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Birth / Established: 1780
Death / Dissolved: 1829

Biography

Lemuel Porter was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. He was part of the New England tradition of carpentry that moved on to the Western Reserve. In 1818, he settled in Talmadge, later moving on to Hudson, where he was the superintendent of construction for Western Reserve College.

Building Name Address Built Status
Middle College Western Reserve College, Hudson, OH 1827 Demolished
South College Western Reserve College, Hudson, OH 1829-30 Demolished

Sources

Johannesen, Eric Ohio History 1965 -Simeon Porter - Ohio Architect

Birth / Established: March 11, 1880
Death / Dissolved: June 27, 1929

Biography

Nicola Petti was an Italian-born architect who came to this country as a child. His education was characterized by a love of drawing pictures of houses, buildings, churches, airdomes, and terminals. He later worked in a carpenter shop and then in an architects office. After fifteen years as a clerk and errand boy he opened his own office. He designed a number of buildings in Cleveland's Little Italy neighborhood. He was also the architect of several theaters, including the Variety, Kinsman, Imperial, and Moreland, and theaters in Canton, Toledo, and Mansfield. He played string and woodwind instruments. He passed away at the age of forty-nine from pneumonia brought on by diabetes.

Building Name Address Built Status
N. Sabbetto Residence 2074 2074 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Double Dwelling for J. A. Barnes Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Store and apartment building Hough and East 55th, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Monmouth Apartments 11621 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Apartment Building for Gatto Bros. & Giallombardo 2063 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, OH 1909-10 Standing
Apartment Building for Gatto Bros. & Giallombardo 2086 East 125th Street, Cleveland, OH 1909-10 Standing
Apartment Building for Nicola Petti 2117-9  Fairview Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building 10721 Arthur Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Residence for Dominic Minadeo 2118 - 20 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Apartments for M. Dionaro 2042 East 125th Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Residence 2085 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Residence 2163 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Residence for A. Farano 2181 - 3 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Apartments for Samuel Gurss 2121-3 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Gurss Apartments 1402 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Commercial Building 1356 Central Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Residence 2179 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Sun Theatre 8808 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished
Apartment building 225 East 156th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial residential building for MB Scharfed Superior and South Blvd, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Movie Theatre Buckeye and East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Movie Theatre Madison and West 103rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Store and garage Woodland and E. 33rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Addition to commercial building for Jacob Babin 2117 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1919 Demolished
Stores and Apartments for Archie Horwitz 16500-16516 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Commercial Building 5801-9 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1924 Demolished
Kinsman Theatre 14021-14113 Kinsman Road, Cleveland, OH 1924 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Greenwald and Stecker 11516-34 Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for Greenwald and Stecker 114206-14 Kinsman Road, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Commerical-Residential Building addition 11508-14 Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing
Imperial Theatre 14233 Kinsman Road, Cleveland, OH 1926 Demolished
Union Square Building and Theater 11401-11419 Union Ave, Cleveland, OH 1926 Demolished
LaSalle Theatre 819 East 185th Street, Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
State Theater 2476 Collingwood Avenue, Toledo, OH 1927 Demolished
Theater Park Avenue, Mansfield, OH 1927 Demolished
Uptown Theatre 10545 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1927 Demolished
Variety Theater 11815 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
Euclid - 100th Building Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Plain Dealer 4.11
The Builder's Weekly 3 July 1929, v. 11
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1863
Death / Dissolved: January 9, 1961

Biography

Charles S. Pennington was born in Rochester, New York, moving to Cleveland with his parents in 1873. He was educated in the public schools of Rochester and Cleveland. He worked for his father, contractor Alexander Pennington for fifteen years. In 1892 he went into business with Morris M. Gleichmann, who had recently returned to Cleveland from Seattle. That partnership lasted one year, after which he went into business for himself. His office was at Detroit and St. Charles in Lakewood, the oldest house in that community. He designed many houses, apartments, churches, and commercial buildings. He was an early zoning board member in Lakewood. He was one of the founders of Lakewood Presbyterian Church and was a member of the West Side Chamber of Industry. He lived at 16806 Delaware in Lakewood. He retired in 1934. His final years were spent at the Mount Royal Nursing Home in North Royalton. He lived to the age of ninety-seven. He was buried in Lakewood Park Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Frederick Harrington Residence 1915 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
The Cyrano 7219 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Terrace 1425-33 West 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Commercial Storeroom for C. J. Lang Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Residence for F. W. Schwentner Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Salon and apartment for J. T. Kelley Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Terrace for William Bahlhorn Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
William Gordon House 6904 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
W.F. & F.H. Meyer Residence 2110 West Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building 873 Orange Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Residence for Ephraim Aadmire 6215-7 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Mohler Building 9825-9 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Detroit Savings Bank 6501-21 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1913-4 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for Sarah & Maybelle Pollock 5716 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Apartment Building for Herbert Farr & Henry McAuley 7409 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Maureen Apartments 7009 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Commercial Building for Isaac Kusse 12000-2 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1916 Standing
Commercial Building for Daniel E. Giessan 8401-7 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing

Sources

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Lakewood's Pennington Dead at 97" January 10, 1961
Orth, Samuel; History of Cleveland, p. 865-6
Image Source(s): Julia LaPlanca, Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: September 9, 1875
Death / Dissolved: December 6, 1942

Biography

Raymond D. Parsson started as a draftsman. He would later be listed as an architect in the office of Watterson & Schneider. He was a principal in the architectural firm of Bohnard and Parsson. His office was at 1900 Euclid, and he was a long time resident of 17815 Clifton Boulevard in Lakewood.

Building Name Address Built Status
James. J. Hinslea 16313 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1907 Standing

Sources

Lakewood PD 6.9.07
November 1940 Ohio Architect

Birth / Established: December 3, 1867
Death / Dissolved: August 8, 1949

Biography

George M. Page was born and educated in Rochester, New York. He attended the Mechanics Institute, where he studied architecture, machinery, and mechanical drawing. He entered the office of Otto Brock in Rochester where he remained for two years. He then went on to Buffalo where he worked with the firms Lansing & Beisel and Green & Wicks. He then went on to work in the firm of W. W. Kent in New York City. Returning to Rochester, he took charge of the architectural work for the city's water department. In 1896 he went to work for C. H. Blackall in Boston and in 1902 he opened an office in Cleveland under the name of Blackall & Page. From 1908 to 1913 he was in partnership with J. W. C. Corbusier. He lived at 18104 Landseer Road in Collinwood. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church. He was married to Marion Avery in December 1903 and was the father of one daughter, Ruth.

Building Name Address Built Status
J. Ranney Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
C.H. Foote Residence 2926 Fontenay Rd, Shaker Heights, OH 1920 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories 1903-1917
Cleveland Town Topics 12.2.1908 50:17; 12.19.1908 51:4

Birth / Established: 1908
Death / Dissolved: 1913

Biography

George M. Page and John William Cresswell Corbusier.

Building Name Address Built Status
T. E. Borton Residence 2565 Stratford Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1910 Standing
John E. Morley Residence 10819 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Birth / Established: June 8, 1882
Death / Dissolved: March 19, 1958

Biography

William C. Owen was born in East Liverpool, Ohio. He became president of Owen Tire and Rubber. The engineering company designed several factories for rubber companies in the late teens. He resided at 2177 Chatfield Road in Cleveland Heights in the 1930 US Census and in Portage County, Ohio at the time of his death.

Building Name Address Built Status
Adamson Residence East Palestine, OH 1917 Demolished
ALA Tire Company 59 East Elizabeth Street, Detroit, MI 1917 Demolished
Boone Tire Company Addition Sycamore, IL 1917 Demolished
East Palestine Rubber Company East Palestine, OH 1917 Demolished
First Christian Church East Palestine, OH 1917 Demolished
George Blackburn Residence LaGrange Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
George R. Blackburn Residence La Grange Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Mason Tire and Rubber Company Kent, OH 1917 Demolished
Pearce Tire and Rubber Company Ashtabula, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for G. B. Babcock 14921 Shore Acres, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial - Residential Building for A.D. Smith Akron, OH 1918 Demolished
Owen Tire Company Bedford, OH 1918 Demolished
Howard Courts Taylor Road, Cleveland, OH 1929 Demolished
Residence 18111 Lomard, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Death Certificate

Birth / Established: October 1866
Death / Dissolved: January 1960

Biography

Arthur N. Oviatt was born in North Dover, Ohio. He was educated in North Dover and Lakewood schools, graduating from Lakewood High School. He studied architecture in several offices in Cleveland. He worked as a draftsman for the firm of Hardway & Williams from 1889-1891. He is listed in Cleveland as an architect with his own practice beginning with the 1891-2 City Directory. A longtime friend of the Cleveland Public Library, he completed a handwritten index of the Ohio Architect and Builder that is found in the Fine Arts Department of the Main Library. He retired to Hollywood, Florida in 1950 and is buried in Fort Lauderdale.

Building Name Address Built Status
Double Residence for Henry Cannon 2648-50 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1890-1 Demolished
Assembly Hall for St. James Church 5605 Whittier Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Standing
Residence for Will P. Todd 1933 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
W. H. Knowles Residence 1831  East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Emma Thompson Residence 1886 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Henry Boesger Residence 13334 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Howard Lee Residence 1925 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Arthur Garford Residence 509 West Washington Street, Elyria, OH 1893 Standing
H. D. Burns Residence 11601 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
J. J. Purcell Residence 2237 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1893 Standing
Arthur N. Oviatt Residence 1812 Crawford, Cleveland, OH 1893-4 Demolished
Bath House at Edgewater Park 8000 Edgewater Parkway, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Edward W. Moore Residence 11129 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Howard Gates Residence 4248 West 35th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
Residence for E. Jenkins 11224 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for John Smyth 1428 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
Addition to Bath House at Edgewater Park 8000 Edgewater Parkway, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Frame Dwelling for Real Estate and Building Co. 11440 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Frame Dwelling for Real Estate and Building Co. 11452 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Residence for Arthur Oviatt 1832 Crawford Road, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Residence for Arthur Oviatt 1834 Crawford Road, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Residence for Harrison T. Chandler 1866 East 97th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Residence for Real Estate & Building Company 11448 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Residence for W. H. Knowles 1831 East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church 2124 West 85th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Store, Office and Apartments for Baker and Foster - Lorain, Ohio 1812-8 East 28th Street, South Lorain, OH 1895 Demolished
Adams Residence 8935 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Drawing Rooms for the Century Club in the New England Building 601-35 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Unknown
Methodist Episcopal Church 4200 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Music Hall and Dance Academy for G. E. Collins 5107-11 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
B. W. Haskins Residence 2039 East 100th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896-7 Demolished
Henry Harlow Residence 1898 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Residence for Real Estate & Building Company 11434 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Residence for Real Estate & Building Company 11444 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Edward W. Moore Residence 7960 Garfield Road, Mentor, OH 1897-1900 Standing
Henry Chandler Residence 10007 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Residence for George Collings 1851 Crawford Road, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Residence for Knight & Richardson 11318 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
William Janders Residence 1899 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Residence for Fulton Building Company 2034  East 88th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Residence for Fulton Building Company 8706 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Addition to Howard Lee Residence 1925 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Henry Boesger Residence 11338 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Residence for Frank H. Granger 1786 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Standing
Samuel Grossman Residence 25900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
O. P. Clay Residence 12401 Coit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
J. B. Roberts Residence 17863 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1902 Standing
Edward Rogers Stables 1883 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
George P. McKay Residence 17880 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1904 Standing
Residence 2025 Chestnut Hills, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Residence for E. B. Browne Euclid Heights, Cleveland Heights, OH 1905 Demolished
F. A. Glidden Residence 17840 Lake Road, Lakewood, OH 1906 Standing
Residence for C. V. Brown University Road, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Incarnation 616 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908-9 Standing
Residence 11418 Ashbury Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Augusta and Edna Wooley Residence 15222 Grovewood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1916 Standing
Dellhurst Mentor, OH n.d. Demolished
Devereaux Place Mentor, OH n.d. Demolished
H. B. Van Cleve Residence Mentor, OH n.d. Demolished
Henry Everett Residence Mentor, OH n.d. Demolished
Horace Andrews Summer Home "Primrose Hill" Mentor, OH n.d. Demolished
Newel Place Mentor, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

"Architect A. N. Oviatt Dies at 93 in Florida." The Plain Dealer, January 3, 1960.
Cleveland City Directory
Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery
Lake County Historical Society Quarterly September 1977 v. 19 no. 3
Progressive Men of Northern Ohio, p. 221

Birth / Established: June 23, 1814
Death / Dissolved: January 22, 1883

Biography

Calvin N. Otis was born in Spafford, New York. He worked out of Geneva, New York, then Buffalo, and later moved to Cuba, New York. He was known mostly for churches. In Cleveland he designed Grace Church (demolished) at 1250 Bolivar Road. He served in the Civil War and was promoted to the rank of Brevet Brigadier General.

Building Name Address Built Status
Trinity Episcopal Church 518-30 South Main Street, Geneva, NY 1841-4 Standing
Grace Church 848 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1846-7 Demolished
Mariner's Church 170 East Jefferson Street, Detroit, MI 1849 Standing
St. Paul Episcopal Church 309  South Jackson, Jackson, MI 1852-3 Standing
St. John Episcopal Church Bull Street, Savannah, GA 1874 Standing
Birth / Established: 1892
Death / Dissolved: Present

Biography

Osborn Engineering Company, Cleveland's oldest engineering firm, was founded on July 1, 1892, by Frank C. Osborn, formerly the chief engineer for Cleveland's King Bridge Co. Osborn's new company offered a wide range of services, including the designs, plans, estimates, and construction supervision for roofs, buildings bridges, railways, and highways. Such diversity enabled the Osborn Co.- Civil Engineers to survive the severe economic depression of the 1890s. It was incorporated on May 16, 1900, as the Osborn Engineering Company. During its first 4 decades, Osborn built its reputation as the "stadium designers for the Nation". By the time of its selection as the project engineer for Cleveland Municipal Stadium in 1928, the company had designed more than 75 sports facilities, including New York's Yankee Stadium, Boston's Fenway Park, and Chicago's Comiskey Park. Osborn has continued to design stadiums, working on projects for professional sports teams, major universities, racetracks, fairgrounds, high schools, and municipalities. As early as 1959, Osborn Engineering had completed a design for domed stadiums. In 1958, the company was looking for a broader market for its services, particularly as domestic industrial construction and plant expansion decreased. It turned its attention toward domestic firms that were expanding their operations into international markets. The company designed factories for locations in South Africa, France, Saudi Arabia, and South America. This expansion enabled Osborn to recover from a postwar decline; in 1963 it began hiring additional employees. Business remained strong throughout the 1960s. As engineering became more competitive in the 1970s, Osborn expanded its range of services by forming partnerships. In 1971 it created Osborn Engineers Architects & Planners, and in 1974 both Osborn Co. Architects-Engineers and Osborn Co. Consulting Engineers. The company remains based in Cleveland with offices in the Penton Media Building.

Building Name Address Built Status
Pennsylvania Portland Cement New Castle, PA 1904 Unknown
Washington Carbon Company Clarksburg, WV 1904 Unknown
Bay View Foundry Sandusky, OH 1907 Unknown
Lincoln Stone Works Lorain, OH 1907 Unknown
Powerhouse and Machine Shop for the Rauch & Lang Carriage Company 2191-5 West 26th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
White Company St. Clair near Broad Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Unknown
American Seeding Machine Compay Richmond, IN 1908 Unknown
Addition for the Rauch & Lang Carriage Company 2161-5 West 26th Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Addition for the Rauch & Lang Carriage Company 2181 West 26th Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
League Park 6601 Lexington Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Partially Demolished
Machine Shop Addition for the Rauch & Lang Carriage Company 2203 West 26th Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Wooster Brush Works Manufacturing Plant and Powerplant Wooster, OH 1909 Unknown
Griffith Stadium 2041 Georgia Avenue, Washington, DC 1911 Demolished
Polo Grounds New York, NY 1911 Demolished
Fenway Park 4 Yawkey Way, Boston, MA 1912 Standing
Tiger Stadium 2121 Trumbull, Detroit, MI 1912 Demolished
Cleveland Akron Bag Company 1860-86 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
American Malleable Castings Marion, OH 1915 Unknown
Ashland Tire and Rubber Ashland, OH 1915 Unknown
Braves Field 285 Babcock Street, Boston, MA 1915 Partially Demolished
Century Rubber Works Chicago, IL 1915 Unknown
Fruitless Rubber Company Ashland, OH 1915 Unknown
National Tool Company 11200 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
National Tool Company Offices West 112th Street and Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Standing
Kansas City Municipal Stadium 2123 Brooklyn Avenue, Kansas City, MO 1923 Demolished
Yankee Stadium New York, NY 1923 Demolished
Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN 1924 Standing
Ross-Ade Stadium 850 Steven Beering Drive, West Lafayette, IN 1924 Standing
University of Michigan Stadium 1201 S. Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI 1927 Standing
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (demolished) Cleveland, OH 1928 Demolished
Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN 1929 Standing
St. Wendelin Parish Hall 2275 Columbus Road, Cleveland, OH 1936 Standing

Sources

Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
Wikipedia.com
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

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