Dyer, J. Milton
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 |
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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