Hobbs Glass Company tenure
According to the Toronto City Directories, the Hobbs Glass Company filled the house between at least 1940 and 1950. There are no directories for 1950 or 1951, so Hobbs may have stayed at the site after 1950.
It appears that the Toronto branch of the Hobbs Glass Co. specialized in stained glass, employing well-known stained glass artist William Meikle for a number of years. There are examples of stained glass by Meikle from the Duke street era at St Paul’s Cathedral in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Sources:
- Directories – Toronto Public Library
- Images – Institute for Stained Glass in Canada (http://www.stainedglasscanada.ca/image.php?image=1471; http://www.stainedglasscanada.ca/image.php?image=1462)