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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

Building Name Address Built Status
Hall for St. Michael Russian Orthodox Church 10004 Union Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1950 Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Biography

Joseph Daniels was active as a Cleveland architect in the late 19th century. He appears in Cleveland City Directories as a draftsman in 1882. Part of the firm of Smith & Daniels 1887-1888. He is listed as an architect by 1891. He was a partner of Joseph Blackburn. The 1892 city directory lists him as the successor to Blackburn & Daniels.He does not appear in the directories after 1896.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Louise Gott 6311 Quimby Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Standing
Addition for William P. Southworth Residence 3334 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery 710 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Merchants Banking and Storage Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
U.S. Baking Company Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: May 9, 1881
Death / Dissolved: June 18, 1945

Biography

Graduate of Case College of Applied Science. Listed as Building Engineer and Architect in City directory; 1911 - 428 Garfield Building; 1909, 1910 - with the Forest City Engineering Co.; 1907,1908 - Civil Engineer; 1912, 1913 - Architect, 719 Caxton Bldg; 1905,1906 - Draftsman; 1914 - Chief Engineer; 1916 - Dept. Manager; By 1927 was in Pittsburgh, PA with the Blaw Knox Co.

Building Name Address Built Status
Annealing Room for the Hydraulic Pressed Steel Co. 3152 East 61st Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Unknown
Croxton Motor Company Automobile Factory Washington, PA 1912 Unknown
Birth / Established: July 13, 1876
Death / Dissolved: September 27, 1936

Biography

Monroe Ensign Deane was an Ohio-born architect who appears in Cleveland City Directories as an architect from 1924 until his death in 1936. He worked for Harold Burdick in 1925. He is noted as a registered architect in the Ohio Architect November 1940 listing. He died at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence 3080 Laurel Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Standing
Residence 2713 Belvoir Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Charles L. Anderson Residence 18020 South Woodland, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
J.B. Hanson Residence Edgecliff Drive on Lake Erie, Lakewood, OH 1929 Standing
Residence Parnell and Shelly Roads, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence 16850 Parkland, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
Residence for H.W. Brown 3365 Elsmere Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence 15900 South Woodland, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 17300 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 17600 Parkland Drive, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 18040 South Woodland, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 20101 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 2721 Sherbrooke Road, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 2830 Attleboro Road, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights 1992 - West Summit Press: Ft. Myers, Beachwood, Ohio
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file September 30, 1936
WWI draft registration

Birth / Established: February 9, 1823
Death / Dissolved: April 13, 1886

Biography

B. S. DeForest was a native of New York State. He lived in Chicago for a time before relocating to Cleveland in 1872 following the Great Chicago Fire. He was active as a Cleveland architect from 1876 until his death in 1886. He was a veteran of the Civil War. He wrote "Random Sketches and Wandering Thoughts or What I saw in camp; With a historical sketch of the Second Oswego Regiment, Eighty First New York". His architectural practice occurred in the era before building permits, so we know of one building that he designed.

Building Name Address Built Status
Treverton Hotel for Colgate Hoyt, H.C. Rouse, C.P. Leland 1253 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 1881 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: 1917
Death / Dissolved: 1939

Biography

Dercum and Beer was in business from 1907 to 1939, ten years after the 1929 death of partner George W. Beer. The firm was known for its Craftsman style residences, built in Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, and Lakewood. It was also the architect of significant buildings in Cleveland including the Cudell Clock Tower, the Penton Office Building, and the Hotel Linn.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence fo George D. Jones 10418 Somerset, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Residence for Mr. Gender 17829 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1907 Standing
Residence for Mrs. Fenton Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Residence for O. Krause 17841 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1907 Standing
Store and apartment for George D. Jones 1076-80 E. 105th, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Crannell Morgan Residence 118 Mayfield Avenue, Akron, OH 1908 Standing
Hotel Linn 1285 West 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Carl W. Gehring Residence 13475 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1910 Standing
Joseph C. Huber Residence 1432 Nortland Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1910 Standing
Residence 1533 East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
J.H. Rogers 14300 South Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1912 Standing
Residence 11310 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Residence 2115 Elandon Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1914 Standing
Residence 1524 East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Residence for John A. Zangerle West 104th and Lake, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Walter S. Pope Residence 2271 North St. James, Cleveland Heights, OH 1915 Standing
Commercial building addition 3167 Fulton, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Cudell Clock Tower 1390 West Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Residence Edgehill and Derbyshire, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for Bertha Backus 2717 Lancaster Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Globe, Machine and Stamping Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Reasner Residence 10216 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Penton Press and Plate Building Cleveland, OH 1924 Demolished
Dr. Guy Lovett Residence 2877 Brighton, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Unknown
Penton Publishing 1213 West 3rd, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
H.D. Messick Residence -Fontenay Road Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
Residence for Guarantee Building Company 2926 Torrington, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
A.P. Shraner Residence 18901 North Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church 340 North Main Street, Hudson, OH 1935 Standing
Benjamin H. Rose Residence 1106 Forest, Lakewood, OH n.d. Demolished
Country Home for Judge W.A. Babcock Gates Mills, OH n.d. Demolished
S.A.P. Schrayer Residence Ohio n.d. Demolished

Sources

Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights 1992
Cleveland Architectural Club Catalogue 1909
Cleveland City Directories
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: May 23, 1879
Death / Dissolved: Unknown

Biography

Herman Dercum was born in Cleveland of German-born parents and was educated at Cornell University with a B.S. in architecture granted in 1902 and a M.S. in architecture granted in 1903. He was listed in Cleveland City Directories as an architect from 1907 to 1939. He was a partner with George Beer from 1907 to 1929. He lived at 1956 West Boulevard in Cleveland. He moved to Longview, Washington and worked as an architect for Long-Bell Lumber Company in the 1940s. His wife Carlotta lived until the age of 104 and died in Goldendale, Washington in 1987.

Sources

Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights 1992
Cleveland Architectural Club Catalogue 1909
Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: February 1, 1889
Death / Dissolved: June 28, 1948

Biography

Antonio Di Nardo was born in Italy and came to Cleveland in 1916 after attending the University of Pennsylvania. While in Philadelphia he was associated with the firms Durking, Okie & Ziegler; Cove and Stewardson; and Paul Cret. In New York he worked in the office of Arnold W. Brunner. He was also involved in the early planning of Fairmount Road Village (also known as Belgian Village). He was a member of the firm of Koehl & DiNardo in 1924.

Building Name Address Built Status
St. Augustine's Church 204 Sixth Street, Barberton, OH 1924-5 Standing
Ashwood Apartments 2822 South Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
St. Cecilia Church 10400 Stoepel Street, Detroit, MI 1929 Standing
St. Margaret of Hungary Catholic Church 2917 East 116th Street, Cleveland, OH 1929-30 Standing
Great Lakes Exposition Transportation Building Cleveland, OH 1930 Demolished
St. Hugo of the Hills 2215 Opdyke Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1931-6 Standing
George Andomeit Residence Wilson Mills Road, Gates Mills, OH 1932 Demolished
A. M. McGregor Home East Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Black Residence Mansfield, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file
French Farm Houses, Small Chateaux, and Country Churches in France by Antonio DiNardo

Birth / Established: December 7, 1867
Death / Dissolved: May 13, 1925

Biography

John W. Dolman was active as an architect from 1891 to 1901. He was the architect of several fire department facilities throughout the city.

Building Name Address Built Status
Engine House #22 8115 Wade Park, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Engine House #23 8501 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Engine House #24 3725 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
Fire Department Headquarters 328 38 West St. Clair, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file

Birth / Established: November 1, 1894
Death / Dissolved: September 9, 1974

Biography

Francis Draz was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and raised in Mt. Vernon, New York. He went to Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh. He was a member of the firm of Small, Small, Reeb, and Draz. He lived on Falls River Road in Chagrin Falls.

Biography

Ferdinand J.C. Dresser (born Dec. 21, 1882 in Arcadia, WI ) was a district manager with the Austin Co. prior to forming the Dresser - Minton Company with Julius H. Minton in 1922. (Engineers and Contractors). It then became the Dresser-Minton-Scobell Co. (1924) with J.H. Scobell.The Dresser Company, Ferdinand J. C. Dresser, President, C. F. Fisher, Treasurer, Engineers and Builders, 1082 The Arcade (1925 City Directory). By 1934 Ferdinand had relocated to Washington DC while the company stayed at the Arcade. Dresser died in October 20,1973.

Building Name Address Built Status
Wood, Wire & Metal Lathers Internatioanl Building 2605 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
State Chemical Manufacturing Company 2435-9 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1926
Death / Dissolved: 1932

Biography

Active from 1926 until 1932 this firm was formed by Donald Dunn and Monroe Copper. It would dissolve with the death of Donald Dunn in 1932. The firm designed houses in Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights, Waite Hill and Wadsworth, often featured in Bystander and Cleveland Town Topics magazine.

Building Name Address Built Status
Wayne Young Residence 221 East Broad Street, Wadsworth, OH 1926 Standing
C.J. Stilwell Residence 20814 Brantley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
G.R. Delameter residence 3233 Chadborne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Henry Yates Residence 3393 Daleford Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
J.E. Williams Residence 2867 Montgomery Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
R.S. Gehr Residence 2964 Falmouth Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Residence for F. Webb 20620 Brantley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Residence for J.R. Martin 18009 Fernway Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Residence for Joseph Gottfried 3018 Falmouth Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Residence for Lombardo and Aveni 3267 Aberdeen Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Residence for R. H. Hunter 3112 Woodbury Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Residence for the Robert V. Clapp Comapny 3546 Townley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
S. Prescott Ely Residence 19700 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
William Downie Residence 3120 Falmouth Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
E.C. Joslin Residence 2995 Brighton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Residence for Alger Knowlton 17500 Parkland Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Residence for Chester A. Thompson 18230 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Residence for F. Webb 2706 Claythorne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Residence for F. Webb 3356 Lansmere Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Residence for F.G. Holtkamp 3365 Grenway Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Residence for George Oyer 17403 Fernway Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Residence for J. R. Martin 16617  Fernway Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Residence for J. R. Martin 17315 Fernway Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Residence for J.E. Williams 2751 Claythorne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Residence for Joseph Gottfried 3140 Kingsley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
W.G. Simon Residence 2708 Inverness Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
W.G.Leutner Residence 21150 Brantley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
John Murphy Residence 2712 Belvoir Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
L.M. Gunderson Residence 18200 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Manikiki Country Club 35501 Eddy Road, Willoughby, OH 1929 Standing
Mrs. E.P. Jones Residence 2952 Falmouth Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Nelson Rodgers Residence 22450 McCauley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
R.B. Denison Residence 3362 Grenway Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence 15020 Shore Acres Drive, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for A.F. Davis 22299 McCauley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for C.A. Thompson 2741 Ashley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for F. Webb 2705 Wadsworth Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for F. Webb 2732 Shelley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for F. Webb 2736 Claythorne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for Guarantee Building Company 16608 Aldersyde Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for Herman V. Haas 2955 Glengary Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for James Studeny 19815 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for John A. McGean 2655 North Park Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for Mrs. Wilson 2930 Chadborne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for Theresa Cibula 3387 Glencairn Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for Warren Griffin King Metcalf Road, Waite Hill, OH 1929 Demolished
Residence for Wilbur Brooks 18927 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Edgar Weil Residence 20030 Marchmont Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
G.J. Hambell Residence 22526 Westchester Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
H. V. Haas Residence 2955 Glengary Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
J.W. Morrison Residence 2729 Ashley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
L. McDonough Residence 3175 Belvoir Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
Residence for Andrew Cibula 3287 Norwood Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
Residence for George Oyer 16628 Aldersyde Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
Residence for Theresa Cibula 18000 Fernway Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
W. Edward Kneale Residence 2986 Morley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
Don Young Residence 542 Broad Street, Wadsworth, OH 1930-1 Standing
E.F. Holland Residence 22231 Westchester Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1931 Standing
J.C. Droullard Residence 2707 Inverness Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1931 Standing
J.C. Wheat Residence 21016 Claythorne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1931 Standing
James J. Drake Residence 3361 Chalfant Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1931 Standing
Laurel Alumni Association Building 43 Lyman Circle, Shaker Heights, OH 1931 Unknown
R.P. Balph Residence 23476 Laureldale, Shaker Heights, OH 1931 Standing
Residence for Andrew Cibula 21075 Sydenham Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1931 Standing
Residence for Andrew Cibula 21111 Sydenham Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1931 Standing
Residence for Andrew Cibula 21149 Sydenham Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1931 Standing
Residence for E.D. Shaw 18717 Scottsdale, Shaker Heights, OH 1931 Standing
Residence for Maynard Sheldon 2724 Claythorne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1931 Standing
F.J. Holihan Residence 22599 Calverton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1932 Standing
J.W. Crabbe Residence 2712 Claythorne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1932 Standing
Residence for the Gundersen-Shepherd Company 2741 Chesterton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1933 Standing
Residence for the Gundersen-Shepherd Company 21000 Byron Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1935 Standing

Sources

Bystander 6.25.1932
Representative Clevelanders, p.107

Birth / Established: October 14, 1892
Death / Dissolved: June 17, 1932

Biography

Donald O. Dunn was born in New York City and was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He settled in Cleveland in 1917, working with Hubbell & Benes from 1917 to 1919, with Franz Warner during 1919, and then Walker and Weeks from 1919 to 1926. While at Walker and Weeks he became junior partner where he was in charge of plans for Hathaway Brown School, the University School, Wesleyan College for Women. He went into a partnership with Monroe Copper in 1926 that lasted until the end of his life in 1932. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects, Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, the Frieze and Cornice Honorary Architectural Club, the University and Hermit Clubs. He lived in Shaker Heights.

Sources

Bystander 6.25.1932
Representative Clevelanders, p.107

Birth / Established: 1841
Death / Dissolved: March 31, 1906

Biography

William H. Dunn was the architect of several important religious buildings. He is also noted for his work for the Cleveland Board of Education. He served the Union in the Civil War as a private with 15th Regiment of the Ohio Infantry, Company K. He worked in the office of Levi T. Scofield for seventeen years. He designed St. Stanislaus Church in 1886, the Convent of the Good Shepherd, St. Wendelin Church, and St. Mary's Church in Lorain. He was the City building inspector under Mayors Babcock (1887-8) and Gardner (1885-1886, 1889 -1891). He was also superintendent of school buildings and was responsible for Cleveland Public Schools from 1884 to 1894. He boarded on Quincy Avenue in 1900 and was never married. He owned one sixth of the Fulton Tool Company. He died March 31, 1906 and is buried in Calvary Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Zanesville High School Zanesville, OH n.d. Demolished
Residence for J. H. Ely Prospect Street, Cleveland, OH 1882 Demolished
Waring School East 31st & Payne, Cleveland, OH 1884 Demolished
St. Stanislaus Church 3649 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1886 Standing
Hough School East 90 & Hough -, Cleveland, OH 1887 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Dennis Flannery 3604 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Standing
Double Residence for James Scanlon 4602-8 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
St. Colman's Parsonage 2027 West 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Central High School Annex Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Giddings School 2250 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Miles Park School East 93rd & Miles Park -, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
R. B. Hayes School East 40th & Central, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
South Case School 2312 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Fairmount School 1950 East 107th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Kentucky School 3900 Reservoir, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Sackett School 3349 Sackett Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Tremont School addition West 10th & Jefferson, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Woodland School 9511 Buckeye Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Denison School Annex Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Warren School 4105 Warren Road, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Dunham School Annex Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
East Madison School Annex 1130 Addison Road, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
Hough School addition East 90th & Hough, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
Cleveland Manuel Training School 5805 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1893-4 Demolished
Bolton School addition 2094 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Mayflower School 2640 E. 31st Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
South High School 7351 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
St. Mary Church 300 West 8th Street, Lorain, OH 1895 Demolished
Store and apartment for H. Hackman Central Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Addition to Holy Rosary Church 12001 Mayfield Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Residence for Andrea Hammer 9218 Edmunds Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
St. Nicholas Church 925 Main Street, Zanesville, OH 1898 Standing
St. Catherine Church 3437 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Stores and Hall for W. H. Dunn ss Hough east of Brookfield, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Residence for William Mullens 1618 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Apartment Building for James Rochford 11504-6 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Four story apartment building for Hazard Realty Hazard and Perry, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
St. Columbkill Church Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Zion Lutheran School East 30th Street, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church 9514 Aetna Ave, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
St. Edward School 2617 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
St. Wendelin Roman Catholic Church 2259-81 Columbus Road, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Additions to the Convent of the Good Shepherd Sibley and Sterling, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Pearl Amusement Roller Rink Pearl and Althen, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories 1895-1905
Cleveland News 3.31.1906
Leader 6.7.1906

Birth / Established: April 13, 1891
Death / Dissolved: December 12, 1939

Biography

James Duthie was born in Harriman, Tennessee. He enlisted in the army during World War I. He was a member of the firm of Fox, Duthie and Foose, and later Fox and Duthie. He resided at 3102 Warthington in Shaker Heights.

Sources

Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights 1992

Birth / Established: August 28, 1866
Death / Dissolved: April 6, 1914

Biography

W. Stillman Dutton was active as a Cleveland architect from 1893 until 1912. In 1893 he was a member of the firm of Watterson and Dutton. He lived at 1064 East 97th Street. His office was first in the Society for Savings and then the New England Building.

Building Name Address Built Status
Apartment House for Nellie Teichman Huntington South of Prospect, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Building on East 4th Street Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Frank Goheen Residence 1897 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
Stores for L.F. & S. Burgess 2163-7 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
American Railway Express 1610-42 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
Cleveland, Terminal and Valley Depot 829 Canal Road, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
Passenger Depot for Erie Railroad Company 3097 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Residence for Amelia Ambose 1856 Crawford Road, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
East End Savings Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Residence Gates Mills, OH n.d. Demolished
Residence Salineville, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file April 10, 1914

Birth / Established: April 22, 1870
Death / Dissolved: May 27, 1957

Biography

J. Milton Dyer was born in Middletown, Pennsylvania where his father had a hardware business. In 1881, his family moved to the Willson (E.55th Street) and Woodland Avenue area, then known as Rock's Corners. He attended Central High School. He went to work for Brown Hoisting where he earned a scholarship to the Case Institute of Technology. He continued to work there during the summer. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. In 1906, the Architectural Record published an article on his work where he was highlighted as one of a growing number of professionally educated architects settling in smaller American cities. Significant architectural talent came out of his office including Frank Walker, Harry Weeks, and Reynold Hinsdale. He also worked for Warner & Swasey for several years.He lived on East 71st Street until the last few years of his life. He never married, living with his mother until her death in 1923 and then with his sister until her death in 1954. He then went on to live in a rest home in Cleveland Heights. He was not listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect listing. He died at the age of eighty-seven and is buried in Woodland Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Anderson Hall - Asheville School Asheville School Road, Asheville, NC 1899 Standing
Additions to Brown Hoisting Machine Company Office Building 4403 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Brown Hoisting Machine Company Works 4301-11 Hamilton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
George Kuhlman Car Company Collinwood, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Republic Oil Company Kinsman Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Several rooms of Case School of Applied Science Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
George N. Chandler Residence - Cleveland Heights, OH 1902 Demolished
Herrick Memorial Library 101 Willard Memorial Square, Wellington, OH 1902 Standing
Burns Residence Overlook Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1903 Demolished
Hotel Broadway & Ontario, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Small store for Samuel Dodge Dodge and St. Clair, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Brooklyn Bank Building 3764 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Guardian Trust Building 322-6 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Mill Street School West 30th and Walton, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Treadway Residence 8911 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
W.F. Dodge Residence Euclid Heights, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Windermere Presbyterian Church Euclid Avenue and Windermere Street, East Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
First Methodist Church 3000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Stables and garage for Mt. Townsend Chagrin Falls, OH 1905 Demolished
Tavern Club 3522 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Terrace for Mr. A. Silverberg 1841 E. 73rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
National Malleable Castings NW Corner of Platt and East 79th, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
National Malleable Castings Office Sharon, PA 1906 Demolished
Peerless Motor Car Factory East 82nd and Quincy, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
City Hospital Dormitory Warrensville, OH, Warrensville, OH 1906-7 Demolished
First National Bank 241 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906-8 Demolished
Summit County Courthouse 209 South High Street, Akron, OH 1906-8 Standing
G. F. Gund Residence Shaker Heights, OH 1907 Demolished
Gillsy Hotel 1891-21 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
St. Paul's Episcopal Church - 300 East Exchange Street, Akron, OH 1907 Demolished
Taylor's Department Store and Arcade 630 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Westminster Presbyterian Church 1443  Addison Road, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Francis Line Residence 1574 East 108th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Residence for A. Chisholm Lake Shore Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Henry Osborn Residence 11101 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
James Ferris Residence 10924 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Lake County Courthouse 25 North Park Place, Painesville, OH 1909 Standing
Spirit of Progress Cleveland Industrial Exposition, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Sterling Welch Store 1235 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Swassey Observatory Denison University, Granville, OH 1909 Standing
Edmund Burke Residence 11125 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Cleveland Athletic Club 1118 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
M.T. Silver & Company 2310-20 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Cleveland City Hall 601 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911-16 Standing
Maplewood Beach Hotel Lake Shore Boulevard, Euclid, OH 1912 Demolished
Reserve Terminals 1300 East 45th Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Standard Manufacturing Company 4409-15 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Commercial Building 5713-17 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
U.S. Treasury Building 301 Pine Street, San Francisco, CA 1915 Standing
Union National Bank 300-8 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1915-6 Demolished
Venice Apartments 8409 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1922 Demolished
U. S. Coast Guard Cleveland Harbor Station 1 Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, OH 1940 Standing
Alpine Village Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Brooklyn Heights Cemetery Mausoleum Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
E.W. Moore Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
H. H. Johnson Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Loftus Cuddy Residence Overlook Road, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Ramsey Apartment anad Store Building Alliance, OH n.d. Unknown
Samuel Dodge Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Standard Manufacturing Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Warner and Swassey Addition Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Warrensville Farm - Infirmary Group Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Warrensville Farm - Tubercular Hospital Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Warrensville Farm - Workhouse Group Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Cleveland News October 27, 1908
Cleveland News October 20, 1953 "Veteran Architect Got His Start at 7".
Cleveland Plain Dealer "Dyer to Design City Hall Plans" - October 7, 1903
Cleveland Topics 31-33:4 October 10, 1903
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History p352
Obituary Plain Dealer May 28, 1957
Image Source(s): Donn R. Nottage, City of Cleveland