b"HISTORYThe main building of University CollegeUNIVERSITY COLLEGE inaNorthAmericanclassforitsdepth,its Soldiers' Tower, a Gothic towerdetailing, and as a demonstration of carving dedicated to fallen soldiers MostpeopleconsiderUniversityCollegeand the capacity of workshops to deliver highly to be the jewel in the Universitys crown.detailed design work.After much dissent, its stakeholders settled SOLDIERS' TOWER onaRomanesqueRevival-stylebuilding,The names of some of these artisans are built between 1856 and 1858 to a design byknown,suchasSwiss-bornCharlesEmil ThedayHartHouseformallyopenedFrederic Cumberland and William Storm. Zollikofer,themastersculptor.Andevery in1919,thecornerstonewaslaidforaU of T student is familiar with the names of nobleaddition,SoldiersTower,whichAbout two-thirds of the building materialIvanReznikoffandPaulDiabolos,thetwo was meant to commemorate the membersis pale-yellow brick produced at the Yorkvillestoneworkerswho,legendhasit,foughtto oftheuniversitycommunitywhohadBrickYards,whichonceoccupiedwhatisthe death for the love of a woman. Reznikoff losttheirlivesintheGreatWar.At143nowRamsdenPark,alongYongeStreetwas killed and is believed to haunt the college. feet, it is taller than any other CanadiannearDavenportRoad.ThefrontfaadeisBoth men are commemorated in the names of war memorial except the Peace Tower inlargely constructed of weather-resistant Ohiocampus cafes.Ottawa. The names of 627 war dead weresandstone from the U.S. with pale Whirlpool engraved on the stone Memorial ScreensandstonefromtheNiagaraEscarpment.ItOn Valentines Day in 1890, a kerosene lamp next to the archway that forms the base ofisornamentedthroughoutwithwhimsicalstarted a fire that destroyed the eastern interior, the tower. Sadly, they would be joined bystonecarvings,butitsmostremarkablebutmostofthestonestructuresurvived, another 557 names representing those lostfeature is the extremely ornate and intricatelyandUniversityCollegewassoonrebuilt.It in the Second World War. carveddoorway. wasdesignatedaNationalHistoricSiteof Canada in 1968, partly in recognition of its DesignedbySproattandRolphinItsoneofthemostdevelopedGothichigh-quality stone construction. The building theLateGothicRevivalstyle,Soldiers'entrancearches[inthearea],saysCharleshas recently been undergoing a revitalization Tower was completed in 1924. It is builtHazell, co-founder of Taylor Hazell Architectsand modernization headed by John Shnier of ofgreyashlarstoneandtrimmedwithLtd., who carried out a visioning and planningKohn Shnier architects and Graeme Stewart of limestone. A Memorial Room dominatedreport on the building. I would even put itheritage-specialist ERA Architects.byaremarkablestained-glasswindow sits directly above the archway. It houses abookofremembranceandartifacts associated with the universitys servicemen andwomen.Atinydooratthewestern base of the tower gives access to a narrow windingstaircasethatleadstoanupper gallery housing the machinery for playing the towers carillon of 51 bells.Some replacement of sandstone masonryNOW CELEBRATING 25 YEARS AS THE LARGEST wascarriedoutaround1970and2000.HEAVY EQUIPMENT SHOW IN CANADAThen, beginning in 2010, Soldiers Tower underwentasignificationrestoration initially estimated to cost $1.8 million. ItMARCH 31 - APRIL 1, 2022included stabilization of weather-damaged pinnacles and upper masonry. Also, since weather, graffiti and some possibly over-enthusiastic cleaning efforts over the years haderodedthenamesontheMemorialwww.NHES.caScreen,ERAArchitectsundertooka painstaking job of precisely documenting the 1,184 names. WINTER 2022AVENUES 31"