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Birth / Established: 1962
Death / Dissolved: Unknown
Birth / Established: May 30, 1865
Death / Dissolved: September 25, 1919

Biography

Born Add W. Rust, May of 1865, he spent his early life and much of his later life in Lake County. Rust first appears in Cleveland City Directories in 1888 (as a stenographer), and in 1890 he first appears as an architect. In 1892, the firm was called A. W. Rust & Bro. and included his brother Truman H. Rust. The firm later became known as the A. W. Rust Company. His brother Elisha Rust was one of the principals. He designed the original Beehive School for Warrensville Township in 1916.

Building Name Address Built Status
A. W. Rust Residence 1945 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Boarding House for Charles C. Crumb 5115-9 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Residence for John C. Alexander 4073 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Residence for Susan Morgan 1953 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Asa Adams Residence 1928 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Residence for Harry L. Sterling 8508 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Beehive School 4345 Lee Road, Cleveland, OH 1916 Demolished
Birth / Established: August 3, 1866
Death / Dissolved: June 4, 1933

Biography

John W. Russell was an English-born architect who came to Cleveland in 1866. He was the son of builder Henry Russell. He returned to England studying under James Garry, a noted architect, and at the Cooper School in London. He returned to Cleveland and worked as a draftsman for architect John Eisenmann where he designed several industrial buildings and houses. He is buried in Woodland Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Patrick O'Reilly 2314 Mulberry, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Newton M. Anderson Residence 1916 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Brick and Wood Foundry for Cartland Foundry Company Unknown 1893 Demolished
Residence for Dr. Jamin Strong 2044 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for William Lettridge 1780 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Nine Houses on Alabama and Hamilton Alabama and Hamilton, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Residence for Patrick Behan 9908 Lamont, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
H. E. Teachout Residence 2209 East 46th Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Iron Clad Paint Company 535-41 Seneca, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
John E. Ensign Residence 1830  East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Lutheran Congregational School Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Palmer and DeMooy Company Foundry Leonard & Winter, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Prof C. A. Mitchell Residence 462 Giddings, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Prof N. M. Anderson Residence 842 Willson, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Residence of J. D. Burton Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Rev H. C. Hayden Residence 1599 Euclid, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Shops of the Cleveland and Canton Railroads Canton, OH n.d. Unknown
Taylor and Boggs Foundry 521-41 Seneca #2 CPRR Near Euclid, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
William Taylor Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file
Cleveland, The Forest City Illustrated (1893) p. 122

Biography

Edward P. Ruprecht was active as an architect in Cleveland from the late 1880s until 1891. His office was in the Kendal Building and he lived on West 83rd Street in West Cleveland. He was employed in the office of architect Nevins Charlot. He left Cleveland in 1891.

Building Name Address Built Status
Charles W. Norman Residence 2254 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1887 Standing
Cleveland Rubber Company Office Building Cleveland, OH 1887 Demolished
D. E. Wheaton Residence 1958 East 101st Street, Cleveland, OH 1887 Demolished
Hawley and Langton Block 4904-8 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1887 Demolished
Landon School Unknown 1887 Demolished
Residence for Philip Lehr 5236 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1887 Standing
Smith Clampitt Residence 2210 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1887 Standing
Carrie Seager Residence 1753 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Commercial Building 5363-5 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Charlotte Scheuer 2527-9 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Henry Shafer 4943-53 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Double Residence for Willard Nutt 5517-9 Curtis, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Double Residence for William Nutt 1895-9 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Double Residence for William Nutt 1901-5 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for Robinson Brothers 2517 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence of Frank Hurd, Esq. 7513 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Comercial Building for Conrad Kempf 5449 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Terrace for Henry Shafer 2583 Shafer Court, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Conrad Kempf 2607-9 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Henry and Laura Hower 10400-12 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Collamer High School Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Engine House #15 East Side of Cuyahoga, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Marr's Block Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Stone's Block Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Warren High School Warren, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: November 28, 1883
Death / Dissolved: April 22, 1965

Biography

George E. Rudolph was active as a Cleveland architect from 1906 to 1938. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect. In 1920 he was living in at 242 Florida Avenue in Youngstown. He would return to Cleveland by 1928. He died at Elyria Memorial Hospital.

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial Building for Jacob Epstein 4600-2 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Tenement for B. Englehart 2532 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Tenement for Levatter & Zalkinder 1431 East 66th Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Apartment building for I.M. Margolin 6917 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Apartment building for M.J. Weinberger 11003 Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Apartment building for S. Kosen 10824 Tacoma, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Apartment building for Sam Greenberg 6207-9 Kinsman, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Apartment building for Sam Greenberg 6211-3 Kinsman, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Apartment building for Thomas Arnoff 500 East 117th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Commercial - residential building for Joseph Goldstein 6804-6 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Commercial building for Joseph Goldstein 6810-4 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Commercial-residential Building 1004-8 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Double Dwelling 2134 West 59th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Double Dwelling 2138 West 59th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Double Dwelling 2140 West 59th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Double Dwelling 2144 West 59th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Double Dwelling 2146 West 59th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Four family residence 499 East 117th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Apartments for I. Newman 1562 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Demolished
Commercial Building for A.E. Goldman 5813-23 Quincy Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Aoartment Building 760 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment Building 2494 East 61st Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment building 799 Eddy Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment building for J. Arnoff 2741-9 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment building for M. Cullman 2431 East 49th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartments for A. Jania 9322 Lowell Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartments for B. Tellinger 13602 Glenside, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartments for Mamberg and Horwitz 8202 Force Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Two apartment buildings for Clair Doan Building Company Clairdoan Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial Building for A.E. Goldman 15314 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Remodel Store for Lubritorium 2104 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1932 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland City Directories 1906-1938
WWI Draft Registration

Birth / Established: April 2, 1890
Death / Dissolved: December 17, 1984

Biography

Charles Bacon Rowley was born in Springfield, Ohio and went to high school in Jackson, Michigan. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 1912. He moved to Cleveland in 1920 establishing the firm of Small and Rowley. That firm was dissolved in 1928 when the firm of Charles Bacon Rowley and Associates was created. From 1957 until 1972 he worked with Ernest Payer, first with the firm Rowley, Payer, Huffman & Leithold (1962-9) and then with Rowley, Payer, Huffman & Caldwell (1969-1972). He was the Vice President of the Shaker Heights School Board. He resided at 2889 Weymouth Road in Shaker Heights and his office was in the Keith Building downtown. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect. He retired to Harwich Port, Massachusetts in 1976 and died in Hyannis, Massachusetts in 1984.

Building Name Address Built Status
E. S. Patterson Residence Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Demolished
Ferro Enamel House 2077 Campus Road, South Euclid, OH 1932 Standing
Wheeling Steel House 6 Oakmount, Wheeling, WV 1933 Standing
Newell Bolton Residence Mentor, OH 1938 Unknown
Beachland Presbyterian Church 18100 Canterbury Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1949 Standing
Mayfield Country Club 1545 Sheridan Road, South Euclid, OH 1949 Standing
Clifton Club 17884  Lake Road, Lakewood, OH 1950 Standing
Lewis Hall Kenyon College, Kenyon, OH 1953 Standing
Norton Hall Kenyon College, Kenyon, OH 1953 Standing
Watson Hall Kenyon College, Kenyon, OH 1956 Standing
Cleveland Public Library � Main Library Annex Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1959 Demolished
Cleveland Public Library � Woodland Branch 5806 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1971 Standing

Sources

Ed. Van Tassel, David and John J. Grabowski; Dictionary of Cleveland Biography Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1996
Who's Who in Ohio1930 ; p.110 - 111

Birth / Established: November 2, 1891
Death / Dissolved: February 12, 1985

Biography

Alexander Robinson was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. He received a bachelor's degree from Princeton University and a bachelor's degree in architecture from Columbia University in 1917. He practiced in Pittsburgh from 1919 until 1920 when he came to Cleveland to work in the office of Abram Garfield. In 1926 he became a partner in the firm of Garfield, Harris, Robinson and Schaefer, a forerunner of Westlake, Reed, Leskosky. He was appointed to the National Capitol Planning Commission by President Dwight Eisenhower. From 1964 to 1975 he was a member of the Joint Committee on Landmarks in Washington, D.C. and from 1962 to 1971 was a member of Cleveland's Fine Arts Advisory Committee. He was a fellow in the American Institute of Architects, serving as national secretary from 1943 to 1947. He was also president of the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects from 1935 to 1937, a member of the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission, a trustee of the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Musical Arts Association, and the Cleveland Music School Settlement. He won the Cleveland Arts Prize in 1975 and was inducted into the Cleveland Engineering Society Hall of Fame.

Sources

Alexander Robinson III, dean of Cleveland's architects; Plain Dealer; February 13, 1985

Birth / Established: 1916
Death / Dissolved: Unknown
Birth / Established: February 1837
Death / Dissolved: May 1902

Biography

John N. Richardson was born in Perth, Scotland and immigrated to the United States, settling in Cleveland. He entered the office of J. M. Blackburn in 1868 and into partnership with Frank Cudell in 1871. That partnership lasted until 1890 when Cudell left the firm. Richardson continued to practice by himself. He designed several important industrial structures throughout the city, including the Woodland Avenue Street Railroad Powerhouse (now the Powerhouse at Nautica), the W. S. Tyler Wire Works, and the Broadway Mills Company Warehouse. His son, Edward Richardson, and William Jansen worked in his office in the later years of his career. He lived south of downtown on West 14th Street in Tremont. He died in 1902 of pneumonia after a short illness.

Building Name Address Built Status
W. S. Tyler Wire Works 1383 East 36th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
Addition to Commercial Buidling for Webb - Ball 238-242 West Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Alteration to Roseman Apartments 1618-24 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Charles Gentsch Residence 2826 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1891 Standing
Jefferson Block for Ann Walworth 2318-30 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Office for Schneider & Trenkamp Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Passenger Depot for the Cleveland City Cable Railway Company 1125 West 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Printing House for J. B. Savage 1395 East 3rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Samuel Sessions Residence 2281 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
School for Jewish Orphan Asylum 4900 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Addition to Scottish Rite Temple 1447-53 East 6th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Car Barn and Machine Shop for the Woodland & West Side Railway Company 9822 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Eben J. Carter Residence Addition 4107-9 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
George L. Dake Residence 1886 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Gymnasium addition to Cleveland Athletic Club 1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Woodland Avenue and West Side Railway Powerhouse 2000 Sycamore Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Addition to Powerhouse for Cleveland City Cable Railroad Company 1435 East 49th Street, Cleveland, OH 1893 Standing
Lithograph Building addition 4 stories brick and stone 220-6 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
William North Residence 2266 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
Broadway Mills Company 300 Central Viaduct, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Commercial Residential Building for Franklin Clark 1213 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for Dr. Herrick East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
The Clark Commercial-Residential Building for Dr. Franklin H. Clark 1213 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
W. S. Tyler Co. Carriage Repository Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
W. S. Tyler Company addition 1387-95 East 36th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
Cleveland World Building 1302 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Cleveland Yacht Club Clubhouse Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Louis Keiper 2516-8 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Four Story Brick Factory Woodland and Maple, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Residence for Mary Gilbert and Julia Davis 5008 Gladstone Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Alteration of barn to residence 3801 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Alteration of single family house to multi - family 3805 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Chafer and Becker Building 431-7 Champlain, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Commercial - residential building for the Detroit Street Improvement Company 2606 - 14 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Commercial Building for Fred Bieber 3039 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Manufacturing Building for Chafer & Becker Unknown 1896 Demolished
School, Hall, Convent for St. Peter Church 1544 East 18th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Seymour Block alterations and repairs 2513 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Abby Apartments for John Kilfoyl 6712 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Detroit Block 2520 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Ernest Mueller Residence 1456 West 101st Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Factory for W. S. Tyler Company Wire Works 1393 East 36th Street rear, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
Alteration and addition to Clubhouse to make Wyandot Apartment House for William Cleminshaw & John Kilfoyle 1103 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Alterations to Graves Building East 4th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Apartment House NS Huron cor Short Alley, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Apartment House Jennings and Branch, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Cleveland Twist Drill 4808 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Residence for Benjamin Woods 1002 Fairfield Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Residence for Willis J. Holden 1804 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
W. J. Holden Residence Amesbury near Hough, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Acme Machine Company NE Corner St. Clair & East 45th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Addition to Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged Poor 2507 East 22nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Ohio Baking Company 1506 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Ohio Baking Company addition 768 Superior Ave (1900), Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Sherwin Williams Company 100 Canal Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
St. Joseph's Catholic Church steeple Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Factory for W. S. Tyler Company 1403 East 36th Street rear, Cleveland, OH 1899-1900 Standing
Boiler House for Acme Machine Company 4536 Hamilton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Car Barn for Cleveland City Railway Company 1769 Ansel Road, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Theodor Kundtz Residence 13826 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1900 Demolished
Apartment building for W. Cleminshaw 954 East Madison, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Brick foundry for E.S. Griffiths Hamilton near Kirtland, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Office and Waiting Room for Cleveland City Railway Company 10200 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Oscar Balzer Residence 1706 Holmden Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Townsend Residence Chagrin Falls, OH 1901 Demolished
Turner Worsted Company 1817 Central Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Addition to St. Alexis Hospital 5163 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
K. D. Box Company and Label 1390-1400 East 30th Street, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
The Helberta 9706 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Winton Motor Carriage Company Berea Road, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Alexander Winton Residence 12908 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Member AIA - 1894 Directory
Image Source(s): Donald Petit, Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: January 28, 1874
Death / Dissolved: December 23, 1919

Biography

Edward Richardson was the son of architect John N. Richardson of the firm of Cudell and Richardson. He was educated in Cleveland schools, the Spencerian Business College, and Case School of Applied Science. He worked with his father from 1897-9. He was general superintendent of sewer construction from 1900-1. He was then engaged in general practice of architecture and engineering. He formed several different partnerships, including Richardson and Thomas in 1903, Richardson and Watts 1905-6, and Richardson and Yost 1913-8. He was a commissioned officer in the Corps of Engineers from 1900 to 1905. He was a well-known yachtsman. He was a member of the Ellsworth Blue Lodge Masons, the Al Koran Temple, and the Cleveland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Building Name Address Built Status
Masonic Temple Canton, OH 1903 Demolished
Winton Motor Factory 10406 Berea Road, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Winton Motor Carriage Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished

Sources

Book of Clevelanders, p. 220
Cleveland City Directories
Progressive Men of Northern Ohio, p.

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