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The Toronto Necropolis Chapel

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2006

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted October, 2013

At 200 Winchester Street,, 5 blocks east of Parliament Street, can be found this plaque. Located to the left of the chapel entrance, almost hidden by the greenery, it has this to say:

Coordinates: 43.667600 -79.361436

The chapel at the Toronto Necropolis, together with adjoining entry pavilion and superintendent's office and residence, constitute one of the finest examples of Gothic Revival architecture in Canada.
The unique composition of buildings was designed by architect Henry Langley in 1872. The chapel, whose arch is the most prominent decorative feature, has a distinctly Gothic motif, including the large arched stained glass window lighting the nave and the arched rose window of stained glass lighting the sanctuary and chancel.
An unique aspect of the chapel's architecture is the placement of the bell tower at the rear, over the sacristy, a sensible design for funeral processions entering through the porch and passing through the large nave to the chancel and finally through the sacristy to the cemetery grounds.
Henry Langley, a Toronto architect, was noted for his use of Gothic Revival style in churches. He died in 1906 at the age of seventy, and was buried in the Toronto Necropolis (Section O, Lot 255).

Another plaque at this location
The Toronto Necropolis

Other buildings designed by architect Henry Langley
De La Salle Institute Building 1871
Metropolitan United Church
St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Anglican Church

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