Robert McCausland Limited

McCausland Stained Glass

There are two plaques in Toronto about this company.
Both can be seen on this page.

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2007

On the landing of the main staircase in Old City Hall is this stained glass window. On the wall to the right at the bottom of the stairs is a 1981 Toronto Historical Board plaque. Here's what it says:

Plaque coordinates: 43.652325 -79.381542

This window was created in 1899 by the Robert McCausland Company, which has the longest continuous history of any stained-glass firm in North America. Five successive generations of the McCausland family have provided its presidents: Joseph, Robert, Alan, Gordon and Andrew. Joseph McCausland (1828-1905), an Irish immigrant, came to Toronto in 1835 and in 1856 founded the Canadian Stained Glass Works. Under the direction of his son, Robert McCausland, (1856-1923) OSA, RCA, the firm acquired its present title, and his award-winning designs won international acclaim. The firm has created windows for homes and businesses as well as for many religious and public buildings, and at one time produced over half of the stained-glass used in Canada.

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2006

Near this stained glass dome at the Hockey Hall of Fame on Yonge and Front Streets is an Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque which has this to say:

Plaque coordinates: 43.646976 -79.377229

This magnificent dome represents an extensive legacy of stained glass produced by the McCausland family and their employees for buildings throughout Canada. In business under various company names since 1856, the Toronto-based firm Robert McCausland Limited is credited with the earliest and most numerous examples of Canadian stained glass and the longest record for glasswork in North America. Richly adorned with mythological figures and provincial emblems, the dome was executed in 1885 by Robert McCausland, while working for his father, Joseph, the firm's founder.

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