ONTARIO POWER COMPANY GS

Architect Name: GREEN, EDWARD B.
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Historical Notes

THIS IS ONE OF FOUR BUILDINGS THAT COMPRISE THE ONTARIO POWER COMPANY'S ORIGINAL HYDRO PLANT ON THE CANADIAN SIDE OF THE FALLS. E.B. GREEN DESGNED ALL THE COMPONENTS. THE GENERATING STATION IS LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE GORGE AND IS BASED ON EGYPTIAN FUNERY TEMPLE STYLE. THE ENTRANCE BUILDING AT THE PARK LEVEL IS BASED ON AN ANCIENT GREEK DESIGN CALLED LESCHE.

Architectural Notes

A LARGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING BUILT TO HOUSE THE TRANSFORMERS, SWITCHING MACHINERYAND CORPORATE OFFICES OF THE COMPANY. EXHIBITS ELEMENTS OF RENNAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE. THE LARGE ARCHED WINDOW OPENINGS FOUND IN THE WINGS DOMINATE THE FACADE AND PROVIDE MUCH OF THE RHYTHM AND STYLE OF THE BUILDING. THE PROJECTING CENTRAL SECTION IN TYPICAL RENNAISSANCE FASHION IS MARKED BY ACHANGE IN DETAIL FROM THE FIRST FLOOR TO THE SECOND TO THE THIRD. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WINDOW FORMS IN THE BUILDING ASSOCIATED WITH THE RENNAISSANCE STYLING.