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Chapman and Oxley was a Toronto

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, Ontario

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- based architectural firm and responsible for designing a number of Beaux Arts buildings in the city in the 1920s and 1930s. Even with the departure of Chapman, the firm's last projects appeared to be in the late 1940s.

The firm was founded by architects Alfred Hirschfelder Chapman (1875-1949) and James Morrow Oxley (1883-1957) in 1919.

A.H. Chapman lived in Toronto and studied architecture in Paris. Prior to going to Paris he apprenticed under Toronto architect Beaumont Jarvis (1864-1948). Chapman and Oxley ended his work in 1943 and died in 1949. He is buried at St. George's Church (Anglican) and Cemetery (Susan Sibbald Memorial Stone Church) in Sutton, Ontario

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Chapman's son Howard D. Chapman (Chapman and Hurst)was also an architect and worked with Howard V. Walker on a number of restoration projects in the 1980s. His other son Christopher Chapman (1927-) is a writer, director and cinematographer.

J.M. Oxley attended the University of Toronto

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as an engineering (applied sciences) student and fought in World War I

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in the Canadian Army (Canadian Expeditionary Force

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) from 1915-1918. He was President of the Mississauga Golf and Country Club from 1939 to 1940. Oxley died in 1957.

A list of projects worked on by Chapman and Oxley:

Building	Year	Type	Notes
Toronto Harbour Commission Building Toronto Harbour Commission Building The Toronto Harbour Commission Building is a six storey building erected in 1917 in Toronto by Alfred Chapman for the locally run Toronto Harbour Commission. It is now home to the Toronto Port Authority, a federal agency...	1919	Office building
Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion Sunnyside Amusement Park Sunnyside is a lakefront district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It includes a beach and park area along Lake Ontario's Humber Bay, to the west of the Exhibition grounds, at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue where it meets King Street West and Queen Street West. In the 1910s, the area was the site of a...	1922	public pool
Palais Royale Palais Royale Palais Royale is a dance hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on Lake Shore Boulevard at the foot of Roncesvalles Avenue on Lake Ontario. Originally built as a boat works, it became notable as a night club in the now-defunct Sunnyside Amusement Park, hosting many prominent 'big band' jazz bands...	1922	dancehall	built with Bishop
330 Bay Street	1925	16 storey office tower
Maple Leaf Stadium Maple Leaf Stadium Maple Leaf Stadium was a baseball stadium in Toronto built in 1926 by Lol Solman for his Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team of the International League on the site of a stadium that had been built in 1907. It continued to be the home of the Leafs for 42 seasons, until the team left town following...	1926	baseball stadium	demolished 1968
National Building National Building The National Building is a historic warehouse building in downtown Seattle, Washington, located on the east side of Western Avenue between Spring and Madison Streets in what was historically Seattle's commission district. It is now home to the Seattle Weekly. It is a six story plus basement brick...	1926	12 storey office building	demolished in 2006
Crosee and Blackwell Building CFMT Building 545 Lake Shore Boulevard West is a media studio complex located along the harbourfront of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Lake Shore Boulevard West....	1927	television station	later as CFMT Building CFMT Building 545 Lake Shore Boulevard West is a media studio complex located along the harbourfront of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Lake Shore Boulevard West....
Prince's Gate (Toronto), at Exhibition Place Exhibition Place Exhibition Place is a mixed-use district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by the shoreline of Lake Ontario, just west of downtown. The 197–acre area includes expo, trade, and banquet centres, theatre and music buildings, monuments, parkland, sports facilities, and a number of civic, provincial,...	1927	arch gateway
Dominion Building (Toronto)	1927	12 storey office tower	home to National Cash Register; later as City Hall Annex (City of Toronto) and Ryerson Polytechnic Ryerson University Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden... ; demolished 1977 after fire damaged the strucuture
Runnymede Theatre, Toronto	1927	double screen atmospheric theatre	closed 1998 and converted to Chapter's bookstore
Capitol Theatre, Cornwall, Ontario	1928	single screen atmospheric theatre	inner theatre designed by architect G.J. Mace; closed 1985 and demolished 1991
Old Toronto Star Building Old Toronto Star Building The Old Toronto Star Building at 80 King Street West in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was built in 1929 by Chapman & Oxley and abandoned in 1970 when the Toronto Star newspaper moved to One Yonge Street. The Art Deco building was torn down in 1972 to make way for the First Canadian Place. It stood at...	1929	office building	demolished 1970 and now site of First Canadian Place First Canadian Place First Canadian Place is a skyscraper in the financial district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the northwest corner of King and Bay streets, and is the location of the Toronto headquarters of the Bank of Montreal. At , it is Canada's tallest skyscraper and the 15th tallest building in North America...
Sterling Tower Sterling Tower Sterling Tower is a skyscraper at 372 Bay Street at Richmond Street in Toronto, Canada. Designed by Chapman and Oxley, and completed in 1928, the building was the tallest in the city for one year, until the construction of the Royal York Hotel....	1929	21 storey office tower
The Bay The Bay The Bay is a chain of 91 department stores that operate across parts of Canada. It is the main brand of Hudson's Bay Company , North America's oldest company. It has its headquarters in the Simpson Tower in Toronto. In French, the chain is known as la Baie, short for "Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson"... 's Queen Street location The Bay Queen Street The Bay Queen Street store is the flagship store of the The Bay in Toronto and head office of the Hudson's Bay Company. Located at 160 Yonge Street on the southwest corner of Yonge Street and Queen Street West, the building is actually a complex of buildings built between 1896 to 1969.The 1896...	1929	9 storey department store addition	houses the Arcadian Court Arcadian Court The Arcadian Court is an Art Deco restaurant and banquet hall on the eighth floor of the flagship downtown Toronto location of the Canadian department store The Bay, whose wrought iron railings, arched windows and huge chandeliers made it one of Toronto's most exclusive dining spots for many years... ) and Robert Simpson Complex at the rear
Toronto Public Library Toronto Public Library Toronto Public Library is a public library system based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest public library system in Canada and in 2008, had averaged a higher... Circulating Library	1930	library	now Koffler Student Centre Koffler Student Centre The Koffler Student Centre is the main student centre at the University of Toronto, located at 214 College Street. The centre houses a number of different student services, including the main campus bookstore, career centre, and health clinic. The ornate building is located at the northwest corner... , University of Toronto University of Toronto The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
Toronto Hydro Toronto Hydro The Toronto Hydro-Electric System is the local distributor of electric power in the City of Toronto. In 2005 the utility served a peak load of over 5,000 MW and had nearly 600,000 residential and 70,000 commercial and industrial customers, and had around 1,600 employees. In 2005 the corporation... Building (Carlton Street)	1931	office building	with associate Albert E Salisbury
Royal Ontario Museum Royal Ontario Museum The Royal Ontario Museum is a museum of world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. With its main entrance facing Bloor Street in Downtown Toronto, the museum is situated north of Queen's Park and east of Philosopher's Walk in the University of Toronto...	1933	expansion wing
Holy Blossom Temple Holy Blossom Temple The Holy Blossom Temple is a Reform synagogue located at 1950 Bathurst Street in Toronto, Canada. It is the oldest Jewish congregation in Toronto. Founded in 1856, it has more than 7,000 members. W. Gunther Plaut, now retired, was a long time Senior Rabbi for this synagogue...	1938	synagogue
Heaslip House Ryerson University Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...	1938-1939	office building	built as HQ for E.P. Talyor's Canadian Breweries Limited Canadian Breweries Limited Canadian Breweries Limited was an Ontario based holding company in the brewery industry. Originally named Brewing Corporation of Ontario, E. P. Taylor created the company in 1930 by merging Bradings Breweries Limited , and Capital Brewing of Ottawa and Kuntz Brewery of Waterloo, Ontario... - purchased by Ryerson University Ryerson University Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden... as home for radio station CRJT and now home to Chang School of Continuing Education
Bank of Montreal Bank of Montreal The Bank of Montreal , , or BMO Financial Group, is the fourth largest bank in Canada by deposits. The Bank of Montreal was founded on June 23, 1817 by John Richardson and eight merchants in a rented house in Montreal, Quebec. On May 19, 1817 the Articles of Association were adopted, making it... building at King and Bay	1948	bank building	demolished 1972

A list of work by Chapman or Oxley prior to the founding of their firm in 1919:

Building	Year	Type	Architects
old Oakville Grammar School (Reynolds Street)	1908	school	Chapman
Toronto Public Library Bloor-Gladstone Branch	1911-1913	library	Alfred H. Chapman & Robert B. McGiffen; renovated by Howard D Chapman 1975
Toronto Reference Library - St. George Street	1909	library	Wickson & Gregg and A.H. Chapman; now Koffler Student Centre, University of Toronto
Carnegie Library - Dundas, Ontario	1909	library	Chapman and McGiffen; now Carnegie Gallery
Rosedale Presbyterian Church, Toronto	1909	church	Chapman and McGiffen
Knox College (University of Toronto)	1912-15	university building	Chapman and McGiffen
Toronto Public Library Dovercourt Branch	1913	library	Chapman and McGiffen
Carnegie Library - Barrie, Ontario	1915	library	Chapman and McGiffen; now MacLaren Arts Centre

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