The Whitney Block - Queen's Park, Toronto, Canada



Architect
F. R. Heakes
Date
1926 - tower added in  1932
Location
99 Wellesley Street West
Description
The Whitney Block is an Ontario Government Building, across Queens Park Crescent East from the Ontario Legislature Building.  It is faced in Queenston limestone and decorated with sculptures and carved quatrefoil designs.














The sculptures that decorate the building are the work of Toronto sculptor Charles Adamson. At the top of the tower are four eight-foot tall figures depict Justice, Tolerance, Widsom and Power.


Other figures represent farming & forestry



........ Law and Education



......... labour and mining.















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