
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and, in 1827–31, the two-story castellated-style courthouse for the
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a few years later. He built a hospital and then the town's first
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Southwest corner of Church Street and Adelaide Street East
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Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates
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Tranent
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Toronto
Canada West
Canadian
Osgoode Hall
Canadian
architect
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Scotland
London
New York City
Toronto
Upper Canada
Roman Catholic
Home District
London District, Ontario
Osgoode Hall
Oliver Mowat
Catherine Seaton Skirving
gangrene
arteriosclerosis
St. Andrew's Church of Scotland
Regency

Osgoode Hall
William Warren Baldwin
Palladian

Middlesex County Courthouse (London District)

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