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Birth / Established: 1922
Death / Dissolved: 1928

Biography

This architectural firm included Philip Small and Charles Rowley and was in existence from 1922 until 1928. The firm designed the Georgian Revival Shaker Square.

Building Name Address Built Status
Roundwood Manor 3450 Roundwood Road, Hunting Valley, OH 1923-8 Standing
Harold W. Keil Residence 20000 Marchmont Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Standing
Bernard Barnett Residence 2929 Morley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Birkett Williams Residence 2951 Morley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence for the Wiebenson Comapny 2949 Morley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence for the Wiebenson Comapny 3005 Morley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Cleveland Playhouse 2046 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1927 Demolished
Country Club of Cleveland 2825 Lander Road, Pepper Pike, OH 1928 Standing
E. B. Hecker Residence 17471 Shelburne Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Shaker Square Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Willoughby High School Addition 39 Euclid Avenue, Willoughby, OH 1928 Unknown
Birth / Established: July 29, 1890
Death / Dissolved: March 1973

Biography

Louis Skolnik was born in Minsk, Russia of Jewish parentage, according to the World War I draft registration form, where his occupation was listed as carpenter. According to the 1930 census, he immigrated to the United States in 1908 and Yiddish was spoken in the home. In 1928, a Plain Dealer article noted his office was room 210 Auditorium Garage Building. He was a registered architect listed in the November 1940 Ohio Architect. He designed several apartment buildings and houses.

Building Name Address Built Status
Two family residence for S. Ginsberg 7703 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1922 Demolished
Brookside Manor 3308 Archwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Apartments 720 East 175th Street, Cleveland, OH 1924 Demolished
Residence for A. Pearlman 3414 East 137th Street, Cleveland, OH 1924 Demolished
Apartment Building for J. Woronk 3416 East 139th Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Apartments for M. Moritz 1018 East 143rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Archwood Manor 3209 Archwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Brooklyn Manor 3301-11 Archwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Residence for B. Angell 3633 East 153rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Residence for Charles Smivin 3368 West 131st Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Residence for Gilland 3679 West 136th Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Residence for Louis Sole 3363 East 142nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Residence for Theodore Meckler 11226 Parklawn, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Stores and Apartments for Joseph B. Bone 8300-10 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for Cohen & Stein 6505 Lansing Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing
Residence for Theodore Meckler 11222 Parklawn, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing
10-Suite Apartment Building for Greenwich Reality Co. 1414 Grace Ave, Lakewood, OH 1928 Standing
Apartment Building 2536 Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building 4172-6 Rocky River Drive, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Miles Park Manor 9216 Miles Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1929 Demolished
Shopping Center for Broad-Libby, Inc 15710-15880 Broadway Ave, Maple Heights, OH 1948 Standing
Robert Werner Residence 18111 Scottsdale Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1950 Standing
Anshei Marmaresher Jewish Center 2728 Lancashire Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1952 Standing
Center Park Apartments 216 Center Rd, Bedford, OH 1959 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
World War I Draft Registration
Image Source(s): City Beautiful Group

Birth / Established: December 16, 1872
Death / Dissolved: March 16, 1929

Biography

Frank D. Skeel opened an office in 1897. His father John Skeel was a carpenter. Frank Skeel was mainly known for his residential designs.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Walter Ellenberger 3890 West 36th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
2-story Office and store addition to frame dwelling 8212 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Dwelling alteration Collamer, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Hiram Social Settlement House 2723 Orange Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Residence for Nina Kinney Ridgewood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
William H. Whitmore Residence 2119 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Thomas Holden Residence 3170 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899-1900 Standing
C. O. Evarts Residence 11211 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Harry T. Spencer Residence 10305 Wilbur Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Residence for F. W. Brusch East Side Spangler sl 23, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Frederick Langan 8700-6 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900-1 Demolished
Charles Honecker Residence 3126 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Residence for Thomas Haycox 12014 Ashbury, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Produce Exchange Banking Company Broadway and Central, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Residence for F. N. Reed East 88th Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
A. L. Hayes Residence 16605 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
A. W. Ellenberger Residence 2493 Euclid Heights Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1904 Demolished
C. J. Gehlbach Residence Superior Blvd, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Edward A. Martin Residence 427 North Bassett, Bay Village, OH 1904 Standing
J. S. Crider Residence 1423 Cohassett Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1904 Standing
S. M. Reed Residence Billings Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Three residences for Horace Parks Taylor Road, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
William C. Fisher Residence 10306 Clifton Blvd, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Block of twenty suites East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Commercial Building for Henry Rose 10508-10 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Kenyon V. Painter Residence 3301 North Park Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1905 Standing
Oliver C. Hubbell Residence 17205 Clifton Boulevard, Lakewood, OH 1905 Standing
Residence for Frederick W. Judd 2237 Chestnut Hills Drive, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Warehouse for Western Realty Berea Road, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Apartment building for C.O. Evarts Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
American Savings Bank 834 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Residence on E. 130th Street Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
H. B. Hawgood Residence 12521 Lake Shore Boulevard, Bratenahl, OH 1908 Demolished
Residence for J. Green Kent, OH 1910 Demolished
Meriam Building 5716 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Tempering Room Addition for the Worden Tool Co. 1844 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Dubick Furniture 6101 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1916 Demolished
Dr. James Stotter Residence 1417 Cohassett Avenue, Lakewood, OH n.d. Standing
Mrs. F. N. Reed Residence Mentor, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Necrology : March 18, 1929

Birth / Established: June 7, 1865
Death / Dissolved: August 4, 1937

Biography

Albert Skeel was born in Bristol, England and immigrated to the United States in 1883. Early in his career he worked as a carpenter contractor. He worked as a draftsman for three years in architectural offices in Cleveland. He worked in the office of Frank S. Barnum from 1898 to 1902, working on plans for the Euclid Avenue Presbyterian Church. He lived in the Glen Valley area of Brecksville, where he designed many of the houses. Glen Valley was noted as an ideal country setting near the picturesque cliffs of Chippewa Creek. He was responsible for the complete restoration of Brecksville Congregational Church. He died in Brecksville in 1937 and is buried there.

Building Name Address Built Status
John Jackson Residence 2086 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Albert Skeel Residence 4210 East 96th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Jacob Davies Residence 3531 East 78th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Residence for Otto Schuelle 1436 West 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Commercial Building for Edward Foery 7605-7 Jones Road, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Residence for Donny Stewart 4091 East 91st Street, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Store and apartment Superior & East 112th, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Cleveland Hospital for Contagious Diseases Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Double Residence for Anthony Waldeck 3745-51 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Eight Suite Apartment Spongler, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Residence and Milk House for George Canfield Novelty, OH 1904 Demolished
Terrace for Rolland Davies 7106 Ottawa Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Wise Building Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Commercial Building for Richard Coulton Broadway and Brunner, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
First United Presbyterian Parsonage 7111 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Store and apartment building at for Emil Joseph Central and Forest, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Residence for L. D. Round near Garfield Park Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Skeel Terrace 9502 Miles Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Residence for W.L. Jones 10322 Pierpont Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Factory and Office Building for Otis Lithograph Co. 1761-71 East 30th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
YMCA 3204 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Trinity Evangelical Church 3525 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Brecksville High School Brecksville, OH n.d. Demolished
City Contagious Disease Hospital Unknown n.d. Demolished
E. H. Braukman Residence 1910 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Ott Memorial Building 201 East Center Street, Berea, OH n.d. Demolished
South Cleveland Bank 8446 Broadway, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
William H. Hunt Cottage - South Park Station - Hemlock Road, Independence, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

"Club House Hidden in Beauty Spot"; Cleveland Town Topics October 14, 1916
1909 Cleveland Architectural Club Catalogue
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file 6 August 1937 - Brecksville Cemetery
Plain Dealer 8.5.1937
Town Topics 14 October 1916
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: January 23, 1876
Death / Dissolved: August 20, 1945

Biography

Harry Leroy Shupe was a member of the firm of White and Shupe from 1907 through 1914. He was a neighbor of architect Adrian Foose on Templehurst Road in South Euclid. He was listed as a registered architect in November 1940 Ohio Architect.

Building Name Address Built Status
F.C. Green Residence Unknown n.d. Unknown
T. T. Long Residence 17200 South Woodland Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1915-6 Standing
Parsons Manufacturing Unknown 1917 Unknown
Residence for George Arnold Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence for Mark Copeland 2942 Sedgwick Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Unkown
Residence for Mr. Lippencott Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence 15800 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1918 Standing
Residence for Carlson Chatfield Drive, Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for George Moran 2482 Guilford Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for Mark Copeland Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Unknown
George G. G. Peckham Residence 15700 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1919-21 Unknown
Residence for M. F. Bixles 16907 Aldersyde Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1921 Standing
Thomas P. Robbins Residence 18400 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1921 Standing
Alice F. Ditty Residence 19040 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing

Sources

1920 Census
1930 Census
Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights, 1992
Cleveland Necrology file
World War I Draft Registration

Birth / Established: March 30, 1874
Death / Dissolved: June 21, 1941

Biography

Harlen Shimmin was born in Cleveland, attending public schools and Business College. He began working as a mechanical engineer completing mechanical drawings. He later shifted to architecture. As early as 1892 he worked in the office of Charles W. Hopkinson and in 1904 went into business for himself. The largest part of his work was in residential design, examples of which are found in the Wade Park Allotment, Edgewater, Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, and East Cleveland. He was a member of the Colonial Club, the Cleveland Athletic Club, a Mason of the Scottish Rite, and a member of the Al Koran Temple. Several of his designs were featured in the February 1913 Ohio Architect, Engineer, and Builder. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect.

Building Name Address Built Status
Cass H. Hatch Residence 1535 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
George Rackle & Son Factory 3141-5  Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Dr. J. L. Dusek Residence 3318 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Double residence for Mrs. Phil Null Carlyon, East Cleveland, OH 1905 Unknown
Harry H. Cambell Residence 12800 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Residence for Harry Baldwin 12812 Forest Hill, East Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
E. E. Teare Residence 1884 Roxbury Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
George Nicholson Residence 11402 Bellflower, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
M. Lyman Lawrence Residence 1677 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
City Bank of Kent Kent, OH 1907 Unknown
E. G. Fisher Residence 1880 Roxbury Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
L. N. Weber Business Block Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Residence for Claire Baldwin Terrace Road East, Cleveland, OH 1907 Unknown
Residence for T. S. Larwood Shaker Heights, OH 1907 Unknown
Charles F. Bryan Residence 1650 East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Residence 1494 East 108th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Residence for H. Schuer 2039 Abington Road, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Residence for S. S. West Guilford Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1908 Unknown
Residence for Alfred G. McKee 1654 East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908- Demolished
Clucas W. Collister Residence 1609 Hazel Drive, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Dr. William Bogue Residence 3012 Lincoln Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1909 Standing
Fred G. Cummer Residence 2232 Harcourt Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1909 Standing
Paul Lawrence Residence 11130 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Residence 1497 East 107th Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
J. R. Nutt Residence 2285 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1910 Standing
Noble Road School 2800 Noble Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1910 Demolished
Van Walworth Riding Academy East 105th Near Payne, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Wilbrand Building 2031 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
C. E. Kennedy Residence 1645 East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Otto Schmidt Residence 1411 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
W. R. Jeavons Residence 2541 Arlington Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1911 Standing
Warren Bicknell Residence 2323 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1911 Standing
Edward U. Bailey Residence 1605 East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Mrs. Eva Erion Residence 1173 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Widlar Company Building 722 - 40 Bolivar Road, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Commercial Building 2188-90 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Edward Rodgers Residence 2185 Harcourt Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1915 Standing
E. F. Mould Residence Fairmount and North Woodland, Cleveland, OH 1916 Standing
Henry Brooks Residence 2235 Elandon Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1916 Standing
F.J. Vlchek Residence 14320 Larchmere Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Residence for E. J. Bailey North Park Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for H.E. Shimmin 2951 Attleboro Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Residence for W. M. Williams 11307 Harborview Drive, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
J. Hirch Residence 2646 Wicklow Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1918 Standing
A.L. Bechtel Residence 2848 Woodbury Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1920 Standing
B. J. Wise Residence 14414 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1920 Standing
Dodge Dealership Euclid & East 21st Street, Cleveland, OH 1920 Demolished
Residence for H.E. Shimmin 14718 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1921 Standing
Residence for H.K. Ferguson 2820 West Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1922 Standing
H.E. Shimmin Residence 14312 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence 2338 Ardleigh Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1923 Standing
F.D. Fulmer Residence 14807 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1924 Standing
J.A. Lytle Residence 14817 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1924 Standing
J. F. Gibler Residence 11009 Edgewater, Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
St. Joseph Academy - Sleeping and Educational Building 3470 Rocky River Road, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Widlar Plant addition Berea Road, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Storefronts, Apartment and Addition for Max Pevsner 1045 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1934 Demolished
Apartment Building 2635 North Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1936 Standing
A. Newman Residence Unknown n.d. Unknown
C. R. Baldwin Residence Unknown n.d. Unknown
E. E. Allyne Unknown n.d. Unknown
E. G. Heyner Residence Unknown n.d. Unknown
F. Zimmerman Residence Unknown n.d. Unknown
Greyloft (Claire Baldwin Residence) Windemere Terrace, East Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
J. R. Hall Residence 12830 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights, OH n.d. Demolished
Lester Jacobson Residence East Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
George H. Olmsted Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. - Unknown

Sources

Cleveland Necrology file - June 23, 1941
Ohio Architect, Engineer and Builder February 1913
Orth, Samuel; History of Cleveland , v. 2 p 663-4

Birth / Established: March 7, 1861
Death / Dissolved: October 31, 1921
Building Name Address Built Status
East Madison Avenue Congregational Church 2385 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Birth / Established: June 7, 1844
Death / Dissolved: May 1, 1920

Biography

John R. Shengle was from Richland County, Ohio. He was listed as both an architect and contractor in Cleveland City Directories.

Building Name Address Built Status
Park Congregational Church 11119 Ashbury Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Residence for John Schmidt 6506 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Robert Butler Residence 1415 East 85th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church 6805 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Cynthia Darrall 10521-10601 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Army and Navy Hall Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Cleveland : The Forest City Illustrated (1893), p. 179
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology File

Birth / Established: 1891
Death / Dissolved: 1894

Biography

This architectural firm included John B. Shengle and John A. Dolman. The firm was active from 1891-1894.

Building Name Address Built Status
John W. Dolman Residence 2098 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Lemuel S. Potwin Residence 1687 East115th, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Residence for J. T. Kirkwood 1696 Crawford, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Residence for T. S. Knight 2059 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Jennie Brooks Residence 1616 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Lecturer Lodge and Rooms for the Army and Navy Hall Co. 726 Rockwell Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
C. A. Burwell Residence 2074 East 96th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland : The Forest City Illustrated (1893), p. 179
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file
Cleveland Necrology File

Birth / Established: February 17, 1882
Death / Dissolved: July 21, 1952
Building Name Address Built Status
Dwelling Alt. and Porch addition for H. Lubin 1412 East 57th Street, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Dwelling Alt. and Porch addition for Kramer and Kravitz 2407 East 49th Street, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Residence for Atkins Bros. 2376 East 59th Street, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished
Residence for Nozik Bros. 11614 Parkhill Ave, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished
Residence for Nozik Bros. 11614 Parkhill Ave, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished
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