Tousley & Thebaud (firm)
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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Christ Protestant Episcopal Church | 10808 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1909 | Standing |
Titcomb, Edwin (architect)
Biography
Active in Cleveland 1891-1898 as a draftsman and architect per the Cleveland City Directories. The 1900 census shows him in New York City. He later moved to New Jersey. He had relocated to Los Angeles, California by 1912 and was a draftsman for the firm of Parkinson and Bergstrom. Later for R.D. Farquhar. Also listed as Edwin C. He was married to Dr. Lillian Ray Titcomb who was elected president of the Women's University Club of Los Angeles in 1923. Mrs. Titcomb received the M.D. degree from Johns Hopkins in 1908.
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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Residence ffor William Van Tine & William Cleminshaw | 2349 East 87th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1891 | Demolished |
William F. Bulkeley Residence | 2231 Chestnut Hills Road, Cleveland, OH | 1895 | Standing |
Donaldson Residence and Studio | 4960 Melrose Hill, Los Angeles, CA | 1921 | Standing |
Thomas, Lewis (architect)
Biography
Lewis W. Thomas was an active Cleveland architect from 1903 to 1917. He was a partner with Edward A. Richardson in 1903 and then was in business by himself. In 1905 he lived in the Pelton Apartments in Tremont and later moved to Warren Road in Lakewood. He left Cleveland in 1917. He was living in Flint, Michigan in the 1920 and 1930 censuses.
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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Lakewood High School | Franklin Boulevard, Lakewood, OH | 1904 | Demolished |
Storage Building | Euclid and Olive, Cleveland, OH | 1906 | Demolished |
Miles Theater | 911-9 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH | 1913 | Demolished |
Sources
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland City Directories
Thomas, James (architect)
Biography
J. William Thomas was born in West Pittston, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture where he was a roommate with Carl Howell. After graduation he went to work in the New York office of Cass Gilbert. In 1908 he formed the partnership with Carl Howell in Columbus. Thomas continued in practice under his own name following the death of Howell in 1930. Thomas originally lived in Shaker Heights, moving to Hudson in 1941. He was a member of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association and a president of the Cleveland chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect with offices at 3868 Carnegie Avenue. He retired in 1955. In a 1964 interview with Richard Campen, he said that the new buildings in Cleveland - the Erieview Tower, the East Ohio Building and the Illuminating Building, were engineering, not architecture, and that they disturbed him. He predicted that they would be obsolete in ten years.
Sources
Campen, Richard It's Engineering, Not Architecture : J. William Thomas Reminisces and Questions Modern Design Plain Dealer 15 November
Cleveland Necrology file
Obituary J.William Thomas, 96, Dies: was architect Plain Dealer June 20, 1973
Tenbusch, Gerhard (architect)
Biography
Gerhard A. Tenbusch was born in Germany and came to America at the age of seventeen. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the 1890's he worked as a draftsman and then architect in Duluth, Minnesota. He was a partner with I. Vernon Hill by 1899. He moved to Cleveland in 1900, maintaining a relationship with Hill who remained in Duluth until 1901. Their offices were on the fourth floor of the Electric Building. After that firm dissolved in 1901, Tenbush moved his office to the Rose Building. Tenbusch specialized in church architecture in the early years of his career, later specializing in commercial design. Initially he worked as an architect and later entered real estate. He formed the Estates and Investment Company, which he headed for several years. He lived at 1854 East 79th Street and had an office in the Buckeye Building. He died at the age of sixty-seven and is buried in Calvary Cemetery.
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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Henry Schuette Residence | 330 West 6th Street, Appleton, WI | 1890 | Standing |
John Fraser Residence | 1602 Jefferson Street, Duluth, MN | 1892 | Standing |
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart | 201 West Fourth Street, Duluth, MN | 1893-6 | Standing |
Episcopal Residence | West Fourth Street, Duluth, MN | 1893-6 | Demolished |
Apartment Building | Giddings Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1901 | Standing |
Apartment Store | Marcy Avenue & Stanley, Cleveland, OH | 1901 | Demolished |
Catholic Church | Sheridan, WY | 1901 | Unknown |
Four Story Addition to Koch & Henkes Store | Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1901 | Demolished |
Franciscans Church | Wichita, KS | 1901 | Unknown |
Frost Wire Fence | Welland, ONT | 1901 | Standing |
Residence for W. H. Heils | Beechwood Street, Cleveland, OH | 1901 | Demolished |
Smith Bedstead Company | Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1901 | Standing |
Swedish Lutheran Church | 7505 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1901 | Standing |
St. Lawrence Church | Union Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1902 | Demolished |
John Stuber Residence | 1821 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1903 | Demolished |
St. Paul Croatian Church | 1369 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1903 | Standing |
St. Paul Parish House | 1369 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1903 | Standing |
Apartment Building | East Madison Near Hough, Cleveland, OH | 1905 | Demolished |
Apartment Building for David Feder | East 79th Near Wade Park, Cleveland, OH | 1905 | Demolished |
Remodeled House and Terrace | E. Madison and LaGrange, Cleveland, OH | 1905 | Demolished |
Buckeye Building | 2084 East 4th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1906 | Standing |
Commercial Building for Koch and Henke | Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1906 | Demolished |
Tenements and Stores for J. B. Gebhardt | Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1906-7 | Demolished |
Prospect Building | 1040 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1910 | Standing |
Six Story Office Building for Union Realty and Investment Company (Union Building) | 1836 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1913-4 | Standing |
Advance Building | 1510 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1915 | Demolished |
Sources
"Realty Dealer Dies"; Plain Dealer; 2.23.1933
Cleveland City Directories
Interstate 3.17.1900
News 2.23.1933
Press 2.23.1933
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby
Tenbusch & Hill (firm)
Biography
Tenbush and Hill were an architectural firm that was founded in Duluth, Minnesota in 1899. The principles were Gerhard Tenbush and I. Vernon Hill.
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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Endion Passenger Depot | 15th Avenue East and South St, Duluth, MN | 1899 | Standing |
Walter Turle House | 2216 East Superior Street, Duluth, MN | 1899 | Standing |
Commercial-Residential Building for the Superior Realty and Improvement Co. | 10502-16 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1900 | Demolished |
St. Matthew Church | 3256 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH | 1900 | Standing |
Apartment Building | 1850 Superior Avenue NE, Cleveland, OH | 1900-1 | Standing |
Apartment Building for Thomas Mulcare | 1644 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1901 | Demolished |
St. George Church | 1401 East 21st Street, Cleveland, OH | 1901 | Demolished |
Taylor, William (architect)
Biography
William R. Taylor was born in Cleveland and was educated at Western Reserve University and Case School of Applied Science. He was a member of the firms of Fulton and Taylor and Fulton, Taylor & Cahill. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect. He was a member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity, the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and Sleepy Hollow Country Club. He is buried in Lake View Cemetery.
Sources
Cleveland Necrology file October 4, 1964
Representative Clevelanders
Sylvanus, Alvanis (architect)
Biography
Alvanis Sylvanus was born in Chicago. He was active in Cleveland from 1920 until 1927. He died in Los Angeles at the age of seventy-four.
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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Vitrolite Building | 2915 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1926 | Standing |
Swigart, Herbert (architect)
Biography
Herbert Swigart grew up in Richfield Township. He was active as either a draftsman or architect for several years. He lived at 1289 Holmden Avenue in the Tremont neighborhood, moving to 18210 Olympia Road in the Euclid-Green neighborhood of Cleveland by 1920.He retired to Dayton, Ohio where he died in 1947.
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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Residence for Henry Cody | 1437 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1890 | Standing |
Residence for Henry Cody | 1439-41 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1890 | Standing |
Residence for Henry Cody | 1433 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1899 | Standing |
Frank Hickin Residence | 3081 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1905 | Standing |
Residence for A.J. Marsh | 3344 West 99th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1914 | Standing |
Industrial building for Charles King and Birdie King Bishop | 7512 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1924 | Demolished |
Sources
Census
Necrology file
Stuhr, Herman (architect)
Biography
Herman F. Stuhr was a German-born lumber dealer who was also the architect of several buildings. In 1906 he had an office in the Rose Building, while his sons ran the Bohm-Stuhr Lumber Company at 6325 Broadway. He lived at 5911 Detroit Avenue.
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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Commercial Building for Frederick Fliedner | 9802-6 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1897 | Standing |
Residence for George Pollitz | 2122 West 100th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1901 | Standing |
John Meckes Stable | 2905 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH | 1902 | Demolished |
German Evangelical Church of South Brooklyn | 4420 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH | 1903 | Standing |
Commercial Building for Herman Stuhr | 10003-5 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1916 | Standing |
Sources
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology File May 12, 1916