Arthur Townend (architect)

Arthur Townend

Sydney Arthur Townend, (March 2, 1924 – July 9, 2005) was a Cuban-born Canadian architect. Based in Sudbury, Ontario, he designed a number of Sudbury buildings, such as Fielding Memorial Chapel of St. Mark, the Sudbury Civic Square and the Laurentian Hospital (now known as the north tower of Health Sciences North).

Education and personal life

Townend was born in Cuba in 1924, he spent his early childhood in Jamaica where he studied at Munro College. In 1942 he arrived to Montreal, Canada, but was sent to the Prairies to contribute to the war effort of World War II. The same year, he was infected by polio and received treatments at the Montreal General Hospital. He attended McGill University School of Architecture in 1943 where he graduated in 1948. He then moved to Sudbury where he married Mary Evelyn Sheahan in 1950.

Arthur Townend died on July 9, 2005 in Sudbury, Ontario.