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Birth / Established: February 25, 1869
Death / Dissolved: April 6, 1935

Biography

M. E. Wells was born in Coolville, Ohio and came to Cleveland in 1906. He served as president of Griffin Construction Company from 1923 to 1930 but retired in 1930 due to ill health. He was the father of R. Neil Wells, vice president of the George A. Rutherford Company. He died in his home at 1448 Westwood in Lakewood and was buried in Sullivan, Ohio.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Thomas Monks Maplecliffe Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Tabor Evangelical Church 3510 West 41st Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Columbia Building 112 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Residence Edmunds Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Holy Ghost Byzantine Church 1411 Kenilworth Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Bolton Pratt Building 1278 West 4th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Marion Building 1276 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Garage and stable 1330 Oregon Avenue, OH 1917 Demolished
Garage for S. W. Mather - Hollmden Unknown 1917 Demolished
Conservatory of Music at Baldwin Wallace College Berea, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Obituary Plain Dealer April 5, 1935 4:5

Birth / Established: September 15, 1888
Death / Dissolved: August 29, 1974

Biography

Samuel H. Weis (aka White) was born in New York City but was raised and educated in Cleveland. He was the brother of architect Maxwell Weis (aka White). He originally worked in San Francisco, California. He was the president of the Esplanade Realty Company. He was active in Cleveland from 1910 to 1929. He moved to England in 1933. In 1940 he was living at 405 Drake House in London, England.

Building Name Address Built Status
Apartment Building 1556 Addison Road, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Commercial Building 7745 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Jordan Apartments 1704 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Apartment Builidng for Morris & Israel Margolin 6907 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911-2 Standing
Apartments for S. Kosler 1251 East 124th Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Commercial Building 7916 St. Clair Avneue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Four Apartment Bldg Rockefeller Boulevard & University Circle, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Four Family Residence 6102 Linwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Residence 6014 Linwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Residence for Sam Koslen 1234 East 124th Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Apartment Building 2460 Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1915 Standing
Apartments 11707 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1916 Standing
Apartment Building 1013 Parkwood Drive, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment Building 1029 Parkwood Drive, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment Building 28 Windermere Street, East Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment house Lakeview and Ohlman, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment house 915 Lakeview Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial Building Euclid & East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial Building 2004-6 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building Euclid and Rosedale, East Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building 13601 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Double residence Lake & Brockley, Lakewood, OH 1917 Demolished
Double Residences Lake & Brockley, Lakewood, OH 1917 Demolished
Dwelling 11315-21 Ohlman Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Dwelling for J. H. Greenburg 1072 East 98th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Hotel 1928 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Market house, store and office West 117th & Clifton, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unbuilt
Store and garage 12104 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Store and Garage 8713 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Stores and storage 11635 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Stores and Suites 10000-6 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Tenement 1632 East 118th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Tenements 10914-8 Fairchild Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Twenty Residences for Joseph Laronge East 148th & East 149th Streets, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Warehouse 3361 East 80th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment Building East 105th Street and Lake Shore Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Cleveland Smelting and Refining Company 7480 Bessemer Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Commercial Building Euclid & Rosedale, East Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Commercial Building Woodland & East 23rd, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Commercial Building 15125 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Garage Lakeside Near East 35th Street, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Offices 10917 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Residence for J. Swirsky 11021 Primrose Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
United Electric Motor Repair Building 2117 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Standing
Movie Theater, Stores and Restaurant for Stecker, Greenwald & Bernstein 1867-73 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1919 Standing
Apartments for Abraham Schneider 1964 East 73rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1920 Demolished
Hebrew Orthodox Home for the Aged 736 Lakeview Road, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Residence for Realty Syndicate Co. 12414-16 Iowa Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Demolished
Residence for Realty Syndicate Co. 12422-24 Iowa Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Demolished
Residence for Realty Syndicate Co. 12514-16 Iowa Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Demolished
Residence for Realty Syndicate Co. 12518-20 Iowa Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Demolished
Residence for Realty Syndicate Co. 12526-28 Iowa Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Demolished
Residence for Realty Syndicate Co. 12418-20 Iowa Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Residence for Realty Syndicate Co. 12502-04 Iowa Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Residence for Realty Syndicate Co. 12506-08 Iowa Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Residence for Realty Syndicate Co. 12510-12 Iowa Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Residence for Realty Syndicate Co. 12522-24 Iowa Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Hotel for Commodore Improvement Co. 11327 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1922 Standing
Residence for D. C. Haber 2335 Ardleigh Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Renovation of the former Creswell Building for the 1220 Huron Company 1220-6 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
University Circle Place, Commodore Apartments 11309 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Commercial Building 5342- 50 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Cedar Glen Apartment Building 11424-32 Cedar Glen Parkway, Cleveland, OH 1925-6 Standing
Commercial Building (Stores) for Harvey D. Ernest 17008-17120 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: January 12, 1895
Death / Dissolved: April 24, 1972

Biography

Max Weis (aka White) was a native of New Haven, Connecticut and came to Cleveland in 1910. He was a specialist in commercial and residential architecture, zoning, and housing rehabilitation. He helped write Cleveland's zoning code and was the president of the Apartment and Homeowners Association. His son George M. White shared his father's office at 750 Prospect Avenue until his appointment as official architect of the United States Capitol by President Richard Nixon.

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial-Residential Building 7508 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Demolished
Apartment building East 83rd & Crawford, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment building Taylor Road Off Euclid, East Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment building 1903 East 70th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment Building for F. M. Margolin Hampshire Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Unknown
Apartments 1225 East 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartments 1840 East 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for B. Splvark Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Garage 5810-2 (Rear) Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Garage service station and display room Cedar near DeForest, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for M. H. Wolf Nela View Allotment, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Tenement East 6th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Tenement Fairchild Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Tenement 1311 East 112th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Tenement 1854 East 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Tenement 1936 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Tenement 2094 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment building 2713 Hampton Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Standing
Apartment building 2717 Hampton Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Standing
Apartment Building for S. Kraus 1881 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Commercial Building St. Clair & East 152nd, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Hotel Euclid & East 71st, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Synagogue 7606 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Unbuilt
Warehouse 3515 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Residence for Narseny and Lithaber 3227-9 East 116th Street, Cleveland, OH 1919 Standing
Garage for the Guarantee Building Company 5405 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Demolished
Garfield Hotel 3846 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1921 Demolished
Sovereign Hotel 1575 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing
Apartment Building 1930 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH 1923 Demolished
Detroit-Seventieth Apartments 7006 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Apartment Building for Mollie Melamed 745-753 Eddy Road, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Aprartments for Beu Beudorsky 13110 Union Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Euclid-Mayfield Building 11308-19 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Aprtment Building for Albert Pucciania 15328 Kinsman Road, Cleveland, OH 1926 Demolished
Apartment Building 2934 South Moreland Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Apartment Building for Israel and Ben Bialosky 2085 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Apartment Building for Mandel Narosny 1552 Ansel Road, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
"Bristol" Apartment Building 2920-28 South Moreland Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Roseman Block Taylor Road & Superior, Cleveland Heights, OH 1929 Demolished
Kinsman Jewish Center 3487 East 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 1932 Demolished
Quo Vadis Furniture Building 4274 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1938 Standing
Parkway Manor 10102 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1940 Standing

Sources

Architect Maxwell White Dies, Rites Friday; Plain Dealer; April 26, 1972
Cleveland City Directories
Press 4.26.1972
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: November 12, 1890
Death / Dissolved: July 14, 1977

Biography

Joseph L. Weinberg was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Orphaned at an early age he was raised in the Jewish Orphanage.. He was president of of the Cleveland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He maintained an office at 1836 Euclid Avenue and resided at 2988 Ludlow Road. He was a member of the faculty of the Western Reserve University School of Architecture. He served as chief zone architect in the office of the Fifth Zone Constructing Quartermaster. He was a member of the firm of Morris & Weinberg (1923 - 1930) and later Weinberg, Teare & Herman and Weinberg, Fischer & Herman.

Building Name Address Built Status
Bellfaire Orphans Home Ohio n.d. Demolished
Lakeview Terrace Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Several buildings at Massillon State Hospital Ohio n.d. Demolished

Sources

Ohio Architect July-August 1941

Birth / Established: 1830
Death / Dissolved: February 11, 1892

Biography

Albert Weile came to the United States from Strassburg, Germany in 1855. His occupation was listed as master mason. He was of Prussian ancestry. He was a partner with Carl Griese from 1866 until 1876. He left Cleveland in 1890, moving to Kansas City, where he died in 1892.

Sources

Plain Dealer 2.12.1882
Plain Dealer 2.12.1882

Birth / Established: December 10, 1889
Death / Dissolved: November 21, 1946
Building Name Address Built Status
Automobilr Painting and Service Garage for Alfred F. Kieser 2640 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Birth / Established: October 2, 1871
Death / Dissolved: December 21, 1935

Biography

Harry Ellis Weeks was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and graduated from MIT in 1893. At the suggestion of John M. Carrere, a member of the Group Plan Commission, Weeks moved to Cleveland in 1905 where he worked in the office of J. Milton Dyer. He is buried in Lake View Cemetery.

Sources

Editor Van Tassel, David and John J. Grabowski; The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography 1996 - Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis
Johannesen, Eric; Walker and Weeks - A Cleveland Legacy

Birth / Established: March 17, 1867
Death / Dissolved: August 21, 1929

Biography

William Ruggles Watterson was born in Cleveland and was a graduate of the Cleveland Public Schools. He became an apprentice in an architectural office and then studied at Columbia University. In 1894 he returned to Cleveland as a local representative of the George B. Post firm, acting as supervising architect. From 1895 to 1903 he practiced alone. In 1903 he entered into partnership with Charles Schneider, who also had been employed by George Post, forming the firm of Watterson and Schneider.

Building Name Address Built Status
Dwelling for Fred Steimle 5319 Julia, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
W.H. Marshall Residence 2370 East 46th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
George Deimer Residence 2733 East 51st Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Double Residence for Charles Ctawford 2039-41 East 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Howard Straight Residence 2516 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
F. B. Berry Residence EC Unknown 1895 Demolished
Residence for E.A. Kinney and I.B. Cameron New Lisbon, Ohio 1895 Unknown
Three houses for J.C. Lorer W.C. Unknown 1895 Demolished
Frank M. Jones Residence 1324 West 111th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Dr. E. Hawley Residence Corner of Broadway & Hamlet, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Edward Hawley Residence 3311 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Fire Station #26 7818 Kinsman Road, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Office building for King and Moore 1104-14 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Residence for A. D. Hatfield 1900 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Residence for George Warden 11133 Bellflower, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Residence for H. F. Gill 1913 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Office for Standard Tool Company 6918 Central Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900-1 Demolished
J.W.S. Webb Residence Lake Shore Collinwood, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Lakewood Banking and Savings Company 11700-10 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1901 Demolished
Residence for John Gundy 1975 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Residence for John Gundy 1963 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Residence for John Gundy 1967 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Residence for John Gundy 1971 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Store and apartments on Perry-Payne Estate St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Thirteenth Precinct Police Station Superior Near Woolsey, , OH 1901 Demolished
Osborn Building Addition Prospect & Huron, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
St. Agnes School East Madison & Euclid, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Apartment house 1786-98 Elberon, East Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Cleveland Public Library 5806 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Cleveland Public Library - St. Clair Branch 1368 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Lake Shore Banking & Savings Company 5404 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Manufacturing Building, Barn, Wagon shed stables for C.O. Everts Factory Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Residence for Mr. Yoeman Bellflower Drive, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Lake Shore Bank and St. Clair Branch Library 5410 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903-5 Standing
Addition to Osborn Building Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished

Sources

Avery, Elroy McKendree; History of Cleveland 631-2
Cleveland City Directories
Necrology file 21 August 1929
Image Source(s): Annual Reports of the City of Cleveland for the Year Ending December 31, 1897, Heather Rudge

Birth / Established: 1903
Death / Dissolved: 1908

Biography

This firm included William R. Watterson and Charles Schneider, and was in existence from 1903 until 1908. Their offices were in the New England Building.

Building Name Address Built Status
Broadway Savings and Trust alterations and improvements Broadway and E. 55th, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Commercial Building for Bruce-Marion-Abbott Co. Euclid, east of E.55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Commercial building for M.B. & H.H. Johnson Euclid near Muirson, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Henry Steinbrenner Residence 11421 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Hotel-apartment building for M.S. Austin East 19th Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
James A. Young Residence Lake Shore Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1905 Unknown
Rockefeller Physics Building 2076 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Warehouse Euclid Avenue near C&P, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Cleveland Medical Library 2318 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Commercial Block for Mr. DeKlyn Euclid near Olive, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Helen M. Cobb Residence 1601 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland, OH 1906-7 Demolished
Lakewood Presbyterian Church 14500 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1907 Standing
Glidden Varnish 11001 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
James R. Sprankle Residence 18122 West Clifton, Lakewood, OH 1908 Standing
League Park Office 6601 Lexington Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908-9 Standing
Ball Building 1110 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing

Sources

Avery, Elroy McKendree; History of Cleveland 631-3
Cleveland City Directories
Necrology file 21 August 1930

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial-Residential Building for the Bradley Estate ("THe Ellington") 824-34 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Residence for Darwin Wright 1900 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
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