Gouinlock was born in 1861 in Paris, Ontario to Walter & Elizabeth Gouinlock.
He married Georgina Watson in 1889 and had sons George Roper and Robert. He trained in various cities (including Hamilton, Chicago and Milwaukee) towards becoming an architect. He later moved to Winnipeg as a junior architect with Barber, Bowes & Barber. He came to Toronto in 1888 and began a partnership with architect Francis S. Baker (as Gouinlock & Baker) from 1888 to 1890.
The bulk of Gouinlock's career was in Toronto (1888-1927) where most of his work is found.
Projects
Many of Gouinlock's buildings were Beaux-Arts, but his works also feature other architectural styles. Many buildings at Exhibition Place were designed by Gouinlock:
CNE Fire Hall and Police Station, 90 Quebec Street 1912 - (Tudor Revival)
CNE Government Building 1912 (Beaux-Arts), 10 Dufferin Street - now Medieval Times Building, formerly Government Building and Arts, Crafts and Hobbies Building
Other works across Toronto and beyond included:
117-119 Collier Street 1891
Charles Steinle Meat Packing Company, 256 King Street East 1892
American Watch Case Company, 511 King Street West 1893
Temple Building, Toronto (Bay and Richmond) 1895 - demolished 1970
Manitoba Trust Company Building, Winnipeg (Main Street and Pioneer Street) 1899-1900 - with George Creeford Browne and demolished 1974
Town Hall, St. Marys, Ontario 1901 (Romanesque Revival)
Bank of Hamilton, 165 Spadina Avenue 1902 - now CIBC branch
Marshall McLuhan’s House (Sir W.T. White House) and Coach House, 39 and 39a Queen's Park Crescent 1903,
Consumer's Gas Company addition, 23 Toronto Street 1904
Warwick Bros. and Rutter Publishers, 401 King Street West 1905
Sovereign Bank, 172 King Street East 1907
Broadview Hotel renovation 1907
Canadian Birkbeck Savings and Investment Company Head Office, 10 Adelaide Street East, Toronto 1908 (Edwardian) - now Ontario Heritage Centre
William Peyton Hubbard House, 660 Broadview Avenue 1909
Ontario Legislative Building North Wing, 1 Queen's Park Crescent 1909
MacLean Building, 345 Adelaide Street West 1914
Princess Margaret Hospital - South Building, 610 University Avenue 1915 - formerly Ontario Hydro-Electric Building
R.H. King Collegiate Instutute - Western wing, 3800 St. Clair Avenue East (1961)
Art Gallery of Toronto conceptual drawings
Alexandra Palace, Toronto - demolished
Later Years and Death
In 1895 he was Chair of the Toronto Society of Architects and as President of the Ontario Association of Architects in 1909.
Gouinlock died on February 13, 1932 and buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.
Legacy
Gouinlock practiced along from 1890 onwards to 1927. His son George Roper Gouinlock (1896-1979) and Hugh L. Allward (1899-1971) began a new firm in 1935, then by Peter L. Allward as Allward and Gouinlock Third creation of the Gouinlock firm lasted until 1976.
His son's firm create various projects in Toronto area:
Eaton Hall, King City 1932
York University Field House 1962
Humberview Public School, Toronto
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute, Scarborough, 1965
