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Cleveland Architect Database

The Cleveland Architects Database is a listing of architects and master builders that have worked in Cleveland, since the 1820s and the buildings they designed here and abroad up to and including the 1970s. Sources include City of Cleveland Building Permits, professional publications including American Architect and Builder News, Inland Architect, Interstate Architect, the Ohio Architect and Builder, the Annals of Cleveland, the Plain Dealer, the Leader, the Press, Material Facts, the Bystander, and Cleveland Town Topics. Additional source material reviewed at the Cleveland Public Library Fine Arts Department, various books on Cleveland architecture, the American Institute of Architects Guide to Cleveland Architecture and a catalogue of architectural drawings maintained by the Western Reserve Historical Society were consulted. The Cleveland Necrology file maintained by the Cleveland Public Library, the United States Census, and Cleveland City Directories were reviewed in compiling accompanying biographies.

For this database, an architect is defined as anyone that identified himself or herself as an architect. Generally, these people had an office in the city or designed multiple structures here or in the immediate surrounding cities. This project began as a hobby by Robert Keiser over several years. Craig Bobby has researched many of the entries and donated photographs of those buildings. This is an ongoing project and will be updated on a regular basis. PLEASE NOTE: All entries have not been fully researched and require citations. Please confirm any unsourced entry

Architects

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X W Z
Birth / Established: January 13, 1867
Death / Dissolved: May 27, 1936

Biography

Albert F. Janowitz was born in London of Bohemian parents. He and his parents immigrated to the United States in 1868. He was a draftsman in the offices of Coburn and Barnum (1888) and B. F. Van Develde (1889). In 1894, he worked for the Peoria, Illinois-based architectural office of Wechselberger, Janowitz. He was active in Cleveland in the first three decades of the 20th century. He designed the B'Nai Jeshurun Temple and, most notably, Anshe Emeth Synagogue (now Cory Methodist Church). He was also the architect of several apartment buildings along Clifton Boulevard, Lake Avenue, and East Boulevard. He died May 23, 1936.

Building Name Address Built Status
Dwelling addition for Harry Bernstein SE Corner Woodland and Perry, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Anshe Emeth Temple 2541 Longwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Apartment building Scovill near Perry, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
I. B. Heller Warehouse Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Store and apartment building Woodland near East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Apartment Building for W. Kominsky E.29th and Scovill East 29th and Scovill, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Building Scovill and East 36th Place, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Building Scovill and East 37th, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Residence for T. J. Philips Star Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Residence for J. Makoff 1208 Case Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Apartment for A. Winisturi - Doan and Park Gate, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Apartment House for Martin Schuller 1167-9 East 58th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Apartment house for Mrs. A. Klinkner Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Apartment house for Samuel Goldberg Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Commercial building 1802 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Frame house 3635 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Terrace for W. S. Freiberger Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Two family residence for Fred Rowe Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Apartment for A. Permuth & Company 5811 Lexington Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Apartment for Lew Mintz Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Apartment for Weiss and Schnitzer Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Max Freiberger Residence 10515 Pasadena Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Residence for H. Mark 2336 E 46th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
The Parkview Commercial-Residential Building 1562 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908-9 Standing
Apartments for Louis Abrams 2201 West 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Apartment Building 7306 Lexington Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Apartment Building 7310 Lexington Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Apartment Building 7408 Lexington Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Apartment Building 931 Ansel Road, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Apartment Building for M. E. Messer 12338 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Apartment Building for M. J. Weinberger (King Palace) 11025-7 Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Apartments for S. Brown 11817 Wade Park Ave, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for Louis Cohen 1031-5 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Residence for J. Hartman 10317 Ostend Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Apartment Buidling for Max Lees 6901 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Apartment Buidling for Max Lees 6905 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Apartment Building 11009-11 Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Apartment Building 11021 Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Apartment Building 11111-27 Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Apartments 11203 Ashbury Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Demolished
Apartments 11209 Ashbury Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Demolished
Apartments 2131 East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Demolished
Apartments 9208 Rosalind, Cleveland, OH 1912 Demolished
Apartments 965-7 Ansel Road, Cleveland, OH 1912 Demolished
Commercial - Residential Buidling for Max Lees 6801 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Residence 1005 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Residence 9709-11 North Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Apartments for Dave Rubin 2042 East 77th Street, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Carl Spack 3424 Poe Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Apartments for Bialosky Cohn 2070 East 88th Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Apartments for Bialosky Cohn 2072 East 88th Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Apartments for Bialosky Cohn 2077 East 88th Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Apartments for Joseph Arnoff 1394 East 124th Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Apartments for Joseph Arnoff 1398 East 124th Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Apartments for Morris H. Loveman 8907 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Apartments for Morris H. Loveman 8911 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Residence fo Nathan Pirowarff 10910 Morrison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Residence for Al Schnitzer 968 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Apartments for A. Wasserman 2198-2200 East 76th Street, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished
Apartments for C. S. Sharp 9814 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished
Commercial Building 11207-11 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished
Commercial Building for Joseph Arnoff 11503-5 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished
Commercial storefront for S. Beck 4811 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished
Madison Square Building 7812-4 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished
Residence for Morris Loveman 782 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Residence for Morris Loveman 787 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Apartment Building for Aaron Shapiro 410 Eddy Road, Cleveland, OH 1916 Standing
Apartment Building for Nathan Soffen 11406-8 Miles Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1916 Standing
Acorn Refining Company Foundry 8205 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment Building 10808 Orville Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment Building 9330 Amsborn Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment Building for David Rubin 1839 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment Building for E. Gold and D.Dolinsky Cedar and Ambleside, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Unknown
Apartment Building for Max Morris St. Clair Near East 128th, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment House Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Unknown
Apartments 2193 Grandview Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Commercial / residential building 7809 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial / residential buildng 1054 Lakeview Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building 1667 East 66th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building 3610 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Tony Artino Kinsman and East 132nd, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Double Residence for J. E. Rich Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Double Residences for Morris Amster 2745 Hampshire Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Four family residence for S. Newman East 101st Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Fourteen houses for N. Straffer Jackson Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Movie Theatre Lorain and West 88th, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Movie Theatre West 85th and Lorain, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence Alderside Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence 14413 Lake Shore Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence 3793 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Store and apartment 12810 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Two Apartment Houses for Morris Arnoff Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Unknown
Apartment Building 2126 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Heights Theatre Euclid Heights at Coventry, Cleveland Heights, OH 1919 Standing
Residence 9102 - 4 Parkside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1919 Standing
Residence 1105 Parkside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Anshe Emeth Synagogue (Cory Methodist Church) 1117 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing
Commercial Building 3624 Memphis Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing
Elyno and Dorothea Apartments 11107-11 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing
Apartments 11095-11101 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Clifton Lake Apartments 10911 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
West Park Theatre 16915 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1924 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building (Wilsher Building) 10429 Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for the 130th Buckeye Company 13000 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing
Eddy Euclid Building 13741-817 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
Apartment Building 2536 Overlook, Cleveland Heights, OH 1928 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology File - May 23, 1936
The Architect's Directory for 1894
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: August 5, 1871
Death / Dissolved: March 5, 1933

Biography

William Jansen was born in Cleveland. He began his career in the office of Cudell and Richardson. After Cudell left the firm he was associated with John N. Richardson. After Richardson's death in 1902 he went into practice for himself. He established a practice mostly known for the design of Roman Catholic churches and associated religious buildings. He lived at 1348 East 91st Street. A devout Roman Catholic, he attended mass daily at St. Thomas Aquinas Church before going to the office. He died in 1933 after a period of failing health. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial-Residential Building for Joseph Braum Cleveland, OH 1907 Unknown
Frame and Brick Dwelling Lakeview Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Our Lady of Lourdes School 3406 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Pastoral Residence for St. Hyacinth Church Francis Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Residence for John Trentener Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
St. Hyacinth School 2965 East 61st Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
St. John Cantius Church 2280 Professor Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
St. John Cantius School 2280 Professor Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
St. John Cantius Parish House 2270 Professor Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Dangler Stove Warehouse 5017 Perkins Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Demolished
St. Vitus School 6115 Glass Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Comercial Building for Joseph Tatlak 2223 Professor Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
St. Cyril and Methodius School 1639 Alameda Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1914 Standing
Notre Dame School 1325 Ansel Road, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Apartment Building East 71st and Aetna, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Bath and Tenement for A. Szalasko 1379 1379 East 35th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Bath House and Apartment Building St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Double Residence for Edward J. Kovanda Chadbourne Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for R. F. Korzen Indiana Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Sisters of St. Francis Hospital Broadway and McBride, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
St. Cecilia's Church School and Parish House 3276 East 152nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
St. John Nepomucene Church 3785 Independence Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Tenement Addition for Charles Selzak East 71st and Clements, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Residence for J. P. Farrelly 6804 Lansing Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Standing
St. Casimir Church 8223 Sowinski Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Standing
St. Slanislaus School 6510 Baxter Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1922 Standing
Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church 2350 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1923 Demolished
St. Benedict School 10615 Lamontier, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church 9608 Aetna Road, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
St. Aloysius Church 10932 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
St. Wendelin School and Auditorium 2235-45 Columbus Road, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Immaculate Conception Church 225 South Sycamore, Ravenna, OH 1927 Standing
St. Thomas Aquinas School 9015 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
St. Vitus Roman Catholic Church 6019 Glass Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1932 Standing
Ss. Cyril and Methodius Parish House Lakewood, Lakewood, OH n.d. Unknown
Ss. Cyril and Methodius School Lakewood, Lakewood, OH n.d. Demolished
St. John Nepomucene Parish House Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish House Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Catholic Universe "Designed many parish edifices," March 10, 1933
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: November 12, 1885
Death / Dissolved: September 23, 1958

Biography

John F. Jasienski (Jasinski) was listed as an architect and draftsman in Cleveland City Directories. He was American born of Polish born parents. B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Ohio, 1907. Member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society. He worked mostly in the Slavic Village and St. Clair - Superior neighborhoods of Cleveland. He may have changed his name to Jennings prior to his death in 1958.

Building Name Address Built Status
Convent for St. Stanislaus Church 6615 Forman Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: July 13,1876
Death / Dissolved: October 19, 1940

Biography

Harry T. Jeffery was listed as an architect in the 1907 to 1938 Cleveland City Directories. In 1907 he is listed as a member of the firm of Jeffery & Keller and in 1915 as a member of the firm of Keller & Smith.

Building Name Address Built Status
Apartment Building Rockefeller Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1907 Unknown
Apartment building for J. Timendorfer Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Apartment Building for Mr. Burenlaugh Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Cleveland Gun Club House Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Commercial Building for Boardman Realty Company Euclid and East 13th, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
E. D. Kern Residence Kyle Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Lodge Building for Angelo Arata Broadway near Harvard, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Residence for C. B. Smith Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Residence for W. H. Botten Cleveland, OH 1907 Unknown
IOOF Lodge Hall 1957 East 59th Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Demolished
Doan Market House East 105th and Euclid, Cleveland, OH 1916 Demolished
H. G. Robbins Residence 2250 Demington Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1916-7 Standing
Addition of Top Two Floors to Front and Rear for the Union Building and Improvement Company 1836 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1916-8 Standing
Apartment Building for George W. Hale Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment Building for Morse Building Company Euclid and East 77th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment Hotel 1913 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment House Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial Building for Neale Phypers Five Points, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial Building for Perkins Building Company Euclid and East 79th, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Dwelling Denison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Hotel Euclid and East 59th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
St. Clair Market House East 106th and St. Clair, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building 12009 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
George Buck Residence 3386 Scarborough Road , Cleveland Heights, OH 1919-20 Standing
J. D'Ericco Residence 2625 Edgehill Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1919-20 Standing
Alcazar Hotel Surrey and Derbyshire, Cleveland Heights, OH 1923 Standing
New England Life Building 1120 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
F. G. Holtcamp Residence 3380 Norwood Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Residence 16290 South Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Demolished
Residence 17400 South Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Demolished
Residence 2775 South Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights
Cleveland City Directories
In Our Day: Its People, Its Place, Its Past
Necrology File

Birth / Established: April 25, 1786
Death / Dissolved: December 19, 1871

Biography

Levi Johnson was a Carpenter - Builder who was born in Herkimer County, New York. He came to Cleveland in 1806. He built the first frame building in Cleveland for an office for Judge Walworth. His early years were spent building houses in Cleveland and Newburgh. He received a contract from the Cuyahoga County Commissioners to build the first simple frame Courthouse in 1812-3. During the War of 1812 he became a ship builder. He was also the first Cuyahoga County coroner. In 1831 he contracted with the federal government to build a lighthouse on Water (now West 9th) Street. He lived in a house at the corner of Water (West 9th Street) and Lake (Lakeside Avenue) streets.

Building Name Address Built Status
First Cuyahoga County Courthouse Cleveland, OH 1813 Demolished
Lighthouse West 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1831 Demolished
Winslow Residence Public Square, Cleveland, OH 1832 Demolished
Lighthouse Sandusky, OH 1836 Demolished
Lighthouse Saginaw, MI 1840 Demolished
Lighthouse Western Sister Island, OH 1842-3 Demolished
Portage River Light House Ohio 1847 Demolished
Johnson Block West 6th Street, Cleveland, OH 1853 Standing
Marine Block Cleveland, OH 1858 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland: Past and Present - Its Representative Men
Rolik, Drew - Cleveland's Warehouse District: An Illuminated History - part 1

Birth / Established: February 21, 1890
Death / Dissolved: October 26, 1940

Biography

Rowland Johnson was born in Riverside, California to Canadian parents. He was employed by Walker and Weeks. He specialized in the design of branch banks.

Building Name Address Built Status
Washington Savings Bank 8017 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Guardian Trust Bank 11718-26 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1930 Standing
Guardian Trust Bank 4238-48 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1930 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Ohio Architect November 1940