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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: 1918
Death / Dissolved: 1918

Biography

This architectural firm was formed by Henry Gabele and J. Ellsworth Potter, and it was active in 1918. It would later be known as Potter & Gabele with listings in Cleveland City Directories from 1924 until 1932.

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: July 20, 1887
Death / Dissolved: December 13, 1958

Biography

Henry Gabele was born in Massillon. He was a member of the firm of Gabele and Potter. He worked for the Austin Company during World War II. He lived at 1270 East 89th Street. He died in St. Vincent's Charity Hospital.

Building Name Address Built Status
St. Barbara Church 1501 Denison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1950 Standing
St. Barbara Church 2817 Lincolnway, Massillon, OH 1951 Standing
Birth / Established: July 25, 1885
Death / Dissolved: April 11, 1933

Biography

Oscar L. Gaede was an alumnus of Western Reserve University and Case School of Applied Science. He was a member of the Builders Exchange and the Cleveland Athletic Club. He was the father of Cleveland architect Robert Gaede.

Sources

Necrology file - April 14, 1933

Birth / Established: 1925
Death / Dissolved: 1940

Biography

Firm of William Galther and Stephen Bochkor. 1925 City directory lists them at 12401 Buckeye Road.

Building Name Address Built Status
Kronheim Furniture Mfg Co. Building Expansion 2043 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1940 Demolished
Carl Byron Residence 3325 Somerset Drive, Beechwood, OH 1941 Standing
Birth / Established: November 21, 1872
Death / Dissolved: October 16, 1958

Biography

Abram Garfield was born in Washington, D.C., the youngest son of President James Abram Garfield. He was educated at Williams College and the Massachusetts Institution of Technology. He practiced architecture in Cleveland, beginning in 1898. He was a member of the firm of Meade and Garfield from 1898 until 1905, when he went into business for himself. In 1936 the firm became known as Garfield, Harris, Robinson & Schafer, and in 1957 Garfield, Harris, Schafer, Flynn & Williams. He served on the Cleveland City Planning Commission from 1928 to 1942. He was appointed to the National Council of Fine Arts in 1909, and served on the National Commission on Fine Arts from 1925 to 1930. He was one of the original sponsors of the Cleveland School of Architecture at Western Reserve University. He was a member of the Union, Tavern, Rowfant, Chagrin Valley Hunt Clubs and the Country Club of Cleveland. His office was in the National City Bank Building and he lived on 9718 Lake Shore Boulevard in Bratenahl.

Building Name Address Built Status
Lakewood City Hall Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
Garfield Library 7300 Center Street, Mentor, OH 1903 Standing
W.D.B. Alexander House 2348 Overlook Drive, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Residence for Mary Crowell 1865 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Babies Dispensary & Hospital 13415 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
John Oliver Residence (Willdwood) 7645 Little Mountain Road, Mentor, OH 1908 Standing
Higbee Department Store (altered) 1225 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Mrs. John Hay Residence 10915 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
YMCA 2053 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Babies Dispensary & Hospital Woodland and East 35th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Babies Dispensary & Hospital addition 13415 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Lake Erie College Dormitory Painesville, OH 1917 Unknown
250 dwellings for the U.S. Government Lorain, OH 1918 Unknown
Clifford Neff Residence 343 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Storehouse for American Red Cross Chester and East 21st, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Residence 1300 South Ocean Drive, Palm Beach, FL 1919 Standing
Leonard Hall Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 1924 Standing
Residence 2879 Fontenay Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1924 Standing
Samuel Mather Hall Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 1925 Standing
Stern & Mann Department Store Canton, OH 1925 Standing
F.E. :House Residence 1379 Yellowstone, Cleveland Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Blossom Recreation Center 24400 Cedar Road, Beachwood, OH 1930 Standing
Pebble Hill Plantation 1251 US 319, Thomasville, GA 1936 Standing
Country Club Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Diagonistic Laboratory Building City Hospital Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Dormitory and Science Building Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Faxon Thomas Residence 10 Bluff View, Chattanooga, TN n.d. Unknown
Hiram College Dormitory and Science Building Hiram, OH n.d. Unknown
Kenyon College Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Lake Erie College Gymnasium and Music Building - Painesville, OH n.d. Unknown
Maternity Hospital Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
National Union Fire Insurance Home Office Building Pittsburgh, PA n.d. Unknown
Tuberculosis Preventorium Building Warrensville, OH n.d. Demolished
Western Reserve University Dormitory Mather College Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Western Reserve University Institute of Pathology Building - Cleveland Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John J. Editors The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography; Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1996

Birth / Established: 1935
Death / Dissolved: 1958

Biography

This architectural firm was formed by Abram Garfield, George Harris, Alexander Robinson, and Gilbert P. Schafer. It was formed in 1935 and existed under this name until Abram Garfield's death in 1958. The firm, which still exists, is now known as Westlake, Reed, Leskosky Architects, and they celebrated their one hundreth anniversary in 2005.

Building Name Address Built Status
Federal Building 648 Mission Street, Ketchikan, Alaska 1937-8 Standing
Backus School of Law Addition 2145 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 1948 Standing
F.W.Woolworth 306-18 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1949-50 Standing
Cleveland Institute of Art 11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1956 Demolished
Cuyahoga County Administration Building 1219 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 1956 Demolished
Lakewood Public Library Lakewood, OH 1956 Standing

Sources

Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John J. Editors The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography; Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 1996

Birth / Established: 1926
Death / Dissolved: 1934

Biography

This architectural firm was formed by Abram Garfield, Rudolph Stanley-Brown, George Harris, and Alexander Robinson and was in existence between 1930 and 1934.

Building Name Address Built Status
Robert Livingston Ireland Residence 19100 North Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Standing
C. N. Vicary Residence Canton, OH 1930 Standing
Post Office Cleveland, OH 1933 Unknown

Sources

Ohio Architect November 1940
Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John J. Editors The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography; Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 1996

Birth / Established: May 14, 1848
Death / Dissolved: July 15, 1932

Biography

German-born architect that immigrated to the United States in 1880. In 1900 he was living in Cleveland with his sister Bertha Reidel. In 1920 he was living with nephew Albert Schiler at 15720 Holmes Avenue

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial Building for Otto Narvelite 10123-5 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
St. Mary's Romanian Orthodox Church 6401 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for John Zimmer 4812-8  Clark Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1905
Death / Dissolved: 1929

Biography

George B. Post and Sons was an architectural firm from New York City. It opened a Cleveland office in 1909 in the Scofield Building that was closed in 1929. Cleveland architect Charles Schneider once headed the Cleveland office.

Building Name Address Built Status
B. R. Baker Building Renovation Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
Bartlett Building Renovation Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
Wurlitzer Building Renovation Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
Williamson Building Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Cleveland Trust Bank Building 900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905-7 Standing
Cleveland Trust Company Bank 10409 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906-7 Demolished
Cleveland Trust Bank Merchantile Building East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Residence for Herbert L. Schneider Alvason Road, East Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Residence for J. G. Russell 2425 Derbyshire, Cleveland Heights, OH 1910 Standing
Residence for Nelson D. Foster 1828 Alvason Road, East Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
E. R Notch Residence East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Unknown
Hotel Statler 1127 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Second National Building 159 South Main Street, Akron, OH 1911 Standing
Library Addition to Alta Settlement House 2023 East 125th Street, Cleveland, OH 1912-3 Standing
Mt. Sinai Hospital Administration Building East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1916 Demolished
Remodeling and Addition to the former John Harkness Brown Building for the Euclid Company 1001-17 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1916-7 Standing
Fenway Hall 1986 Stokes Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1922-3 Standing
Wade Park Manor 1890 East 107th Street, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Cleveland Trust Bank 5424 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1924 Demolished
National Town and Country Club (Fenn Tower) East 22nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1929-30 Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Warner Thomas, City of Cleveland, Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1858
Death / Dissolved: 2007

Biography

George Smith Rider was born in Cranston, Rhode Island in 1858. He was an engineer. The company was responsible for many industrial structures throughout Cleveland and the region, and it had its offices in the Century Building, 412-16 West Superior Avenue. After his death on September 11, 1917, the firm continued under his name, and Herman Neff served as President of the company. Offices would later move to the Marshall Building and the Terminal Tower. The George S. Rider Company was in business until 2007. George Rider is buried in Providence, Rhode Island.

Building Name Address Built Status
Cleveland Worsted Mills Ravenna, OH 1906 Standing
W. S. Tyler Company Addition St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Cleveland Worsted Mills 5900-6140 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Factory for Cleveland Heater and Cleveland Speedometer Companies 11311 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Anna A Rider Residence 9605 Lamont Ave, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
W. S. Tyler Company - Building # 38 1375 East 34th Street, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
W. S. Tyler Company - Building #38 additions 1379-91 East 34th Street, Cleveland, OH 1916-18 Standing
Cleveland Worsted Mill Factory and Dye House Jamestown, NY 1917 Demolished
Factory 3590 W. 58th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Factory Addition Superior and East 36th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Factory for Cleveland Tractor 19201 Euclid Avenue, Euclid, OH 1917 Demolished
Factory Galvanizing Shop East 34th near Superior, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
National Acme Company 170 East 131st Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Factory Addition for the National Acme Manufacturing Company 7512 Sherman Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Storage and Factory Building for the Cleveland Twist Drill Company (Building No. 10) 1318 East 49th Street, Cleveland, OH 1918 Standing
Factory Building for the W. S. Tyler Company 1440 East 36th Street, Cleveland, OH 1920-1 Standing
Foote Burt Company 13000 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing
Factory Building and Additions for the Mueller Electric Company 1587 East 31st Street, Cleveland, OH 1922-76 Standing
Parmadale Children's Village of St. Vincent de Paul 6753 State Road, Parma, OH 1925 Partially Standing
St. Alexis Hospital Addition Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Remodel for Adolph R. Nunn & Son 4434 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing
Charity Hospital Nurses Home 2320 East 24th Street, Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
Factory for W. S. Tyler and Company 3803 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Glenville Hospital 701 Parkwood Drive, Cleveland, OH 1929 Demolished
St. Rita's Church Parkway & Baldwin, Solon, OH 1929 Demolished
Salvation Army Home 1881-3 Torbenson Drive, Cleveland, OH 1929-30 Standing
Dobeckmun Company Plant 3301 Monroe Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1932 Standing
Factory Building for Cleveland Twist Drill Company 1242 East 49th Street, Cleveland, OH 1937 Standing
Investment Plaza at Erieview 1801 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1967-9 Standing
Ohio Bell Rocky River, OH n.d. Unknown
St. Vincent Charity Hospital Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
George S. Rider State of Ohio Bureau of Vital Statistics Certificate of Death.
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby, Diana Wellman, Karl A. Brunjes

Birth / Established: September 6, 1870
Death / Dissolved: November 5, 1948
Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Gertrude Caine (Caine-Hubbard House) 11320 Juniper Road, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Warehouse for the Fireproof Storage Company 7724 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911-2 Standing
Neal Fireproof Storage Co Warehouse Addition 7208  Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Central Warehouse Storage Co. Building 5611 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Finance Building 736-746 Prospect Avenue E, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Schaefer Wagon Company (Schaefer Body Co.) 4166-80 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Fireproof Building Co. Building 634-4-644 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished

Sources

Image Source(s): Art Work of Cleveland, 1911. Cleveland Public Library Digital Collection

Birth / Established: March 21, 1858
Death / Dissolved: January 15, 1933

Biography

William P. Ginther, a devout Roman Catholic, was based in Akron. He designed numerous Roman Catholic churches, schools and rectories in Cleveland and had a long list of churches he designed throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, California, Virginia, and New York. He worked in the office of Frank Weary from 1879 until 1886. He made a tour of Europe in 1889, including Rome, Milan, Venice, Cologne, Paris, London, and Berlin.

Building Name Address Built Status
St. Bernard's School 500 South Broadway, Akron, OH 1888 Demolished
City Hall and Opera House 8127 High Street, Garrettsville, OH 1889 Demolished
St. Rose Catholic School 523 N. West Street, Lima, OH 1889 Demolished
St. Peter's School 700 Cleveland Avenue, Canton, OH 1890 Demolished
St. Vincent de Paul's School 17 South Maple Street, Akron, OH 1892 Demolished
St. Mary Mother of the Redeemer Church 38 West League Street, Norwalk, OH 1893-4 Standing
Sacred Heart of Jesus 5742 OH-61, Shelby, OH 1895 Standing
St. Bernard's School 320 West Mansfield Street, New Washington, OH 1895 Standing
St. Joseph's Parochial School 357 S. Washington Street, Tiffin, OH 1895 Demolished
St. John Catholic Church 510 Jackson Avenue, Defiance, OH 1896 Standing
St. Luke Catholic Church 307 Market Street, Danville, OH 1896 Standing
St. Mary Catholic Curch 666 South Main Street, Akron, OH 1896 Demolished
Sacred Heart Church 126 Burt Street, Coshocton, OH 1897 Standing
St. Francis Xavier Church Washington Street at 1st Street, Willard, OH 1897 Demolished
Ursuline Convent 217 W. Rayen Ave, Youngstown, OH 1897 Demolished
Annunciation Roman Catholic Church 1940 West 24th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
St. John Catholic Church 351 North Market, Logan, OH 1898 Standing
St. John the Baptist Church 168 East Lincoln, Columbus, OH 1898 Standing
St. John's School 713 McKinley, Canton, OH 1898 Demolished
St. Patrick Catholic Church 328 East Patterson, Bellefontaine, OH 1898 Standing
Ursuline Convent and School 163 Jefferson Steet, Tiffin, OH 1898 Demolished
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church 648 South Ohio Avenue, Columus, OH 1899 Standing
Holy Name Church 409 South 5th Street, Steubenville, OH 1900 Demolished
Immaculate Conception School 1920 Market Avenue, Canton, OH 1900 Demolished
Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church 1514 West 6th, Ashtabula, OH 1900 Standing
St. Stephen's School 32-36 South Arlington Avenue, Niles, OH 1900 Demolished
Good Shepherd Catholic Church 550 Clark Street, Toledo, OH 1901 Standing
St. Aloysius School 310 West 5th Street, East Liverpool, OH 1901 Standing
St. Mary's School 490 State Street, Conneaut, OH 1901 Demolished
Passage between St. John Cathedral and Bishop's Residence 915 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
St. Andrew's Church 631 North Jefferson, Roanoke, VA 1902 Standing
St. Augustine Catholic Church and School 195 7th Street NW, Barberton, OH 1902 Demolished
St. Cyril & Methodius Church 305 Center Street, Barberton, OH 1902 Standing
St. Mary's Church 303 South Monroe Street, Antwerp, OH 1902 Standing
St. Mary's School 241 4th Street, Elyria, OH 1902 Standing
St. Nicholas Church 200 East Cross Street, Miller City, OH 1902 Standing
St. Thomas the Apostle Church 2692 East 5th Avenue, Columbus, OH 1902 Standing
Holy Name School 415 South 5th Street, Steubenville, OH 1903 Demolished
Our Lady of Mount Carmel 1607 Columbus, Ashtabula, OH 1903 Demolished
St. Columba Catholic Church 156 West Wood, Youngstown, OH 1903 Demolished
St. Michael's Ridge Church 5480 Mosher Road, Defiance, OH 1903 Standing
St. Patrick's Club House 3700 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
St. Philip's Church 50  West Crafton Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 1903 Standing
The Catholic Club 3606 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Holy Cross Church 31 Republic Avenue, Glouster, OH 1904 Demolished
Immaculate Conception Church and School 108 11th Street, Wellsville, OH 1904 Demolished
Most Holy Rosary Church 210 Bridge Street, Johnsonburg, PA 1904 Standing
Santa Clara Catholic Church 323 South East Street, Oxnard, CA 1904 Standing
St. Anthony Catholic Church (St. Maron Church) 1245 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
St. Colman's School 2025 West 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church 203 West Townline Street, Payne, OH 1904 Standing
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church Alteration 1700  Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Immaculate Heart of Mary 3058 Brereton Street, Pittsburgh, PA 1905 Standing
St. Ann Catholic Church 921 East Avenue, Erie, PA 1905 Standing
St. Ann Roman Catholic Orphanage 3409 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
St. Bernard Church 44 University Avenue, Akron, OH 1905 Standing
St. Bernard's Rectory 47 East State Street, Akron, OH 1905 Standing
St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church 31 N Chillicothe Street, South Charleston, OH 1905 Standing
St. Joseph's Church 2643 Waterloo Road, Mogadore, OH 1905 Standing
St. Mary Catholic Church 1011 Church Avenue, McKees Rocks, PA 1905 Standing
St. Michael's Church 317 E. Madison, Gibsonburg, OH 1905 Standing
St. Vincent de Paul Orphan Asylum 3229 Monroe Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Holy Trinity Church 7113 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Immaculate Conception School 810 Oak Street, Youngstown, OH 1906 Standing
St. Joseph's Church 3312 Lake Avenue, Ashtabula, OH 1906 Standing
St. Mary's Church Junction, OH 1906 Unknown
St. Patrick's Church 130 East 4th Street, Erie, PA 1906 Standing
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church Murray City, OH 1906 Unknown
St. Phillp Catholic Church 50 W Crafton Avenue, Crafton, PA 1906 Standing
Sacred Heart Church 340 Center Street, St. Mary's, PA 1906-7 Standing
Church of Immaculate Conception Canton, OH 1907 Demolished
Holy Name Pastoral Residence 415 S 5th Street, Steubenville, OH 1907 Standing
St. Adalbert's Parochial Residence 2349 East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
St. Joseph's Convent Addition St. Mary's, PA 1907 Standing
St. Martin's Church East 22nd and Scovill, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
St. Mary Catholic Church 232 Seneca Avenue NE, Warren, Avenue 1907 Standing
St. Procop's Parish School 3185 West 41st Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
St. Procop's Parochial Residence 3183 West 41st Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
St. Stephen's Church 21 State Street, Oil City, PA 1907 Standing
Immaculate Conception Church 306 Broad Street, Johnstown, PA 1908 Standing
Mercy Hospital 116-122 8th Street NW, Canton, OH 1908 Demolished
Holy Roasry Catholic Church 12021 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
St. Joseph's Church 8 Park Street, Perry, NY 1909 Standing
St. Louis Church 85 State Street, Gallipolis, OH 1909 Standing
St. Mary's Church 44 North Main Street, Cortland, NY 1909-15 Standing
Holy Family Church 325 East North A Street, Gas City, IN 1910 Standing
St. Anthony of Padua Church 165 Beach Avenue, Cambridge Springs, PA 1911 Standing
St. Joseph Catholic Church 134 West Mound Street, Circleville, OH 1911 Standing
St. Paul's Church 241 South Main Street, North Canton, OH 1911 Standing
St. Peter's Church 104 West First Street, Mansfield, OH 1911-17 Standing
St. Adelbert Catholic Church 2347 East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Holy Family Church 122 West 8th Street, Tulsa, OK 1912-4 Standing
Annunciation Church 51 Broad, Akron, OH 1913 Standing
St. Mary Catholic Church 13 Marvin Street, Clinton, NY 1913 Standing
St. Mary Catholic Church 59 N. Main Street, Cortland, NY 1913 Standing
St. Mary of the Cataract Lyceum School 259 4th Street, Niagara Falls, NY 1913 Demolished
Mt. St. Mary's Hospital 515 Sixth Street, Niagara Falls, NY 1914 Standing
St. Mary's Church 750 South Main Street, Akron, OH 1914-6 Standing
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church 418 West 15th Street, Lorain, OH 1915 Standing
St. Andrew Church 1116 West 7th Street, Erie, PA 1916 Standing
St. Francis Hospital 333 Laidley Street, Charlston, WV 1917 Demolished
St. Mary's School Akron, OH 1917 Standing
Holy Rosary Church 131 East Wood Street, Lowellville, OH n.d. Unknown
Immaculate Conception Church Ozark Eddy Bridge Road, Jerusalem, OH n.d. Demolished
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Warren, OH n.d. Unknown
St. Aloysius School Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
St. Francis's Church Carthagena, OH n.d. Unknown
St. Joseph's School Canton, OH n.d. Unknown
St. Vincent's Orphan School Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Dedication: The Work of William P. Ginther Ecclesiastical Architect. Anthony J. Valleriano, 2012
History of Catholicity
Ohio Architect and Builder
Image Source(s): Karl A. Brunjes

Birth / Established: 1894
Death / Dissolved: 1894

Biography

After Morris Gleichman returned to Cleveland from Seattle he formed a partnership with W. R. Chestney, it was listed in the 1894 Cleveland City Directory.

Building Name Address Built Status
Dr. W.J. Armstrong Residence 7413 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Ohavei Emuna Anshe Russian Jewish Synagogue Addition 2530 East 22nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished

Sources

Architecture and Building v. 23, no. 14, p. 164
Architecture and Building v. 23, no. 14, p. 164
Cleveland and Its Germans, p. 145
Cleveland City Directories
Men of Ohio in 1900, p. 70
Plain Dealer July 14, 1892
Progressive Men of Northern Ohio, p. 216
Ward, James Architects in Practice in New York City 1900 - 1940 for the Committee of Architectural Records

Birth / Established: April 10, 1866
Death / Dissolved: December 15, 1931

Biography

Morris Gleichmann was born in Austria-Hungary and came to the United States with his parents at the age of six. He was educated in the Cleveland public schools. He is listed as a draftsman in the 1884 Cleveland City Directory, eventually working for the architect Edward Ruprect. In 1889 he moved to Seattle, Washington Territory, where he formed the partnership Gleichmann, Lane and Mendel with former Clevelander Samuel Lane. They returned to Cleveland by 1892. Upon his return, Gleichmann formed a partnership with Charles S. Pennington, initially living with relatives at 77 Bridge Street. He later formed a partnership with W. R. Chestney. His building designs reflected progressive designs that were prevalent in the west as practiced by Bernard Maybeck and Greene and Greene. He was the architect and designer of a one-thousand foot high Tower of Babel for the Paris Exposition of 1900. He was a member of the Forest City Blue Lodge Masons and the Scottish Rite, and politically he was a Republican. He lived in Cleveland at 866 East 105th Street until 1914. He moved on to New York City where he practiced architecture until 1930. He died in 1931 and is buried in New York.

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial Building for estate of Aaron Trather 2147-59 Ontario, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
West Cleveland Banking Center 10101 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1893 Standing
Store and Apartments for Matthew Burrick 1219 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Brick, Stone and Steel Business Block for James Benda Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Clubhouse for Utopian Club 3112 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Commercial Building for Sandrowitz Brothers 587 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for John Kehres 1209-11 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Factory for Joe Bendan 726 Johnson Court, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Fred Elsasser Residence 1408-12 West 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
Horace Rossitter Residence 1440 West 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
William Young Residence 11114 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
William Young Residence 11114 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Bernard Huebschman Residence 2364 East 43rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Cigar Box Factory for Rickersburg Brothers 1607 Marion, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Ignatz Koblitz Residence 3601 Beyerle Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Residence for Joseph Koblitz 2348 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Store and Tenement for David Grossman 4417-23 Payne Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Fire Station #18 3409 Orange, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Parkwood School 1171 Parkwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Commercial building for Diebolt Brewing 4239-41 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for the Dieboldt Brewing Company 4239  Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Mayflower Flats 3106 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Dwelling for A. Kohn Case near Woodland (Case SL 37), Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Hazeldell School East 123rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Addition to J. L. Goodman Furniture Store Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Addition to Warehouse for S. Kohn & Son - 390 Woodland Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
L. & J. Wohl's Hungarian Restaurant 1280 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Fire Station #16 Abbey and Gehring, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Commercial Building for B.C. Elsamer Lake & Salisbury, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Majestic Theatre 1775-83 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
S. Kohn and Sons Commercial Building 10503 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907-8 Demolished
Apartments 1274 East 102nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Store and Apartment Building Superior and Payne, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Walnut Avenue Business Block Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Penn Square Motion Picture Theater for Joseph J. Klein 5409-15 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Keith's Prospect Theatre Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Livestock Exchange Building 3200 West 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for the United Realty Construction Company 10402 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Empire Theatre Prospect Avenue (extensively altered), Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Lafayette Theatre Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Architecture and Building v. 23, no. 14, p.164
Cleveland and Its Germans, p. 145
Cleveland City Directories
Men of Ohio in 1900, p. 70
Plain Dealer July 14, 1892
Progressive Men of Northern Ohio, p. 216
Ward, James Architects in Practice in New York City 1900-1940 for the Committee of Architectural Records
Image Source(s): Nikki Gaebelein

Birth / Established: 1783
Death / Dissolved: September 27, 1847

Biography

Jonathan Goldsmith was born in Milford, Connecticut and moved to Ohio in 1811. He was a master builder active in Lake County and Cleveland between 1819 and 1843. He designed over thirty houses in Painesville and ten houses in Cleveland in the late Federal and early Greek Revival style. He was the father-in-law of architect Charles Heard. He died in Painesville and is buried in the Painesville Township Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Dr. Everett Denton 55 Mentor Avenue, Painesville, OH 1816 Standing
Robert Moody Residence 172 East 2nd Street, Painesville, OH 1819 Demolished
Eber D. Howe Residence 215 Mentor Avenue, Painesville, OH 1822 Standing
Judge Aaron Wilcox Residence Painesville, OH 1826-7 Standing
Dr. John Matthews Residence 309 West Washington Street, Painesville, OH 1829 Standing
Peter Weddell Residence 3333 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1832-3 Demolished
Samuel Cowles Residence 622 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1833-4 Demolished
Thomas Kelley Residence 1723 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1834-5 Demolished
Ashbel & Mary Ann Walworth 1836 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1836 Demolished
Lewis - Morley House North State and East Jackson, Painesville, OH 1836 Standing
Truman Handy Residence 800 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1837 Demolished
John M. Woolsey Residence 1211 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1837-8 Demolished
Joseph Sawyer Residence 9364 Forsythe Road, Mentor, OH 1820 Standing
Dr. Charles Livingston Residence Painesville, OH 1827 Demolished
Isaac Gilbert Residence Painesville, OH 1827 Standing
Heard - Minch House 9647 Mentor Avenue, Mentor, OH 1830 Demolished
Nathan Corning Residence 8353 Mentor Avenue, Mentor, OH 1830 Standing
Nathan Perry Residence 2157 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1830 Demolished
Robinson Elwell House 3742 Erie Avenue, Willougby, OH 1833 Standing
Sherlock J. Andrews Residence 400 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1833-5 Demolished
Lyman Kendall Residence 540 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1833-7 Demolished
Charles Hickox Residence 1201 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1835 Demolished

Sources

Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John J.; The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography; Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press; 1996

Birth / Established: February 2, 1872
Death / Dissolved: September 3, 1964

Biography

Edward T. P. Graham was a Boston-born architect who remained living in Cambridge. He graduated from Harvard College in 1900 and studied in Europe for two years. He opened a Boston office in 1904. He maintained a Cleveland office and was associated with the F. Stillman Fish Company.

Building Name Address Built Status
Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church 270 Eliot Street, Newton, MA 1909 Standing
Hagerty School 110 Cushing Street, Cambridge, MA 1910 Standing
Forsythe Dental School 140 The Fenway, Boston, MA 1912 Standing
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church 750 South Main Street, Akron, OH 1915-6 Standing
St. Paul's Church 29  Mt. Auburn, Cambridge, MA 1916 Standing
Cathedral Latin High School 2042 East 107th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
St. Joseph's Catholic Church 2427 Tuscarawas Street West , Canton, OH 1921-32 Standing
Our Lady of Peace School 12411 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1922 Standing
St. Patrick's Church 1420 Oak Hill, Youngstown, OH 1923-5 Standing
St. James Church 17514 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1925-34 Standing
St. Ignatius Parish Church West Boulevard and Lorain, Cleveland, OH 1925-30 Standing
St. Rose Lower Church 11405 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
St. Cyril and Methodius Church 12608 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1931 Standing
Our Lady of Lourdes Church 45 Brook Street, Jamaica Plain, NY 1931-2 Standing
Church of the Holy Name West Roxbury, MA, MA 1938-9 Standing
St. James Rectory 17514 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1952 Standing
St. Margaret's Church 109 Winn Street, Burlington, MA 1955-8 Standing
Blessed Sacrement Church 1689 Centre Street, Quincy, MA n.d. Standing
Boston City Hall Annex Boston, MA n.d. Standing
Boston City Hospital Boston, MA n.d. Standing
Brusch Medical Center Boston, MA n.d. Standing
Holy Ghost Church 518 Washington Street, Whitman, MA n.d. Standing
Holy Name Church and Rectory 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury, MA n.d. Standing
Jefferson Park Housing Project Cambridge, MA n.d. Standing
Mercy Hospital Portland, ME n.d. Standing
Mt. St. Joseph Academy Brighton, MA n.d. Standing
Registry of Motor Vehicles Boston, MA n.d. Standing
St. Elizabeth's Hospital Brighton, MA n.d. Standing
St. James Church and Rectory 779 Fellsway, Medford, MA n.d. Standing
St. Joseph's Hospital Lowell, MA n.d. Standing
St. Paul's Church and Rectory 29 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA n.d. Standing

Sources

Boston Globe September 4, 1964, p. 21
Wikipedia

Birth / Established: September 11, 1880
Death / Dissolved: July 8, 1954

Biography

John H. Graham was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and received a B. A. and an M. A. in Architecture form Cornell University. He was married to Jessie Orton in 1910. He was listed as an architect beginning in the 1916 Cleveland City Directory. He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Athletic Club, the Lakewood Elks Club and Acacia County Club. In 1927 his office was located at 1610 Euclid Avenue and he lived at 3025 Fairfax in Cleveland Heights.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence 1097 East 98th Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Fairmount Presbyterian Church Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Laurel School Kindergarten Building 1 Lyman Circle, Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Laurel School Main Building 1 Lyman Circle, Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Laurel School Residence Hall 1 Lyman Circle, Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Residence for Clark Adams Fairfield and Stratford, Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Standing
Residence for N. S. Lewis 3026 Brighton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1918 Standing
Pompeian Manufacturing Company 2400-02 Payne Ave, Cleveland, OH 1919 Demolished
Film Exchange Building 2100 Payne Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
H. C. Haight Residence Canton, OH 1920 Standing
M. D. Building Remodeling 3912 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1922 Standing
Atlas Savings and Loan Co. 5642-44 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Coventry Library 1925 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Canterbury School 2530 Canterbury Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Solon Center Block SOM Center and South Miles, Solon, OH 1929 Standing
Sam Slothky Residence 1276 Oakridge, Cleveland Heights, OH 1931 Standing
Remodeling of St. James AME Church 8401 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1938 Standing
John H. Graham Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Ohio Architect November 1940
Representative Clevelanders, (1927) p. 147
Image Source(s): Donald Petit

Birth / Established: 1896
Death / Dissolved: 1897

Biography

Granger and Meade was formed in 1896. The firm principles were Alfred Hoyt Granger and Frank Meade. The firm was dissolved when Alfred Hoyt Granger moved to Chicago. The firm specialized in residential architecture.

Building Name Address Built Status
A. C. Dustin Residence 14800 Grand View, East Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Alterations to Mary Himes Residence 2403 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Charles Cheney Residence 11125 Bellflower, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Country Residence for Hal Morris Wickliffe, OH 1896 Demolished
G. Cady Residence Ridge at Bishop, Wickliffe, OH 1896 Demolished
Henry M. Fisher Residence 682 East Buchtel, Akron, OH 1896 Standing
John May Residence 2044 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Kenyon Painter Residence 2432 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
O. F. Gordon residence 2155 Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1896 Demolished
Residence for Ernest Pflueger 144 East Market, Akron, OH 1896 Demolished
W. R. Lincoln Residence 2485 Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1896 Demolished
German American Clubhouse 14711 Lake Shore Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1896-7 Demolished
Harry L. Vail Residence 1952 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896-7 Demolished
Alexander Taylor Residence 2171 Overlook Road, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Apartment House for T. T. Seelye 2130 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Arthur Brown Residence 8411 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Luther Allen Residence 7609 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Myron T. Herrick Residence 2187 Overlook Road, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
S. R. Calloway Residence 3436 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Werner Building 109 North Union Street, Akron, OH 1897 Standing
Harrison J. Uhl Residence 2682 Berkshire Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1898 Demolished
Otto Germer Residence 538 West 6th Street, Erie, PA n.d. Demolished

Sources

Chicago Daily Tribune December 4, 1939, p. 16
History of Cleveland p 870-3
In Our Day - Cleveland Heights Its People, Its Places, Its Past
Obituary - Plain Dealer 3.23.1947
Town Topics

Birth / Established: May 31, 1867
Death / Dissolved: December 3, 1939

Biography

Alfred Hoyt Granger was born in Zanesville, Ohio and was the great grandnephew of General William Tecumseh Sherman and Secretary of State John Sherman. He graduated from Kenyon College and studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and abroad. He lived in Cleveland from 1893 to 1898, where he originally was in business by himself and later formed a partnership with Frank Meade. While in Cleveland he designed the Euclid Heights development. In 1898 he moved to Chicago and began the firm of Frost and Granger. In Chicago that firm designed the Northwestern Railroad Terminal, and the Northern Trust Bank Building. They also designed the Union Station at Omaha, Nebraska and the Milwaukee Road station in Minneapolis. He was a captain of engineers in World War I and served as chairman of a construction committee for the war industry board. In 1919 he became a member in the firm of Granger and Bollenbacher. He was the author of several books and served as Chairman of the jury that chose the design for the Chicago Tribune Tower.

Building Name Address Built Status
Henry Dalton Residence 1887 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for David J. Norton 1940 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for Mrs. M. J. Kline 1752 East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Alfred Granger Residence 2141 Overlook Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1895 Standing
Alton Dustin Residence 1833 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Barn for H. G. Dalton 1887 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Commercial Building for J.H. Brown and W.L. Rice 922 Superior/1681 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
F. E. Abbott Residence 1870 East 97th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Samuel Mather Coachman's Cottage Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Robert H. Clark Residence 3450 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895-6 Demolished
Residence for Luther Allen 7609 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished

Sources

Chicago Daily Tribune December 4, 1939, p. 16

Birth / Established: December 5, 1873
Death / Dissolved: February 22, 1963

Biography

Charles Greco was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts of Italian parentage. He practiced in Boston and lived in Winchester, Massachusetts. He studied architecture at the Lawrence Scientific School. From 1893 until 1899 he worked in the office of Wair & Cutter. He was later employed by Peabody & Stern. In 1907 he started his own practice. He opened a Cleveland office in the 1920's. His most notable local work was Temple Tifereth Israel on Ansel Road. He also designed the Temple on the Heights and several residences in Cleveland suburbs and in Akron. He was a member of the Boston Society of Architects, the Boston Rotary Club, the Catholic Union, and the Knights of Columbus.

Building Name Address Built Status
Church Painesville, OH 1917 Unknown
Eugene K. Hayes Residence Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Montefiore Home for Aged 3151 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for J. B. Livingston Lake Avenue and Webb, Lakewood, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for Mr. Corso Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
St. Mary's School Painesville, OH 1917 Demolished
Mandlebaum Residence 2219 Chestnut Hills Drive, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Residence 2236 Harcourt Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1920 Standing
Residence 2244 Harcourt Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1922 Standing
Residence 2243 Elandon Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence 2248 Harcourt Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Temple Tifereth Israel 1855 Ansel Road, Cleveland, OH 1923-4 Standing
David G. Skall Residence 2236 Demington Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1924 Standing
Residence 2839 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1924 Standing
St. Catherine School 3437 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Mt. Sinal Hospital Nurses Residence East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Residence 2012 Denton, Cleveland Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence 2901 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Temple on the Heights 3130 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Harvey Firestone Residence 50 Twin Oaks Road, Akron, OH 1926 Standing
E. J. Kulas Residence West Hill Drive, Gates Mills, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 3021 Attleboro Road, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Donn R. Nottage, City of Cleveland, Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1834
Death / Dissolved: Unknown

Biography

Alfred Green was born in England. He was active in Cleveland as a builder and architect in the late 1860's until 1873 when his name disappears from Cleveland City Directories. He was the architect of several major local churches, both Catholic and Protestant. According to the 1880 Census, he was living in Philadelphia.

Building Name Address Built Status
Holy Innocents and All Saints Chapel Trinity Church, Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
Second Baptist Church Euclid and Huntington, Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
St. Malachi Roman Catholic Church Washington Street, Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church 3602 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1871 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: July 27, 1877
Death / Dissolved: Unknown

Biography

Robinson Greene was an architect who appears in Cleveland City Directories from 1918 to 1920, with offices in the Williamson Building and a residence on Woodland Avenue.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for J. H. Nesbitt Akron, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence for V. Emmons Akron, OH 1917 Unknown
Twelve service stations for Lubric Oil Company Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Cronwell Residence Remodeling Chardon, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for Cedar Coventry Land Company Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for F.G. Marsh Akron, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for William Voss Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of H.A. Stall Shaker Heights, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of H.J. Paumier Canton, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of J.P. Kaiser Elyria, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of L.A. Corlett Lakewood, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of P.H. Palmer Lakewood, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of R.W. Griswold Ashtabula, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of S. C. Kerr Steubenville, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of S.E. Tucker Oil City, PA 1918 Unknown
Residence of T. Corrigan Manor Park, Lakewood, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of T. Ward Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of W.C. Grayell Noble Road, Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of W.C. Schroeder Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of W.N. Perrin Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Three family for Mrs. R.A. Delamater Akron, OH 1918 Unknown
Two dwellings 11613 Locust, Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: 1896
Death / Dissolved: 1896

Biography

This architectural firm was formed by Vincent Gregg and W. W. LaChance. It lasted for about a year in 1896.

Building Name Address Built Status
Alexander Palmer Residence 3021 East 78th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Apartment building for C. Zellers Woodland and Woodland, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Apartment building for E. Heyse Franklin, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Brick and stone store building Central and Booker I, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Commercial - Residential Building for Frank Hankett 7604 Central Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Residence for Malcomb Campbell 11225 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Commercial & Manufacturing Building for Parsons Co. 1862-8 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896-7 Demolished

Sources

Architecture and Building v. 24, no. 22, p. 262
Cleveland City Directories - Vincent Gregg 1892-8

Birth / Established: October 28, 1849
Death / Dissolved: March 6, 1930

Biography

Vincent Gregg was a New Jersey-born architect who is listed in Cleveland City Directories from 1892 to 1898. He was a graduate of Cornell University in 1873. He specialized in industrial buildings. He left Cleveland and appears in the 1900 Census living in Chicago. He lived for a time in Costa Rica where he died in 1930 where he was also known as Charles Vincent Gregg.

Building Name Address Built Status
Manufacturing building for the Kimbale Estate 4 story 96 x 58 $12,000 Cleveland, OH 1890 Unknown
Residence for Lanson O'Connors 1933 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Residence for William Bogey 6214 Butler, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
White Sewing Machine factory Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Woolen Mill for Collings Taylor & Company 2236 Clarkwood, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Cleveland Paper Company Cleveland, OH 1892 Unknown
Warehouse for Whitworth Brothers 316 High Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Bakery for Ohio Baking Company 1506 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
National Cash Register Dayton, OH 1895 Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories - Vincent Gregg, 1892-8

Birth / Established: 1919
Death / Dissolved: 1921

Biography

Principals: George A. Grieble and George A. Ebeling.

Building Name Address Built Status
Euclid-Seventy-First Building 7002-36 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1919-20 Standing
Commercial Building for Ben Folkman 1408-24 East 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Birth / Established: September 27, 1874
Death / Dissolved: August 4, 1954

Biography

George Allen Grieble was born near Delaware, Ohio in September 1874. He went to the public schools in Delaware and attended Ohio Wesleyan University for two years. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War serving in Puerto Rico. Initially he worked for the state of Ohio as superintendent of construction, overseeing the construction of public institutions. In that position he oversaw the cottages at Xenia, the chapel of the Girls Industrial Home at Delaware, the Lancaster cottages on the Boys Farm, and chapel building. He completed a course in architecture from the International School of Correspondence.

Building Name Address Built Status
Hotel for A. Dreher and Sons Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Harp Apartments 1389 West 64th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Residence for Samuel Morris 1794 Nichol Road, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Saltsman Block 7813-23 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Servants Quarters for the Euclid Doan Company 10124 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Alhambra Building & Theater for Euclid-Doan Co. 10317-10407 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Four and Two Story Commercial Building for the Euclid Huron Improvement Co. 1900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Gordon Square Theatre 6405 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Olympia Theatre 3337 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Apartment Building Euclid Avenue and E.100th, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Hotel for Perry Remick Ashtabula, OH 1917 Unknown
Office Building 1200 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Sloan Building 823 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Store addition and alteration 710-2 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
U.S. Tool W. 106th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for T. G. Sloan Kenilworth and Edgehill, Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Demolished
Fidelity Building 1940 East 6th Street, Cleveland, OH 1919 Standing
CTS Building 1396 East 6th Street, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing altered
Lincoln Building 616-750 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Eton and Rugby Apartments 7338, 7448 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Shops Lorain, OH n.d. Unknown
Cleveland Bottling Works Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Doan and Dehr Blocks Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Jones Business Block Ashtabula, OH n.d. Unknown
Nickolls Apartment House Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Pennfield Avenue Bank Lorain, OH n.d. Unknown
Retort Coke Oven Company Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Orth, Samuel; A History of Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago - Cleveland - The S.J. Clark Publishing Company, 1910
Image Source(s): Donn R. Nottage

Birth / Established: September 3, 1872
Death / Dissolved: April 8, 1962

Biography

708 Engineers Building

Building Name Address Built Status
Matt and Dora Horvat Residence 14214 Darwin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Birth / Established: 1868
Death / Dissolved: 1879

Biography

Partnership of Carl Griese and Albert Weile, who began as masonry contractors and were later listed as architects. They worked for the City Schools, and designed many Lutheran Churches, both in Cleveland and throughout the country.

Building Name Address Built Status
Sixth Ward Schoolhouse Cleveland, OH 1866 Demolished
Zion Lutheran Church 2187 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1866 Demolished
Eagle Street Synagogue Eagle Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
Fifth Ward Schoolhouse Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
Philip Gaensslen Residence 3050 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1868 Standing
Stephen Buhrer Residence 4606 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1868 Standing
Carlton Block 405-19 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1869 Demolished
Commercial Building for John Warner 1958-1968 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1869 Standing
Commercial Building for Paul Schmidt 111-5 West Prospect, Cleveland, OH 1869 Demolished
Holy Cross Lutheran Church 2650 Miami Avenue, St. Louis, MO 1869 Standing
Residence for James Shipherd 1002 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1869 Demolished
Cleveland Police Department - Second Precinct Station 2357 Rockwell Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1870-2 Demolished
Cleveland Police Department - Third Precinct Station East 37th Street near Woodland, Cleveland, OH 1870-2 Demolished
Trinity Lutheran Church Akron, OH 1871-2 Demolished
Greenville Hall at Thiel College College Avenue, Greenville, PA 1872-4 Standing
Building for the Carpenter Brothers 1277-81 West 6th Street, Cleveland, OH 1873 Standing
Trinity Evangelical Church 2057 West 30th Street, Cleveland, OH 1873 Standing
Case School Cleveland, OH 1875 Demolished

Sources

Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: April 24, 1821
Death / Dissolved: April 28, 1909

Biography

Carl H. Griese was born in Holstein, Germany and came to Cleveland in 1850-1. He worked as a mason and carpenter and gradually developed a business as architect and builder. In 1860 he was an officer of the Cleveland Board of Education. As one of the early contractors, he erected many of the mansions on Euclid Avenue. He went into partnership with Albert G. Weile that lasted until 1878. He was in business by himself until 1891 when he disappears from the Directory listings. Throughout his life in Cleveland he lived on Case Avenue (now East 40th Street). He had nine children. His sons David and Gottlieb were general contractors with the firm of D. & G. Griese.

Building Name Address Built Status
Immanuel Evangelical Church 2928 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1879 Standing
St. Lorenz Lutheran Church 10145 West Tuscola, Frankenmuth, MI 1879-80 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for Marie Theobald 4421 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1881 Demolished
Truman Dunham Residence Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1881 Demolished
Grand Army of the Republic Hall 3797-99 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished

Sources

Avery; A History of Cleveland and its Environs: The Heart of New Connecticut, v. 3; Chicago and New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1918
Cleveland Necrology file
Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and the City of Cleveland; Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1894, p. 275

Birth / Established: 29 January 1869
Death / Dissolved: 19 June 1951

Biography

Perley Griffin was active as an draftsman and architect in Cleveland from 1912 until 1917. He is listed as living in San Diego, California in the 1920 census working as a draftsman.

Building Name Address Built Status
Van Dorn and Baer Residence 5807-11 Hawthorne Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Commercial Building addition Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Duplex for Adeline Schultz 10403 Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1918 Standing

Sources

1920 Census - San Diego, California
Cleveland City Directory