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Birth / Established: July 27, 1860
Death / Dissolved: February 2, 1935

Biography

Theodore Schmitt was born in Cleveland. His German-born father had been a marshal and later superintendent of police from 1862 to 1892. This relationship probably helped secure commissions for the West Side Police Station, built in 1892, and the Central Police Station, built 1893. Theodore Schmitt was educated in the Cleveland public schools and later studied at Hannover and military school at Mannheim in Germany. He worked as an assistant in the office of George H. Smith from 1881 to 1884. He formed the partnership with Israel Lehman in 1885. He lived at 1841 East 82nd Street and had a country home, Eagle Cliff, on Lake Erie. He became active as a gas producer, selling his products to Standard Oil in the later years of his life. He continued working after Israel Lehman's death in 1914 until his own death in 1935.

Sources

A History of Cleveland, Ohio Chicago- Cleveland: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, v.II, p 559-560, 628-9
Obituary - Plain Dealer February 3, 1935 12A:5
Plain Dealer "Schmitt Noted Architect, Dies" February 10, 1935
Plain Dealer July 14, 1892

Birth / Established: 1879
Death / Dissolved: Unknown
Building Name Address Built Status
Roland Terrace for Henry W. Strasshofer 1481 Addison Road, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Birth / Established: 1890
Death / Dissolved: 1894

Biography

Saving & Sensible Architectural Bureau was an architectural company that specialized in house designs for moderate costs. The company printed a catalogue. Edward Schellentrager was a President and General Manager of the company. The main offices were in the Arcade, with branches in Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Detroit. In 1891-2 architect Charles Preston worked for the company.

Building Name Address Built Status
Adolph Sprackling Residence 1434 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for Jacob Hartwig 8027-31 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
James D. Kirby Residence 2908 Marvin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
John Funge Residence 5143 Fowler Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
John W. Flint Residence 1942  East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Michael Berry Residence 5610 Tillman, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Residence for Edward Schellentrager 11407 Itasca, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Residence for Fred Linn 1827 West 54th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Standing
Residence for George Emde 1519 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Standing
Residence for William Strause 11212 Itasca Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Standing
Warren S. Porter Residence 1669 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Residence for George Gorham 11209 Ashbury moved to 1487 East 112th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Standing
Residence for William Staebler 1507 Holmden, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Will G. Radcliffe Residence 2916 Marvin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Frederick Bell Residence 2751 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Hialmer Day Gould Residence 2110 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Michael Murphy Residence 1850 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Omar Steele Residence 6514 West Clinton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Residence for Frank Wendt 1464 East 66th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Residence for Frank Wendt 1466  East 66th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Clarence Ellsworth Residence 1914 East 73rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Residence for Christian Boest 1851 West 45th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Arthur Agate Residence 2114 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
August Wetzel Residence 2205 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for George Beckwith 8501-3 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Residence for Richard Crocker 1420 East 111th Street, Cleveland, OH 1893 Standing
Charles Calder Residence 1936 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1893 Standing
Residence for S. J. Miller 1947 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
Valentine C. Lucas Residence 2737 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for Edward A. Cady 1945 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for Henry Barren 9811 Miles Road, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for Nathan Jones 1823 West 45th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
Residence for Sylvester Miller 1937 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Residence for Sylvester Miller 2204 East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
Residence for Belden Seymour 1334 West 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
Residence 1276 West 110th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Modern Homes: Containing Thirty - Two Designs of Houses and Cottages; Arranged, Designed and Published by the Saving and Sensible Architectural Bureau, Published 1890
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Biography

Sargent & Lundy was a Chicago firm comprised of Frederick Sargent and Ayres D. Lundy. They are described as Mechanical and Electrical Engineers in the 1900 Chicago City Directory. Their addition to the Cleveland Railway Company Powerhouse (Woodland Avenue and West Side Street Railway) is their only known Cleveland building.

Building Name Address Built Status
Powerhouse Addition for Cleveland Railway Company 1153 Washington Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900 Standing

Sources

Chicago City Directory, 1900.

Birth / Established: December 19, 1860
Death / Dissolved: August 28, 1939

Biography

William W. Sabin was active as an architect in Cleveland from 1888 to 1923. In Cleveland he was the architect of several Presbyterian Churches and two precinct police stations. During World War I he served in the construction division of the War Department. He later moved to Akron, where he died at Akron City Hospital. His hobby was genealogy. He is buried in Lake View Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
John S. Knight Residence 1529 East 47th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Standing
Residence for Lemuel S. Potwin 2222 East 46th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for Vanton Foulk 1814 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
William J. Atwood Residence 2079 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for Wilson Harris 2337 East 46th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Great Lakes Warehouse 1920 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Residence for Charles French 7020 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890-1 Standing
Bolton Avenue Presbyterian Church (Antioch Baptist Church) 8869 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Charles B. Squire Residence 1794 East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Sunday School for Miles Park Presbyterian Church 9114 Miles Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Henry Taylor Residence 13605 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
East Cleveland Presbyterian Church 16200 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 1893-5 Standing
First Congregational Church 14928 Aspinwall, Cleveland, OH 1893-5 Standing
Residence for Albert H. Van Gorden 6606 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Stone Church Euclid, OH 1894 Demolished
Bethany Presbyterian Church 6415 West Clinton, Cleveland, OH 1894-5 Standing
Glenville Presbyterian Church 711 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894-5 Standing
John Moorhead Residence 1895 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Cleveland Police Station Fifth Precinct Sta 2555 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Cleveland Police Station Fourth Precinct Sta 5479 Perkins Ave, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
James Reece Residence 2119 East 19th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Presbyterian Church SE Corner Woodland & Oakland, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Residence Akron, OH 1896 Demolished
Edward P. Hunt Residence 8103 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896-7 Demolished
Addition to Frank Crobaugh Residence 2486 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
Residence for Theodore Bates 2062 East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Eldred Hall CWRU 2070 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 1897-8 Standing
Residence of L. A. Reed 1852 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897-8 Demolished
Laurence Kuhl Residence 6711 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Residence of J. H. Seadle 2616 Norfolk Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1898-9 Standing
Two story addition to Resience for G.E. Collins 1844 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Henry Graefe House 1429 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky, OH 1900 Standing
Plan for Grand Manitoulin Hotel Little Current, ONT 1900 Demolished
Residence for L. A. Reed 8308 Linwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Taylor Inn Lodi, OH 1901 Demolished
William H. Gifford Residence 3047 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Residence for William Gilkey 1878 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Welsh Presbyterian Church 1636 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1902-3 Standing
Phillip Miller Residence 1818 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Commercial Building Euclid Near East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
H. Coulby Residence 17896 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Residence of L. A. Reed 17884 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1904 Demolished
Alterations to George Collins Residence Tilden & Crawford, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
J. Steele Residence Abington Road, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
One Story Warehouse for L. Dautel and Son West 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Willoughby Public Library Willoughby, OH 1909 Demolished
Fisher & Jirouch Factory 4819 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Addition to Calvary Presbyterian Church 2000 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Gilkey Building 1138-60 West 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Dr. W. S. Chase Residence 67 Putnam Road, Akron, OH 1916 Standing
Memorial Hospital 715 S Taft Ave, Fremont, OH 1916-8 Standing
Residence for T. A. Palmer Akron, OH 1917 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directory
Plain Dealer August 29, 1939

Birth / Established: August 21, 1904
Death / Dissolved: November 26, 1999

Sources

Obituary, Architecture Cleveland, January, 2000, AIA Cleveland

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

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