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Cleveland Architects

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

Birth / Established: August 18, 1890
Death / Dissolved: August 2, 1958

Biography

John Kalsch Jr. was born in Badenvillirs, Meurthe - et - Moselle, France and came to this country at the age of one. His father was a gardener and florist employed by Daniel Hanna. The father later moved to Ravenna and Interlaken, Massachusetts. John Kalsch grew up and received his education in Cleveland. He was listed as an architect in Cleveland City Directories from 1916 until 1932. He became a member of the firm of Kalsch & Hoefler in 1929. His technical education was received in architect's offices. He was living in Erie, PA by 1942.

Building Name Address Built Status
John Kalsch Jr. Residence 2637 Idlewood Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1916 Standing
Double Residence for Anna Todd Clifton & West 108th, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
James Maker Residence 11228 Harborview Drive, Cleveland, OH 1918 Standing
S. J. James Residence 3045 Warrington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
E. L. Cannon Building Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Unknown
Cosmopolitan Building Superior and East 124th Street, Cleveland, OH 1929 Unknown
Residence for Thomas Heil Jr. Fairview and Johnny Cake Road, Mentor, OH 1931 Unknown

Sources

Avery Elroy McKendree; A History of Cleveland; v. 3 p. 446
Cleveland City Directories
World War I draft

Biography

George Kauffman (see) and John T. Waddell.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for George Burrows 3148 West 92nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Residence for the Forest City Building & Improvement Company 2270 East 95th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Residence for the Forest City Building & Improvement Company 2285 East 95th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Residence for the Forest City Building & Improvement Company 8713 Blaine Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Birth / Established: December 26, 1865
Death / Dissolved: April 6, 1940

Biography

George Kauffman was born in Manchester, Ohio and later moved to nearby Canton. Canton City Directories list him as a carpenter and later as an architect. He moved to Cleveland in 1897. His firm, the Kaufmann Architectural Company, was best known for ornate houses that bridged the Victorian era and Revival styles that were popular in the early 20th century. Concentrations of these houses are found in the Superior Park Subdivision, along Linwood Avenue in Cleveland, and on Cohassett Avenue in Lakewood. He worked with several developers including Clark and Benton, George Graham, and Bernard Schatzinger. Kauffman's later houses lacked the distinctiveness of his earlier homes. He died in Cleveland two weeks after an automobile accident in April 1940 and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Canton.

Building Name Address Built Status
William Baxter Residence 2097 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Residence 6619 Linwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Residence 6707 Linwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Residence for Asa Burrows 7214 Linwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Residence for Asa Burrows 7304 Linwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Residence for Clark & Benton 7118 Linwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Residence for Clark & Benton 7206 Linwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
W. H. Hazleton Residence 1398 East 125th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Emory Hessler Residence 11133 Hessler Road, Cleveland, OH 1900 Standing
Stephen Gordon Residence 11319 Knowlton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900 Standing
Residence for Geo F. Graham East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Residence for Geo F. Graham Orville Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Residence for Geo. F. Graham East 115th and Orville, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Residence for Geo. F. Graham 11421 Orville Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
15-20 dwelllings fro Schatzinger ? Dicle Company Melrose and Dellenbaugh Avenues, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Double-Residence for George Spriggs 1850-2 Crawford Road, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Residence for Mrs. R. A. Drucker Wade Park Avenue Bolton Allot #44, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Residence for Rutan Burdick Melrose and East 79th, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Three residences for Bernard Schatzinger 1849, 1853, 1857 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Apartment Building for George Kaufmann Dunham and Euclid, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Apartment House Euclid and East Prospect, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Edwin Potter Residence 9802 South Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Ernest Opperman Residence 9816 Westchester Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Fred Goakes Residence 1145 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
George R. Murray Residence 11433 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
John C. Summerer Residence 9811 Westchester Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Residence 1148 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Residence 1158 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Residence 1189 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
E. E. Cresswell Residence 1446 Cohassett Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1904 Standing
George F. Sladden Residence 1436 Cohassett Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1904 Standing
J. N. Kirby Residence Westchester and the Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
John H. Kaufmann Residence NE Corner Woodland and 16th Street, Canton, OH 1904 Demolished
Louisa Myers Residence 1615 West Tuscarawas, Canton, OH 1904 Demolished
Residence on the west side Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
16 Suite Terrace Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Apartments Cullison near Doan, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
F. W. Busch Residence 11130 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Commercial Building for Adam Linn 6212-20 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
John Ray Residence Hazeldell Near St. Clair, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Residence 1180 East 99th Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Terrrace for Samuel Aubley 10010 Lamont Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Apartment building for C.W. Schafer Euclid between E.66th and E.67th, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Apartment building for John Ray Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Apartment Building for Mrs. S. Aubley 10014 Lamont Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Residence for A. Gerdum Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Terrace Boulevard near Superior, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Apartment building for W.A. Shaeffer 10012 Lamont Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Carl Weidemann Residence Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
E. R. Leighton Residence Rockefeller Blvd, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Euclid Villa Euclid and E. 67th, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Residence for Albert B. Diss 18143 Clifton Road, Lakewood, OH 1908 Standing
Residence for Edwin Potter Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Terrace for Mrs. S. Aubley 10000-10 Lamont Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Walter Theobold Residence Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
The Painswick Apartments 1863-7 Crawford Road, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for George Gorham 8601-15 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Residence for L. O. Sherman Lincoln Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Residence for A. A. Chilcote Lee Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence for E. Kluever Riverside Drive, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence 9607 North Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing
Marquard Building 14737-41 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Eureka Park Residence Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
W. E. Potter Residence 1846 Rudwick Road NE, Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
Residence Solon Alltoment - Baldwin Road, Cleveland, OH 1929 Unknown
Residence W.196th and S. Sagamore Drive, Fairview Heights, OH 1929 Unknown
Residence Oxford Manor Sub Noble Rd at Roanoke, Cleveland Heights, OH 1929 Unknown
Charles Simmons Residence Cohassett Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1903 Standing
Joseph Havlin Residence 2882 Drummond Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Residence on Superior Park Boulevard 1148 East 98th Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Dr. O. A. Palmer's Hospital Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
E. I. Leighton Residence 1183 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
J. P. Hogan Residence Eddy Road, Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
John Juster Residence Brookfield Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
John Kaufmann Residence 1602 Woodland Avenue, Canton, OH n.d. Unknown
Louisa Meyers Residence 1615 West Tuscarawas Street, Canton, OH n.d. Demolished
N. C. Catabish Residence Lakewood, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Rosamond Apartment Building Euclid and Dunham, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Terrace for Mr. Schwartz East 112th Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Canton City Directories
Cleveland City Directories
Kauffman & Wadell 1898
Kauffman Architectural Company 1902-1911
Kauffman Bostick Company 1914-1915
Kauffman Company 1922

Birth / Established: February 9, 1884
Death / Dissolved: July 9, 1954

Biography

Arthur Emil Keller was listed as an architect in Cleveland City Directories from 1907. He was a member of the firm of Jeffery & Keller in 1907 and a member of the firm of Keller & Richter in 1911. In 1916 he was employed as a draftsman by the Austin Company. He is listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect. He lived at 2570 Overlook Road in Cleveland Heights.

Building Name Address Built Status
Apartment for Rosario Giallambardo 2208 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Commercial Building for Vincenso and Sabino Farinacci 12106-10  Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Residence 2714 Leighton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Residence for Francis Deming 3150 Whitethorn Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Residence 10100 Edgewater Drive, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file July 10, 1954
Ohio Architect November 1940
World War I - Draft Registrations
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1889
Death / Dissolved: April 23, 1960

Biography

John Sherwood Kelly was initially a member of the firm of Howell & Thomas. In 1918, along with H.J. Albrecht and Karl E. Wilhelm, he formed the firm of Albrecht, Wilhelm, & Kelly. He designed several important houses in Shaker Heights and churches throughout Cleveland, its suburbs, and Akron. He later went into practice for himself. He was a member of the firm Sticke, Kelly & Stickle from 1948-1956. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect. He lived at 5408 Euclid Avenue and his office was at 4216 Prospect Avenue. He was a member of St. Paul's Shrine and was buried in Calvary Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Edward L. Shuey Residence 2678 Eaton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
E. J. Shuey Residence Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Edward Seitz Residence Brantley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for James A. Boyce Shawnee Trail and Eldridge Rd, Aurora, OH 1929 Standing
Eugene Miles Residence 22125 Parnell Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
Glenn Shaw Residence 15316 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1930 Standing
P. H. Owen Residence Cleveland, OH 1930 Standing
Residence for Keyes Treuhaft 2718 Landon Road, Cleveland, OH 1930 Standing
Sterling Hubbard Residence 14410 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1930 Standing
Walter Haas Residence 14422 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1930 Standing
L. M. Gunderson Residnece 13300 Stanford, Cleveland, OH 1930-1 Standing
Frank Lewman Residence 2700 Landon Avenue, Shaker Heights, OH 1931 Standing
Residence for Leo Neumare 2943 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1935 Standing
E. H. Deconingh Residence 23799 Stanford Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1936 Standing
H. E. Widdell Residence 19850 Marchmont, Shaker Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence 17250 Parkland, Shaker Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence 18523 Parkland Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1938 Standing
Sts. Philip and James Church Cleveland, OH 1950 Standing
James Lincoln Residence Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing
Madonna Hall Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
St. James Church Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
St. John College expansion Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
St. Margaret Mary Church Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
St. Paul Church Akron, OH n.d. Standing
St. Robert Bellarmine Church Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
William Telling Residence Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights
Obituary - Plain Dealer 4.25.1960
Ohio Architect November 1940

Birth / Established: June 1831
Death / Dissolved: August 25, 1902

Biography

Andrew D. Kent was a builder, later turned architect, with roots in the town of Newburgh before its annexation to Cleveland. Most of his buildings are located in the southeast side of the city. His most significant works were the Jones Road Congregational Church (1876) and the Disciples of Christ Church (1889) at 9200 Miles Avenue.

Building Name Address Built Status
Jones Road Congregational Church 8000 Jones Road, Cleveland, OH 1876 Standing
Residence for Mary Mutch 7211 Claasen Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for Mary Mutch 7207 Claasen Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Disciples of Christ Church 9200 Miles Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for Dr. Hawley 5642-4 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Residence for John Pallister 3754 Independence Road, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished

Sources

Buried West Warrensville Cemetery - Warrensville, Ohio
Cleveland City Directories 1878 - 1899
Cleveland Necrology file
Funeral Disciple Church -Miles Avenue
Resided 26 Eben Street

Birth / Established: July 29, 1890
Death / Dissolved: Unknown

Biography

Cleveland City directory 1907-1925

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial Building for William Fridrich 4209-13 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Residence 10201 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, OH 1914 Unknown
Residence for Minnie Bell 9220 Adams Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Nutting Building 9638-40 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for George Detzel 9710-6 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1916 Standing
Apartment House for Max Marmorstein Gertrude Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Mr, Dwaskow Denison and West 87th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for the State Realty Company Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Two Residences for Max Marmorstein East 65th Street near Union Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
World War I Draft Registration

Birth / Established: March 12, 1876
Death / Dissolved: December 21, 1925

Biography

George S. King was born and educated in Cleveland public schools and attended Sayers College of Cleveland. He spent three years in New York City studying architecture after which he returned to Cleveland where he entered the office of Ora Williams in 1903. That partnership lasted one year. He specialized in apartment and terrace house design. Mr. King was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Woodmen of the World, and the United Commercial Travelers. Politically, he was a Republican, and had been a candidate for county commissioner.

Building Name Address Built Status
Apartment Building Brighton Street, East Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Terrace for Louis Roth 6412-6 Luther Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Terrace for the Midland Realty Company 1914-24 Denison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Two 6 Suite Apartment Buildings for Louise Rechie Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Commercial Building for Frances Lee 7506-12 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905-6 Standing
Commercial Building for John Cain 5712 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Apartment Building East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Commercial Building for Marshall Biddle 8302-4 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Commercial Building for Patrick Kennedy 6423 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for G. V. Jindra Clark and West 41st, Cleveland, OH 1907 Unknown
Residence for W. F. Weibusch East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Two Family Residence for George Sell Sycamore Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
John V. Jindra Residence 3114 West 41st Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Residence for Frances H. Lee 11412 Miles Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Commercial Building for H.T. Scoville 1026 Walnut Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Demolished
Church and school Superior and East 67th, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unbuilt
Club House for Lithuanian Society Superior and East 60th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Double Residence Ridelmont Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Double Residence for C. N. Griffin Cleveland Heights, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Sts. Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Church 12711 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1922 Standing

Sources

City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file December 24, 1925
History of Cleveland p. 151-152
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: September 20, 1810
Death / Dissolved: November 25, 1868

Biography

Ozias Kinney was born in Vermont. In 1850 he was living in Ashland, Ohio listing his occupation as Master Builder. He lived in Cleveland for a brief time in the mid-1850's. He designed the Chamberlain Block that still stands in the Warehouse District. His other works in Cleveland are not known. He went on to Chicago afterwords. The 1863 Chicago City Directory lists him living on Michigan Avenue near 21st Street. Dankmar Adler, later of Adler and Sullivan, worked in his Chicago office.

Building Name Address Built Status
Ashland County Jail Ashland, OH 1847 - 8 Unknown
Ashland County Courthouse Ashland, OH 1851-2 Demolished
Chamberlain Block West 6th Street, Cleveland, OH 1853-4 Standing
Crawford County Courthouse (Second) Bucyrus, OH 1854 Demolished
School Lodi , OH 1871 Demolished

Sources

Rolik, Drew - Cleveland's Warehouse District: An Illustrated History - 1986, 1987

Birth / Established: 1895
Death / Dissolved: 1928

Biography

Wilm Knox and John Elliot moved to Toronto from Chicago in 1888 with an office at 15 Victoria Street. E. Beaumont Jarvis joined the firm In Toronto where it was known as Knox, Elliot & Jarvis. The firm won the competition for the design of the Richardsonian Romanesque Confederation Life office building in 1889. They also competed for and lost the competition for the Toronto Board of Trade. Knox & Elliot moved to Cleveland in 1893. A May 22, 1902 Plain Dealer article highlighted the firm's designs for manufacturing plants. The firm is remembered for its office buildings with Sullivanesque ornamentation, including the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Rockefeller, and Standard Buildings. These buildings contrasted with the prevalent Beaux-Arts and Neo Classic-style buildings of the day.

Building Name Address Built Status
John H. Elliot Residence 417 Wellesley Street East, Toronto, ONT 1888 Standing
Alexander Ure Residence 21 Rolyat Street, Toronto, ONT 1889 Standing
George Hammond Residence 286 Markham Street, Toronto, ONT 1889 Standing
Heintzman House "The Birches" 288 Annette Street, West Toronto Junction, ONT 1889 Standing
High Park Pavillion and Refreshment Shelters Toronto, ONT 1889 Demolished
Queens Park Pavilion and Bandstand Toronto, ONT 1889 Demolished
Toronto Edison Transformer Station 1 Foster Place, Toronto, ONT 1889 Standing
Rowhouses for Edward Hewitt 215-9 Jarvis Street, Toronto, ONT 1889-90 Standing
Confederation Life Building 2-14 Richmond Street East, Toronto, ONT 1890 Standing
Edward Hewitt House 260 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ONT 1890 Standing
Victoria Presbyterian Church 152 Annette Street, West Toronto Junction, ONT 1890 Standing
Harbord Street Collegiate 286 Harbord Street, Toronto, ONT 1890-2 Demolished
Cecil Street Church of Christ 32 Cecil Street, Toronto, ONT 1891 Standing
Edward F. Blake Residence 449 Jarvis Street, Toronto, ONT 1891 Standing
National Carbon Company Office Building 11705 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1893-6 Demolished
Alterations to the Croxden 3859-3911 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
Commercial Building for Mary Huntington 500-4 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Central Presbyterian Church 17 South Richards Street, Joliet, IL 1895 Standing
Pierce Shoe 1239-51 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Residence for William Bozett - 6411 West Clinton, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
St. James AME Church (Trinity Congregational Church) 8401 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
Holmes County Infirmary 7270 State Road 83, Holmesville, OH 1896-7 Standing
Charles H. Stanley Residence 14032 Terrace Road, East Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Commercial Building for Albert Pope 1251 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
First Baptist Church 79 South Liberty Street, Painesville, OH 1897 Demolished
Office building for Eberhard Manufacturing 2734 Tennyson Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
Office building for Eberhard Manufacturing 2734 Tennyson Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
Science Building Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH 1897 Standing
Warehouse for the Eberhard Manufacturing Company 2800 Tennyson Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
Commercial building for Sigmund Lederer 102 - 6 Howe Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
James Hill Residence 5822 Ellen Court, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Puritan Apartment Building 8903 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Residence for R.P. Cantrall Residence 1755 East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1898-9 Standing
"Claravon" Apartment Building for H.J. Trinker 1778 Crawford Road, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Design for Westmoreland County Courthouse Greensburg, PA 1899 Never built
Factory SS Hamilton and East 40th, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Fyvie Apartments for William Dunbar 8707 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
James Elliott Residence 1825 Rosemont Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Morrill Library Painesville, OH 1899 Demolished
Residence for Henry Lower 1267 West 111th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Residence for Henry Lower 1273 West 111th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Residence for William Ryan 1601 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Residence for William Ryan 1605 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Theodore Arter Residence 14620 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Factory and Boilerhouse for Glidden Varnish Company 2686 Lisbon Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
People's Tabernacle 697 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Standing
Residence for James Hill 5818 Ellen Court, Cleveland, OH 1900 Standing
Interstate Foundry East 61st and Rowland, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Pelton Apartments 2363 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Scotia Apartment House 8927-33 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Spencerian College Euclid Avenue east of E.9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901-2 Demolished
Arthur Somers Residence 1904 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
E. E. Bauman Residence 11415 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
May Company 22 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Zera Patterson Residence 11418 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Clark Terrace 11825 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1903 Standing
Harvey Higgins Residence 11408 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Office Building Lima, OH 1903 Demolished
South Western Ohio Traction Company Wooster, OH 1903 Demolished
Westchester Apartment Building 1914 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Western Ohio Transportation Office Wapakoneta, OH 1903 Demolished
Upson Nut Company Office Building Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1903-4 Demolished
Rockefeller Building 614 Superior Avenue, NW, Cleveland, OH 1903-5 Standing
Commercial Building for W. M. Cunningham Prospect near East 4th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Factory Bank & Lake Streets, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Telling Brothers 3825 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
24 Suite Apartment Building for John Sipe of New York East 19th Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Apartment Building for John Sipe of NYC East 19th Street near Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Apartment Building for Mars Wagar Realty East Madison and Dellenbaugh, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Beach Terrace 1382 Beach Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1905 Standing
Cleveland Spring Wire addition East 38th and Hamilton, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Hotel Breakers Cedar Point, Sandusky, OH 1905 Standing
National Malleable Castings 7706 Platt Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
J. Dyson and Son Forge and Machine Shop 1169 Hamilton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Kelley Island Lime & Transport Co. Stables East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
McKinley Terrace 1406-20 West 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Residence 1515 East 108th Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Residence for Samuel H. Needs 2033 Abington Road, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Terrace Amesbury Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Terrace 2012-30 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Hippodrome Theatre 720 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906-7 Demolished
1512 East 107th Street Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
David J. Barry Residence 10316 Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Judge Theodore S. Strimple Residence 1608 Hazel Drive, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Residence for O. V. Hinsley Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Rowfant Club addition 3028 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Ten houses on East 65th Street near Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Lewis E. Elwood Residence 1614 Hazel Drive, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Residence for Samuel G. Morris 522 East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Zera D. Patterson Residence 1624 Hazel Drive, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Anisfield Building 901 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Elks Club 1029-41 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Commercial Building with chapel 3038-46 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Fern Hall Addition 3250 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
William W. Chamberlain Residence 11310 Juniper Road, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Rockefeller Building Addition 614 West Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910-1 Standing
Cleveland Model Market 4701-17 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Carnegie Library 8301 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Charles E. Cole Residence 13625 Lake Shore Boulevard, Bratenahl, OH 1912 Standing
Neal Fireproof Storage Building 7208 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
St. Mary's Episcopal Church 9719 Ramona Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Wigmore Coliseum 1905 East 13th Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Washington Apartments 2062-6 East 77th Street, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Cleveland Cadillac Company 1935 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Addition for Organ 8417 Wade Park Ave, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Double Residence for F. H. Beggers 10324-6 Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Stores and Market House for Glengariff Realty 4601 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished
Thomas Maher Residence 11430 Edgewater Drive, Cleveland, OH 1916 Standing
Windemere Presbyterian Church Annex Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 1916 Standing
Commercial Building 8904 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial residential building East 93rd & Buckeye, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Hippodrome Annex Youngstown, OH 1917 Demolished
Ice Skating Rink and Cold Storage Euclid and East 46th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Kitchen Building Bolivar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Office and Bank Building for Union Land Youngstown, OH 1917 Demolished
Ohio Desk Company 1122 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Two School additions Cuyahoga Falls, OH 1917 Demolished
Baker Products 5200 Denison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Willoughby Fire Department Second Street, Willoughby, OH 1922 Standing
Standard Building (Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Bank Building) 1370 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
A. I. Root Company Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
American Screw Works Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, Ontario n.d. Demolished
Apartment Building for John F. Siper East 19th Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Apartment Building for Mars Wagar Dellenbaugh and Addison, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Cleveland Rubber Works Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Cleveland Wire Spring Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Coe Manufactring Painesville, OH n.d. Demolished
Euclid Beach Park Pavilion Lake Shore Boulevard, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
White Bicycle Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

"Wilm Knox designed Many Big Buildings" Telegraph - Republican October 14, 1915
Book of Clevelanders p.156
Cleveland City Directories
Image Source(s): Karl A. Brunjes, Paul Oberst, Toronto, Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: November 20, 1858
Death / Dissolved: October 12, 1915

Biography

Wilm Knox was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He studied architecture at the Free Church Seminary in Glasglow, special course in architecture in Glasglow, and Edinburgh. While in Edinburgh he worked for the firm of Moffett and Aitken. He came to North America in 1886, spending years in Toronto and Chicago before settling in Cleveland. While in Toronto, he formed a partnership with John H. Elliot. Knox handled engineering for the firm, including construction and equipment installation. He was also a talented water colorist and etcher and owned a collection of etchings by famous artists. A naturalist, he was considered an authority on fungi of the northern states. He painted a series of watercolors of mushrooms. His wife Agnes Childs Knox was a native of Painesville. He died in 1915 at the age of fifty-seven and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Painesville.

Sources

"Wilm Knox designed Many Big Buildings" Telegraph - Republican October 14, 1915
Book of Clevelanders p.156
Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: August 22, 1883
Death / Dissolved: September 21, 1956

Biography

William Koehl was born in Akron, educated at parochial schools in Akron, and the University of Ottawa and St. Charles College. He received early training in architectural offices in Cleveland and Akron, working in the office of Frank Meade. He first appeared in Cleveland City Directories in 1905 when he was employed as a draftsman. In 1911 he formed a partnership with Alex Wolf that lasted about one year. That partnership was dissolved in 1913, when Koehl went to work as the Cleveland representative of Pittsburgh architect John T. Comes. He later would form various partnerships with Richard Van Rensselaer, Antonio DiNardo, and Adrian Foose. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect. His office was in the Heights Rockefeller Building. Mr. Koehl is best known for his work for the Catholic diocese.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence 1478 East 106th Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Church East 131st and Aulcash Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Church of the Holy Family Elementary School 13205 Chapelside, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Factory for Mrs. Duffy Lakeside and East 31st Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Home for Working Boys 8301 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for A. B. DeVille Westminister Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for H. A. Stahl Near Cedar Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for W. J. Breuer Meadowbrook Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
St. Philip Neri Church Addition and Residence 8203-15 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church 13442 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1922-3 Standing
St. Jerome's Rectory 15000 Lake Shore Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
St. Mary's Rectory 15519 Holmes Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
St. Luke's School 13889 Clifton Boulevard, Lakewood, OH 1926 Standing
Brunnerdale Seminary Canton, OH 1930 Standing
A. J. Hamuer Company Cleveland, OH 1938 Standing
St. Joseph Church 427 East Broadway Street, Alliance, OH 1940-1 Standing
Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church 3644 Rocky River Drive, Cleveland, OH 1941 Standing
St. Dominic's Roman Catholic Church 3450 Norwood Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1947 Standing
St. Jerome Church 15200 Lake Shore Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1950 Standing
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church 6928 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1952 Standing
St. Charles Borromeo Church 6818 Charles Avenue, Parma, OH 1955 Standing
Pastoral Residence for St. Mark Church Montrose Avenue, Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

Cleveland Necrology file
Ohio Architect November 1940
September 22, 1956 Cleveland Press
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1872
Death / Dissolved: 1873

Biography

This architectural firm was formed by Alexander Koehler and Samuel Lane. It was in existence between 1872 and 1873.

Building Name Address Built Status
Immaculate Conception Church 4901 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1873 Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Donald Petit

Birth / Established: 1864
Death / Dissolved: 1865

Biography

Principals: Alexander Koehler and Frederick Roesling.

Birth / Established: 1831
Death / Dissolved: November 22, 1895

Biography

Alexander Koehler was German born and settled in Cleveland during the Civil War. He was active as an architect from 1863 until his death in 1895, forming various partnerships over the years. He was partnered with Frederick Roesling (1864-5), Joseph Blackburn (1869-1872), Samuel Lane (1872-3), and George F. Hammond. He was active during the High Victorian era, designing buildings in the Gothic and Second Empire styles. Significant structures that he designed included Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Sandusky, Immaculate Conception Church, the Central School in New Philadelphia (demolished), and the Logan County Courthouse in Bellefontaine. He lived on Commonwealth Street (now East 85th Street). He died on November 22, 1895, leaving a wife and six sons.

Building Name Address Built Status
Saints Peter and Paul Church 510 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, OH 1866-71 Standing
E. P. Campbell House Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
Hungarian Refinery Cleveland, OH 1868 Unknown
Residences Freiberg, Baden, Germany 1868 Unknown
Bucyrus School Bucyrus, OH 1868-9 Demolished
School Cuyahoga Falls, OH 1869 Demolished
T. D. Crocker's Block West 9th at Johnson Court, Cleveland, OH 1869 Demolished
Union Evangelical Church Bridge and Kentucky, Cleveland, OH 1869 Demolished
Franklin Street Methodist Episcopal Church Franklin and Duane , Cleveland, OH 1870 Demolished
Logan County Courthouse , Jail and Sheriff?s Residence Bellefontaine, OH 1870 Standing
Lutheran Church New Philadelphia, OH 1870 Demolished
Sts. Peter and Paul Rectory 520 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, OH 1871 Standing
S. C. Greene Building 203-7 West St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1873 Demolished
First Methodist Church Euclid and East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1874 Demolished
Eighteenth Ward Police Station Cleveland, OH 1875 Demolished
Infirmary Hospital addition Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1876 Demolished
Central High School New Philadelphia, OH 1877-8 Demolished
Eighteenth Ward Market House (Newburgh Market) 7710 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1879 Standing
School Salem, OH 1880 Demolished
Woodland Cemetery Receiving Vault Cleveland, OH 1880 Demolished
Cleveland Fire Department - Hook and Ladder # 5 3069 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1881 Standing
Wick Block Rockwell Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
John Dease Residence 1815 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence 46,47,49,51,52,53,54 Holmden Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for A. A. Caskey 3108 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for Charles Kyle 2485 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for Sarah Branch 2803 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
St. Stephen's Engine & Boiler House 1930 W. 54th Street Rear, Cleveland, OH 1888 Standing
Commercial Building for John Jennings 1929 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Standing
Residence for Sarah Branch 2767 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Boarding House for John T. Wamelink 2437 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Double Dwelling for Frank H. Kennedy 1358-62 Walnut Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
John Lannert Residence 2377 East 43rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Park Opera House Rebuilding 22 - 4 North Park Square, Erie, PA 1895 Demolished
Residence of Mr. J. C. Hochstetter New Minerva, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Cuyahoga County Probate Court Record

Birth / Established: 1913
Death / Dissolved: 1915

Biography

Firm of Herman Kregelius and Philip E. Robinson

Building Name Address Built Status
Sophia Huntington Park Home for Pythian Sisters of Ohio North Huntington, Medina, OH 1914 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland Memory Project

Birth / Established: August 25, 1875
Death / Dissolved: January 28, 1952

Biography

Herman Kregelius was a Cleveland-born architect of German parentage. He was employed as an architect by the Austin Company in 1917, when he lived at 10317 South Boulevard. He was in a partnership with P. E. Robinson in 1914 and later became Cleveland City Architect. He is listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect.

Building Name Address Built Status
Sunny Acres Sanatorium Richmond Road Near Emery, Cleveland, OH 1911-3 Demolished
Commercial Building for Sunbeam Laundry 2139 Fairmount Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Baldwin Filtration Plant 11216 Stokes Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
City of Cleveland Fire Department #28 (Signal Exchange Headquarters) 310 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Edgewater Park Pavilion Edgewater Park, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Central (Third District) Police Station 2001 Payne Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing
Fence and Gates for West Park Cemetery 3942 Ridge Road, Cleveland, OH 1926 Unknown
Shelter house for City of Cleveland 1980 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1930 Demolished

Sources

World War I Draft Registration
Image Source(s): Steve Gusky