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Birth / Established: 1897
Death / Dissolved: 1901

Biography

Steffens, Searles & Hirsh was active in Cleveland in the late 19th century and early 20th century. They became known for their many middle class apartment buildings, several of which are still standing. They designed the Clinton Apartments on Clinton Avenue and the Heyse Apartment Building on Franklin Circle.

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial building 5405 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Residence for John Beck 2624 Marvin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Silas Auerbach 8517-21 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Heyse Apartment Building 1673-81 Fulton Road, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
Apartment Building for the Cleveland Improvement Company 1885-7 East 17th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Augusta Apartments 2473 East 40th Street , Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Clinton Apartment Building 3607 Clinton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
J. H. Reese Residence 2711 Vestry Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Porte Cochere for Receiving Vault at Riverside Cemetery 3607 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
"The Beckwith" Apartments 1588 West 28th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Apartments for F. H. Clark Unknown 1899 Unknown
Apartments for the Cleveland Improvement Company 2087 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Broadway Savings and Loan Company 5451 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Center School 1470 Warren Road, Lakewood, OH 1899 Standing
E. Janes Residence 1933 East 87th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Henry Kuhlmeier Residence 8902 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Lafayette Apartments for W.M. Wright 8818-24 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Light Factory for M. A. Bradley Unknown 1899 Unknown
New Amsterdam Apartments for S.N Griffin and W.J. White 2142 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Residence for George E. Myers 10306 Wain Court, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Residence for George E. Myers 10308 Wain Court, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Residence for George E. Myers 10312 Wain Court, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Rutherglen Apartments for John C. Williams 3803 Clinton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
West School 1351 West Clifton, Lakewood, OH 1899 Demolished
"Belgrave" Apartments for S. W. McKenzie Realty 8603-19 Wade Park Ave, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
"Cary" Apartments for Charles Stewart Payne & Walnut, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
"Warwick" Apartments for the Cleveland Improvement Company 8117-21 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Commercial Building for Joseph DiTirro 12511-3  Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH 1900 Standing
Cuyahoga Telephone Company Exchange 1747 Lake Front, Cleveland, OH 1900 Standing
Ohio Savings and Loan Company 1868 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Standing
Residence for M. A. Bradley 1947 East 116th Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Residence for M. A. Bradley 1949 East 116th Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Residence for M. A. Bradley 1953 East 116th Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Residence for M. A. Bradley 1957 East 116th Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Residence for M. A. Bradley 1961 East 116th Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Genesee Savings & Bank Company 8115 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing

Sources

Cleveland Illustrated 1893 (Consolidated Illustrated Company, Cleveland, Ohio) p. 156
Cleveland Necrology file

Birth / Established: November 11, 1882
Death / Dissolved: November 5, 1943

Biography

John F. Steffens was a native Clevelander. He went to Columbia University where he received a degree in Architecture. He was an assistant in the firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White. He returned to Cleveland where he was a member of the firm of Steffens & Steffens with his brother George between 1912 and 1914 and between 1915 and 1923. He was the Treasurer of the John H. Newson Company from 1915 until 1917. From 1932 until 1939 he was a member of the firm of Steffens & Fox, which he founded.

Building Name Address Built Status
Huron Ninth Building 2124 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Heights Temple Annex Building Cleveland Heights, OH 1928 Standing
The Berimore Apartments 2800-4 East 130th Street, Cleveland, OH 1930 Standing
Hough Banking and Trust 7901 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

"John F. Steffens, Architect is dead" Plain Dealer November 7, 1943
Cleveland City Directories
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: April 28, 1871
Death / Dissolved: November 30, 1928

Biography

George H. Steffens was born in Cleveland and was employed in the office of Edward Schwabe, whom he succeeded in business in 1892. He worked for several different firms including Steffens & Searles (from 1896 to 1897), Steffens, Searles & Hirsh (from 1897 to 1901), Steffens & Steffens (from 1912 to 1914), J. H. Newson (from 1915 to 1917), and Steffens & Steffens (from 1915 until 1923). He was a member of the American Institute of Architects.

Building Name Address Built Status
James McAninch Residence 1782 East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
J. A. Bidwell Residence 1800 East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
J. C. Weidemann Residence 11720 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1893 Demolished
Frame Commercial-Residential Building East Prospect & Watkins, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Stores and Apartments for Mrs. B. C. Duckwitz 4903 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Stores and Tenements for F. C. Emde 7616-22 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
George McMillan Residence 1666 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
John Faust Residence 4748 Rocky River, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Apartment Building Logan South of Euclid, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Apartment Building Superior & Payne, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Charles Brandt Residence 6914 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
A. R. Perry Double Residence East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Alexander C. Mackenzie Residence 14837 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Ashtabula Apartment Building for Thomas Fricker 8503 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Commercial Building for Michael Froelich Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
F. E. Brunnel Residence 5904 Hawthorne Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Swaine's Antidote Syndicate 3735 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Terrace for T. J. Holmden 7507-13 Lawnview Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
W. J. Farren Residence 3803 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Apartment Building East Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Apartment Building East 65th Street Near Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Apartment Building East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Apartment building for J. R. Edwards East 65th Street Near Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Apartment Building for Messers. Leo & Andrews Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Terrace Wade Park Avenue Near Crawford Road, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Terrace 1820-8 Garfield Court, East Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Terrace for O. N. Jager East Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Terrace of 18 suites for George Hausheer East 96th / 97th Streets, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Apartment Building Carnegie Avenue Near East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
L. Adler Warehouse Eagle Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Joseph Miller 3200-14 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906-7 Standing
Tenement West 25th Street & Floria Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906-7 Demolished
Addition to Apartment House for Charles Louth 1833 East 12th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Central School Church Street, Amherst, OH 1907 Standing
Commercial Building for J. F. Adams 1738-49 East 17th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Five-House Terrace for W. H. Schrader 11319-27 Hessler Road, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Theodore Robenson Residence 308 Washington, Elyria, OH 1908 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Michael Froehlick 7313-35 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Residence for C.R. Taylor Co. 10721 Sprague Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Residence for Thomas Story 1520 East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Terrace for A. E. Forrester 1850-60 East 70th Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Dr. Coontz Residence Shaker Heights, OH 1910 Demolished
Residence for Edward W. Paul 1516 East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Stockbridge Apartments 3328 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Clements Apartment 1972 Ford Road, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Hough Banking & Trust Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Cleveland Illustrated 1893 (Consolidated Illustrated Co. ? Cleveland , Ohio ) p. 157
Cleveland Necrology file
Cleveland Necrology file
Cleveland, The Forest City Illustrated 1893, p. 156
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1912
Death / Dissolved: 1923

Biography

This architectural firm included brothers George H. Steffens and John F. Steffens.

Building Name Address Built Status
Clement Terrace 2329 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Holy Family Church and School 13205 Chapelside, Cleveland, OH 1913-23 Demolished
Residence for J.R. Carnahan 916 Herrick Road, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Leopold Adler Residence 10610 Drexel Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Marvin Bacon Residence 10111 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished
Commercial Building for the Williamson Company 1985 East 22nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1916 Demolished
Apartment Building 1859 East 97th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Hruby Conservatory 5415 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Leroy Davenport Residence 2221 Tudor Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Residence 2256 Woodmere Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Residence for Dr. Kofron Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for Dr. W.C. Tater Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for J.A. Webb Coleridge Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for J.W.S. Webb South Woodland, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for J.W.S. Webb Scarborough Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for John Steffens Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial Building for St.Clair ?E.141 Realty St. Clair & East 144th Street, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Residence for E.S. Asker Scarborough Road, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Residence for W.L. Ulmer Edgehill Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland Illustrated 1893 (Consolidated Illustrated Company - Cleveland, Ohio ) p. 158
Cleveland Necrology file
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1896
Death / Dissolved: 1897

Biography

Steffens & Searles were in business in the last decade of the 19th century. They designed commercial, residential, and apartment buildings. The firm made a specialty of apartment buildings and French flat buildings. An April 23, 1896 Plain Dealer article states that the firm designed the first "French flat building" in the city.

Building Name Address Built Status
Apartment Building for Dr. B. C. Duckwitz 2202-8 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Apartment House for P. H. Keevan 1741 East 19th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Branch Library 2002 Clark Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Edward Wiebenson Residence 4304 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
H. C. Stahl Residence 455 West Main Street, Bellevue, OH 1896 Standing
Pearl Street Savings and Loan 3084-92 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Residence for Hannah Folson 4312 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Bohemian National Hall 4939 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1896-7 Standing
Residence for Christ Gaiser 2543-7 Blatt Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing

Sources

Plain Dealer 4.23.1896

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Catharine Beckenbach 7218-20 Myron Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Residence for Catharine Beckenbach 7302-4 Myron Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Birth / Established: May 2, 1859
Death / Dissolved: February 20, 1946

Biography

Charles R. Stedman was a Connecticut-born architect and building contractor. Before coming to Cleveland he was in the contracting business in Minneapolis. He was listed as an architect in Cleveland City Directories from 1903 until 1916. He had offices in the Superior Building and later in the Schofield Building.

Building Name Address Built Status
Glass Block 1 West Main Street, Norwalk, OH 1893 Demolished
Com bldg for W.L. Rice Prospect to Huron, Next to Electric Building, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Glass Block 101 West Sandusky, Findlay, OH 1905 Standing
Hotel (5 stories) E.9th near Superior Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Residence for M.M. Horton 10816 Grantwood, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Terrace for Mrs. Rosa Miekel 4503-11 Clinton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Residence for Marcus Norton 10816 Grantwood, Cleveland, OH 1905-6 Standing
The Abigail Apartments for E.H. Brown 1727 East 116th Place, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
The Atchison Apartments 4729 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
The Mitchell Apartments for C. C. Nims 1719 East 116th Place, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox (St. Marie Roumanian Greek) 6201 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Remodeling of Residence for T.C. Taber 81 West Main Street, Norwalk, OH 1907 Standing
Residence for F.C. Hartz Nottingham, Cleveland, OH 1907 Unknown
Residence for Dr. Lawrence Dille Road & Lakeshore, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Proposal for hotel and opera house Findlay, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

1900 US Census
City Directories

Birth / Established: April 17, 1878
Death / Dissolved: February 13, 1962

Biography

Otto K. Stapf was born in Pittsburgh. He was active as a Cleveland architect from 1905 to 1917. He designed residential and commercial buildings. A number of his houses were built in Lakewood. An article on his works appeared in the June 1912 edition of the "Ohio Architect, Engineer and Builder." The article noted that he was one of the pioneers in the use of reinforced concrete. It also featured several photographs of houses that he designed in Craftsman and Colonial Revival styles. In 1910 he lived at 1931 Northland in Lakewood and in 1920 at 1663 Northland in Lakewood. He moved to St. Petersburg, Florida in 1924 where he died in 1962.

Building Name Address Built Status
E. H. Heil Block 1848 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Cottage for E. H. Heil Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
F. S. Russert Residence Lakewood, OH 1907 Demolished
La Rosa Apartments 1453-5 West 116th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Residence for J. H. Wenickle Berea, OH 1907 Demolished
Apartment Building for G. Haskins Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Commercial Building for J. Bassicher Kinsman & East 73rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Double Residence for John Martin Fraas 3908-10 West 33rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
J. Gormsen Commercial Building 18520 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Commercial building for Charles D. Walck 6419 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
John Kohl Residence 3725 Brooklyn Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Residence 1431 Northland Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1909 Standing
E. E. Admire Residence 6303 Franklin, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for E. Lewis 11306-10 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
J. N. Hahn Residence 13443 Detroit, Lakewood, OH 1910 Standing
O. E. Seidel Residence 13980 Clifton Boulevard, Lakewood, OH 1910 Standing
Six Suite Apartment Building for O. K. Stapf 1854 West 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Double Residence for Dr. Edward L. Pettibone 1270-2 West 106th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
T. E. Henry Residence 4370 Wooster, Fairview Park, OH 1911 Demolished
Residence 10516 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Residence 2260 Chatfield Drive, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Residence for H. F. Geist Clifton Park, Lakewood, OH 1917 Demolished
Albert C. Orth Residence 1438 Northland Avenue, Lakewood, OH n.d. Standing
Albert Keederle Residence East Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Benjamin L. Rouse Residence 17432 Clifton Boulevard, Lakewood, OH n.d. Standing
Broadway Warehouse Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Charles Haas Residence 16017 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH n.d. Standing
Dr. Hayes Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Frank X. Russert Residence 1513 Alameda Avenue, Lakewood, OH n.d. Standing
Otto K. Stapf Residence 16304 Clifton, Lakewood, OH n.d. Standing
S. Kushman Residence 1840 Wadensa, Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Ohio Architect, Engineer and Builder June 1912
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: November 25, 1882
Death / Dissolved: May 24, 1944

Biography

Edgar A. Stanley was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio and graduated from the University of Illinois. He initially worked in Cleveland and resided on West 105th Street. While in Cleveland he worked for Albert Skeel and Frank Barnum. He moved to Youngstown in 1911, where he formed a partnership with Morris W. Scheibel, with whom he continued to practice until the mid-1920s. In 1930 he moved to Winter Park, Florida.

Building Name Address Built Status
Edgar Stanley Residence 1270 West 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
City Hospital Youngstown, OH 1913 Unknown
Madison School Youngstown, OH 1915 Unknown
Capitol Theatre Youngstown, OH 1920 Unknown
Realty Office Building Youngstown, OH 1921 Unknown
Medbury Building Youngstown, OH n.d. Unknown
YWCA Youngstown, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Withey and Withey

Birth / Established: April 9, 1889
Death / Dissolved: February 8, 1944

Biography

Rudolph Stanley-Brown was a grandson of President James A. Garfield. He was born in Mentor, Ohio, later moving with his parents to New York City. He first studied at Yale University and later studied architecture at Columbia University. He moved to Cleveland in 1920 and began to work with his uncle, Abram Garfield. He was a partner in the firm of Garfield, Stanley-Brown, Harris & Robinson from 1930-1934. He moved to Washington, D.C in 1936.

Building Name Address Built Status
United States Post Office Station H 630 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1935 Standing
United States Post Office 430  South Spring Street, Burlington, NC 1936 Standing

Sources

Withey and Withey p. 567
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

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