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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

Birth / Established: November 20, 1863
Death / Dissolved: November 19, 1934

Biography

Adolphus Sprackling was a Captain in the Cleveland Grays. From 1893 to 1897 he was a partner in the firm of Matzinger and Sprackling and later went into business for himself. His office was at 5713 Euclid Avenue. He was murdered over an argument about how to cut salami in his apartment at 7619 Lexington Avenue.

Building Name Address Built Status
"The Austin" Apartment House 2696-2700 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Moffett Residence ES Bolton Near Hough, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Barn for Will Page 1670 Crawford Road, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
The Ashley Apartment House 4306 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Enlargement and Remodelling of the Hotel Euclid 1330 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1902-3 Demolished
Commercial Building for George L. Hecher 4825-9 Superior, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Five suite brick terrace Sibley Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
P. C. O'Brien Building (Standard Theatre) 801-13 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Residence for E. E. Neale Wickliffe, OH 1905 Demolished
E. L. DeMooy Residence Forestville Road, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Anthony and Mary Carlin House 3233 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911-12 Demolished
Residence for Mary H. Walker 863 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland Architectural Company
"Slain in Row over how to cut Salami" Cleveland Plain Dealer 11.20.1934
Image Source(s): David M. Thum

Birth / Established: 1894
Death / Dissolved: 1897

Biography

This architectural firm was formed by Adolphus Sprackling and Paul Matzinger, and existed between 1894 and 1897. The firm designed a number of Queen Anne style houses throughout the city.

Building Name Address Built Status
Bernard Sullivan Residence 1832 West 58th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for Adolph Oehlmann 4408-12 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for Samuel Campbell 1631 East 85th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Commercial Building for Flynn, Abel & Froelk 7017-21 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
Frank Suhr Residence 1456 West 107th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Otto Moser Residence 2177 East 73rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
Residence for Alfred Abbott 1581-3 East 30th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
Addition to packing house for Hopwood Provision Company 3231 West 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Charles Reinhart Residence 6507 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Commercial Office Building for Anthony Carlin 7509 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Charles Dorer and Charles Kurz 1255-61 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Henry Dreher Residence 1959 East 73rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
John Jacoby Residence 4703 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Residence for Dr. S. Cutler SS Kinsman near Ensign, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Thomas Johnson Residence 1761 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Commercial Building for Charles Gentsch 2714 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
Henry Grotenrath Residence 6818 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
Louis Schnell Residence 7108 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Preston Apartments for Seeley Mount 4320 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Residence for Henry Smith 2208 View Road, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished

Sources

"Slain in row over how to cut Salami" Cleveland Plain Dealer 20 November 1934
A History of Cleveland, Ohio, v. II, p. 281-2
Cleveland Architectural Company
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Building Name Address Built Status
Charles B. Tozier Residence 6703 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Alfred Haecker Residence 2218 East 85th Street, Cleveland, OH 1893 Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1891
Death / Dissolved: Unknown

Biography

Mary Spence was a Wisconsin-born architect. She was one of the earliest female architects in Cleveland. 1930 Census shows her residing at 1620-1710 Prospect Avenue as a boarder. She does not appear in the city directories after 1934.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Hazel M. Kirby 2161 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 1914 Unbuilt?
Farmers Bank of Cleveland 10034 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

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