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Toronto municipal and county buildings (s.n., 1889), by W. H. Gibbs, E. F. Clarke, and Toronto (Ont.). City Council. Court House Committee (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: City halls -- Ontario -- Toronto

Toronto municipal and county buildings (s.n., 1889), by W. H. Gibbs, E. F. Clarke, and Toronto (Ont.). City Council. Court House Committee (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: School buildings -- Ontario -- Toronto

Interim reports of the Toronto school survey I. The physical plant of the Toronto public schools. II. The building department of the Toronto Board of education (Bureau of Municipal Research, 1920), by Ont.) Bureau of Municipal Research (Toronto (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: College buildings -- Ontario -- Toronto

The new medical buildings of the University of Toronto (s.n., 1903), by A. B. Macallum (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The New home of Knox College on the university campus and St. George Street (s.n., 1915), by Ont.) Knox College (Toronto (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: College buildings -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Heating and ventilation

Central heating and power plant, University of Toronto (s.n., 1916), by Lorne McKenzie Arkley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Dormitories -- Ontario -- Toronto

A letter to the Hon. G.W. Ross, LL.D., minister of education with resolutions and letters from the Board of Trustees, the faculty, heads of universities, graduates, &c., in approval of college residence (s.n.], 1890), by Daniel Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
Upper Canada College the College Bording House having undergone a thorough renovation and received additions .. (s.n., 1857), by Upper Canada College (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Community centers -- Ontario

Suggestions for community associations and centres (Social Service Council of Ontario, 1920), by Social Service Council of Ontario. Committee on Community Centres (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Courthouses -- Ontario -- Woodstock

Copy of advertisement re. new court house at Woodstock it is proposed by the council of the county of Oxford to erect a new court house in the town of Woodstock, Ont. .. (s.n., 1888), by James White (page images at HathiTrust)
Instructions to architects re. proposed new court house at Woodstock, the proposed new court house for the county of Oxford is to be built in Woodstock, Ontario .. (s.n., 1888), by James White (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Parliament Buildings (Ottawa, Ont.)

Report of John Page, Esq., chief engineer Public Works on the public buildings at Ottawa (s.n.], 1868), by John Page (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of the Commission Appointed to Inquire into Matters Connected with the Public Buildings at Ottawa (J. Blackburn, 1863), by Canada. Commission Appointed to Inquire Into Matters Connected With the Public Buildings At Ottawa (page images at HathiTrust)
Memorandum in the report of the commissioners on the Ottawa Buildings .. (s.n., 1861), by John Rose (page images at HathiTrust)
Parliament Buildings, Ottawa re-laying of the corner stone by His Royal Highness, the Duke of Connaught ... at 12 o' clock noon on Friday, the first day of September, 1916. (s.n., 1916) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Rules for maintenance of department buildings (s.n., 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Parliament Buildings (Ottawa, Ont.) -- Accounting

Rules for maintenance of department buildings (s.n., 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Parliament Buildings (Toronto, Ont.)

New Parliament buildings (s.n., 1890) (page images at HathiTrust)
General description and specification of plans and estimate of cost for the proposed new parliament & departmental buildings for the province of Ontario to be erected in Queen's Park in the city of Toronto. (s.n., 1800) (page images at HathiTrust)
Information and correspondence relating to matters in dispute between the government of the province of Ontario and the firm of Darling & Curry, of the city of Toronto, architects (s.n., 1887), by Darling & Curry (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
Specifications for proposed new Parliament buildings for Ontario, as designed by Messrs. Darling & Curry, of Toronto (s.n.], 1882), by Darling & Curry (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
To the Honorable the members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario the following letters and correspondence relating to the matters in dispute between the Government and Messrs. Darling & Curry, Architects, re the proposed new Parliament and Departmental Buildings have been sent to the Honourable the Attorney-General since 25th March last. (s.n., 1887), by Darling & Curry (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: School buildings -- Ontario

Plans for rural school buildings, with estimates of cost and forms of specifications and agreements. (Department of education. Toronto [L.K. Cameron, printer to the king's most excellent Majesty], 1909), by Ontario. Dept. of Education (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The school house its architecture, external and internal arrangements, with elevations and plans for public and high school buildings : together with illustrated papers on the importance of school hygiene and ventilation : also with practical suggestions as to school grounds, school furniture, gymnastics, and the uses and value of school apparatus (s.n.], 1876), by J. George Hodgins (page images at HathiTrust)
The school house : its architecture, external and internal arrangements, with additional papers on gymnastics, the use of apparatus, school discipline, methods of teaching, etc., together with selections for public recitations in schools (Printed for the Dept. of Public Instruction for Upper Canada by Lovell and Gibson, 1858), by J. George Hodgins (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: College buildings -- Ontario -- Ottawa

Souvenir of the laying of the corner-stone of the new Arts Building, University of Ottawa, Canada (s.n., 1904), by University of Ottawa (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The new Science Hall of the University of Ottawa inaugurated June 19, 1901. (s.n.], 1901), by University of Ottawa (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

Filed under: Public buildings

Community buildings as war memorials : bulletins no. 1-12. ([New York, 1919), by War Camp Community Service (U.S.). Bureau of Memorial Buildings (page images at HathiTrust)
Monumental classic architecture in Great Britain and Ireland during the eighteenth & nineteenth centuries (B. T. Batsford, ltd.;, 1914), by A. E. Richardson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Öffentliche Bauten (Arnd, 1922), by Theodor Fischer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Public buildings : a survey of architecture of projects constructed by federal and other governmental bodies between the years 1933 and 1939 with the assistance of the Public Works Administration (Public Works Administration :, 1939), by C. W. Short, R. Stanley-Brown, and United States. Public Works Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Delle basiliche antiche : e specialmente di quella di Vicenza del celebre Andrea Palladio (Presso Francesco Vendramini Mosca ..., 1769), by Enea Arnaldi (page images at HathiTrust)
Regulations governing the field force, Office,supervising architect, Treasury Department. (Govt. Print. Off., 1916), by United States. Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department (page images at HathiTrust)
Gebäude für die Zwecke des Wohnens, des Handels und Verkehres. (Stuttgart, 1902) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Local development law; a survey of the powers of local authorities in regard to housing, roads, lands, buildings & town planning (T. F. Unwin ltd., 1919), by Harold Chaloner Dowdall (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The GSA system for construction management. (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975), by United States. Public Buildings Service (page images at HathiTrust)
Planning a county welfare office. ([Sacramento], 1954), by California. Department of Social Welfare (page images at HathiTrust)
Report on real property management. ([U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1955), by United States. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1953-1955). Task Force on Real Property Management (page images at HathiTrust)
Public library buildings, their financing, design, construction, equipment and operation. ([Los Angeles], 1935), by Dana Quick McComb (page images at HathiTrust)
Hints on public architecture, containing, among other illustrations, views and plans of the Smithsonian Institution: (G.P. Putnam, 1849), by Robert Dale Owen, Corydon A. Alvord, Edward O. Jenkins, George Palmer Putnam, and Smithsonian Institution (page images at HathiTrust)
Quarterly public construction reports (Bureau of the Census, 1965), by United States Bureau of the Census (page images at HathiTrust)
Select designs for public buildings; consisting of plans, elevations, perspective views, sections, and details, of churches, chapels, schools, alms-houses, gas-works, markets, and other buildings erected for public purposes. (T. Kelly, 1842), by S. H. Brooks (page images at HathiTrust)
Dictionnaire administratif et historique des rues et monuments de Paris (Paris : Au Bureau de la revue municipale, 1855., 1855), by Félix Lazare and Louis Lazare (page images at HathiTrust)
The federal city : or, ins and abouts of Washington (Gibson Brothers, 1865), by Samuel Douglas Wyeth (page images at HathiTrust)
United States Courthouse : Springfield, Massachusetts ([U.S. General Services Public Buildings Service, Office of the Chief Architect], 2008), by United States. Public Buildings Service, United States. Office of the Chief Architect. Design Excellence Program, and United States. Office of the Chief Architect (page images at HathiTrust)
United States Courthouse, Richmond, Virginia ([U.S. General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Office of the Chief Architect, Design Excellence and the Arts], 2008), by United States. Office of the Chief Architect. Design Excellence Program and United States General Services Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
United States Census Bureau Headquarters : Suitland, Maryland ([U.S. General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Office of the Chief Architect, Design Excellence and the Arts], 2008), by United States. Office of the Chief Architect. Design Excellence Program and United States General Services Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Report. (New York., between 1000 and 1999), by Lighting and Supplies Dept New York (N.Y.). Public Buildings (page images at HathiTrust)
Architecture communale ... (V (superscript ve) A. Morel et c (superscript ie), 1870), by Félix Narjoux (page images at HathiTrust)
Ingenieuraesthetik (G. Lammers, 1910), by Joseph Aug. Lux (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Picturesque views of public edifices in Paris (Printed by J. Moyes ... for Gale, Curtis, and Fenner ... and Samuel Leigh, 1814), by Mr Segard, Mr Rosenberg, and Mr Testard (page images at HathiTrust)
Notices des Monumens Publics, palais, édifices, musées, galeries, dépots, bibliothèques ... de la ville de Paris ... (Chez Ballard, 1820) (page images at HathiTrust)
Gebäude für Erholungs-, Beherbergungs- und Vereinszwecke. (A. Bergsträsser, 1894), by Heinrich Wagner (page images at HathiTrust)
Detailed listing of real property owned by the United States and used by the Department of Defense for military functions throughout the world as of September 30 ... (General Services Administration, Office of Administration, in the 20th century), by United States. General Services Administration. Office of Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Palliser's court houses, village, town and city halls, jails and plans of other public building prepared ... (J.S. Ogilvie, 1889), by Palliser & Co Palliser (page images at HathiTrust)
Some Stewart structures, James Stewart & company, contractors, St. Louis, New York, Chicago, Pittsburg, New Orleans, Denver, San Francisco, and the Canadian Stewart company, ltd., Montreal. (W. M. Probasco, 1909), by James Stewart & Company (page images at HathiTrust)
New provincial building Hon. prov. secretary's speech, delivered in House of Assembly, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 1871. (s.n., 1871), by William Berrian Vail (page images at HathiTrust)
Civic centers and the grouping of public buildings, with a suggestion for Boston. [followed by] Discussion. (1908), by Stephen Child (page images at HathiTrust)
Annual report. (Govt. Printing Office, 1881), by United States. Architect of the (United States) Capitol and Frederick Law Olmsted (page images at HathiTrust)
The Hippodrome of Constantinople and its still existing monuments (Printed by Sir Joseph Causton & Sons, 1889), by Edwin A. Grosvenor (page images at HathiTrust)
Alcuni fabbricati civili (Stab. Tip. Buon Pastore, 1899), by Lorenzo Acquabona (page images at HathiTrust)
A record of war activities. (Turner construction company, 1918), by Turner Construction Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Istituzioni pratiche elementari sull'arte di costruire le fabbriche civili (Tip. di D. Salvi e comp., 1862), by Antonio Cantalupi (page images at HathiTrust)
Foreign Service Buildings Act Amendments, 1960 : hearings before the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on State Department Organization and Foreign Operations, Eighty- Sixth Congress, second session, on Jan. 26, 27, 1960. (U.S. G.P.O., 1960), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on State Department Organization and Foreign Operations (page images at HathiTrust)
Public buildings and grounds ... : Hearings. (U.S. Govt. Prtg. Off, 1939), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (page images at HathiTrust)
Annual report of the Superintendent of Public Buildings, also Inspector of Buildings of the city of New Bedford, Mass. (New Bedford, Mass., between 1000 and 1999), by New Bedford (Mass.). Office of Superintendent of Public Buildings and New Bedford (Mass.). Office of Inspector of Buildings (page images at HathiTrust)
Buildings erected by A. E. Stephens Company, Springfield, Mass. (Architectural Catalog Co., 1920), by Springfield Stephens (A.E.) Company (page images at HathiTrust)
Specifications for a Bureau of Engraving and Printing for the Chinese government to be erected in Peking, China. (Milburn, Heister & Company, Architects, 1909), by Heister & Co Milburn (page images at HathiTrust)
Selections from the latest work of Milburn, Heister & Co., architects. ([National Publishing Co., printers, 1919), by Heister & Co Milburn (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of the State Education Building Commission to the forty-eighth General Assembly. (The Commission, 1913), by Illinois. State Education Building Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Dělnické kolonie ([Stavitel], 1921), by Jan Kotěra and Raymond Unwin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Public Building Act of 1949. : Hearings before the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, first session, on H.R. 3662 and H.R. 3019, bills to provide for comprehensive planning, for site acquisition in and outside of the District of Columbia, and for the design of federal building projects outside of the District of Columbia ; to authorize the transfer of jurisdiction over certain lands between certain departments and agencies of the United States, and to provide certain additional authority needed in connection with the construction, management, and operation of federal public buildings, and for other purposes. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works (page images at HathiTrust)
Public buildings purchase contract act of 1953 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the Committee on Public Works, Eighty-third Congress, first session on H.R. 5406, a bill to amend the public building act of 1949, to authorize the administrator of General services to acquire title to real property and to provide for the construction of certain public buildings for housing of federal agencies or departments, including post offices, by executing purchase contracts and for other purposes. June 3, 1953. (U.S. G.P.O., 1953), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds (page images at HathiTrust)
Site maps & statistics : physical plant of the State of Michigan. (Dept. of Administration, Building Division, 1972), by Michigan. Dept. of Administration. Building Division (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
[Audit of the] Capital Development Board, construction control procedures. Findings and recommendations. (State of Illinois, Office of the Auditor General, 1974), by Illinois. Office of the Auditor General and Capital Development Board of the State of Illinois (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Capitol guide. (Secretary of State, 1953), by Illinois. Office of Secretary of State (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Building for Illinois. (Capital Development Board, 1977), by Capital Development Board of the State of Illinois (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Plans of rural community buildings (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1921), by Wayne C. Nason and C. J. Galpin (page images at HathiTrust)
Building for Illinois : the Capital Development Board. (Capital Development Board, State of Illinois, 1977), by Capital Development Board of the State of Illinois (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Old State Capitol. (Illinois State Historical Library [and] Illinois State Historical Society, 1972), by Illinois State Historical Society and Illinois State Historical Library (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Grecian, Roman, and gothic architecture, considered as applicable to public and private buildings, in this country : to which are added, some remarks on ornamental landscape, designed to recommend, and to introduce a more correct taste into the residences of the nobility and gentry of Great Britain (Printed for J. Hatchard and Son, 1821), by William Fox (page images at HathiTrust)
Piante, facciata, e spaccati del Palazzo Senatorio Ranuzzi in Bologna. ([publisher not identified], 1760), by Luigi Antonio Melchiorre Balugani (page images at HathiTrust)
Developing renewable generation on state property : installing renewable energy on state buildings and other state-owned property : lead commissioner report (California Energy Commission, 2011), by Currituck Co. (Musician), Heather Raitt, James Bartridge, and California Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Developing renewable generation on state property : installing renewable energy on state buildings and other state-owned property : Commission report (California Energy Commission, 2012), by Heather Raitt, Jim Bartridge, Kevin Barker, and California Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
Report to the Governor and the General Assembly. ([Illinois, Legislative Space Needs Commission], in the 20th century), by Illinois. Legislative Space Needs Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Blast shelter potential in new government buildings (Oak Ridge, Tennessee : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Service, 1972., 1972), by George A. Cristy, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
Developing renewable generation on state property : installing renewable energy on state buildings and other state-owned property : staff report (California Energy Commission, 2011), by Heather Raitt, Jim Bartridge, Kevin Barker, and California Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
City-county buildings; construction and operation of buildings used jointly by cities and counties ... (American Municipal Association, 1937), by American Municipal Association (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Nation builds for those who served : an introduction to the architectural heritage of the Veterans Administration (National Building Museum, 1980), by National Building Museum (U.S.) and United States. Veterans Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Public buildings and grounds in the city of Bellevue : a report on a study by the Bellevue Planning Commission, 1956-1957. ([Bellevue] : Bellevue Planning Commission, [1957], 1957), by Bellevue Planning Commission (Wash.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The grouping of public buildings (The Society, 1904), by Frederick Luther Ford (page images at HathiTrust)
Public buildings, landmarks and historic sites of the United States. (U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., 1992), by United States. Superintendent of Documents (page images at HathiTrust)
Public buildings, landmarks, and historic sites of the United States. (U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., 1990), by United States. Superintendent of Documents (page images at HathiTrust)
Public buildings, landmarks and historic sites of the United States. (U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., 1991), by United States. Superintendent of Documents (page images at HathiTrust)
Investigation of procurement and buildings : Hearings before the Procurement and Buildings Subcommittee of the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, first[-second] session ... (Washington, D.C. : United States Government Printing Office, 1947-1948., 1947), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments. Procurement and Buildings Subcommittee and United States. Congress 1948). House (page images at HathiTrust)
Final environmental impact statement, General Services Administration, Region 9 : Vista del Arroyo, Federal Building/United States Court of Appeals, 125 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena, California. (General Services Administration, 1981), by United States General Services Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Draft environmental impact statement, General Services Administration, Region 9 : Federal Building/United States Court of Appeals, 125 South Grand Avenue, Pasadena, California. (General Services Administration, 1981), by United States General Services Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
Providing for the administration and development of Pennsylvania Avenue as a national historic site. ([Washington], 1966) (page images at HathiTrust)
The plan of the national capitol : from the ninth report of the Commission of Fine Arts. (G.P.O., 1923), by Washington (D.C.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Views of Boston and vicinity. (Portland, Maine : L. H. Nelson Company, [between 1903 and 1907], 1903) (page images at HathiTrust)

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