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Birth / Established: August 7, 1888
Death / Dissolved: May 5, 1981

Biography

J. Elmer Reeb was born in Zelienople, Pennsylvania. He studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, obtaining a certificate in 1913. Before working with Philip Small he was a designer with Rutan and Russell (1914-15), Lee and Hornbostel (1916), A. H. Good (1917-18), and Bohnard and Parson (1920-1). He joined Small and Rowley in 1922. He was a member of the firm of Small, Smith, & Reeb. He lived in Lakewood and later in Rocky River. He was married to Bertha (Endres) Reeb, who died in 1968, and was the father of one son, Jay.

Birth / Established: May 12, 1871
Death / Dissolved: October 8, 1927

Biography

Reamer was the son of Oberlin merchant Chambers Reamer and his wife, the former Frances F. Cole, who married on May 5, 1868. They moved from Ohio to Birmingham in 1886, and also had a residence in Fort Payne. Daniel returned to his home town to attend classes at Oberlin College in the early 1890s. He moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1892 and worked for his uncle, Daniel P. Reamer, at the A. H. Andrews & Co. furniture store. In 1900 he helped organize a "T-Square Club" in Atlanta, Georgia. By 1901 he was operating an architectural practice in Birmingham. He relocated his practice to Chattanooga, Tennessee in June 1906 and assisted his father in the development of the "Reamer Place" residential neighborhood in Oberlin in 1908. Around 1909 he began practicing in Cleveland, Ohio, with his younger brother, Robert (best known as the designer of the Old Faithful Inn at Yellowstone National Park in 1904.)In 1924 Reamer returned south and resumed working in Birmingham and Chattanooga. He died in 1927.

Building Name Address Built Status
Louis Meyers Residence 16740 South Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1910 Standing
Stephen Thompson Residence 2848 Hignland Avenue, Birmingham, AL 1910 Standing
Store and Apartment Building for S. H. Kleinman Realty Company 6705-09 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Apartment Building for Louis Duchon 6929 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Residence for Burke Construction Co. 2865 Brighton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1918 Standing
Residence for Fred Burke 2924 Brighton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1922 Standing
Thomas Wesley Graham Residence Oberlin, OH 1923 Standing
Birth / Established: December 30, 1876
Death / Dissolved: May 20, 1967

Biography

William Robert Powell was born and attended school in Radnor, Ohio. He attended Oberlin College and Case School of Applied Science, graduated from Columbia University in 1905, and received a degree in Fine Arts from the Sorbonne in Paris in 1907. According to City Directories, he settled in Cleveland in 1909, and earned a law degree at Western Reserve University in 1929. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity and the Hiram Lodge of the Masons at Delaware. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect. He retired in 1964 and died in 1967 at the age of eighty-nine in Delaware, Ohio. He was buried in Radnor.

Building Name Address Built Status
Price Wolf Clothiers Company 2125 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Cleveland Public Library East 79th Street Branch, Cleveland, OH 1916 Standing
Six Residences Allendale Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Ideal Company Department Store 59 Lincolnway East, Massillon, OH 1918-21 Standing
Cleveland Heights City Hall Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH 1923 Demolished
Apartment Building for M. Berkoff 3411-5 East 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Lorain Medical Building 11420 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Residence 2904 Montgomery Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Fire Station 3216 Silsby Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Fire Station 2595 Noble Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1930 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories 1909 - 1939
Coates, William R.; A History of Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland; v. III, p.216-7; 1924 Chicago and New York : American Historical Society
Obituary Cleveland Press May 20, 1967
Who's Who in Ohio 1930 p 104
Image Source(s): Donn R. Nottage, City of Cleveland

Birth / Established: November 10, 1888
Death / Dissolved: May 17, 1958

Biography

J. Ellsworth Potter was born in Ashtabula. At sixteen he was the youngest county engineer in Ashtabula County. He was featured in an April 1912 issue of the Ohio Architect and Builder as the junior member of the Akron architectural firm of Haglock & Potter. He was a church and school architect with offices in Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Gary, Indiana. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect.

Building Name Address Built Status
Akron Towell and Supply Wabash Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Standing
St. George Lithuanian Church 1380 East 67th Street, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
St. George Lithuanian School 6527 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Ursuline Academy Euclid & Belmont, East Cleveland, OH 1923 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for P. J. McDermott 14921 Kinsman Road, Cleveland, OH 1926 Demolished
Residence 23074 Clifford Road, North Olmsted , OH 1940 Unknown
Residence for Edward J. Krajic 23181 Clifford Drive, North Olmsted, OH 1940 Standing
Residence for J. J. Daly 21481 North Park Drive, Fairview Park, OH 1941 Standing
Sacred Heart of Jesus Chruch 4320 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1949-51 Standing
Shrine of Our Lady of Mariapouch 17486 Mumford Road, Burton, OH 1950 Standing
St. Andrew Benedicat Abbey Addition 10510 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, OH 1950 Standing
St. Benedict Roman Catholic 2940 Martin Luther King Drive, Cleveland, OH 1950 Standing
St. Hyacinth Church 6106 Francis Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1950 Standing
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church 3522 Deodar Avenue, East Chicago, IL 1957 Standing
St. Mary of the Assumption Church 15519 Holmes Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1957 Standing
First Catholic Slovak Union 24960 Chagrin Boulevard, Beachwood, OH 1958 Standing

Sources

Cleveland Necrology file
Ohio Architect and Builder April 1912
Press May 26, 1958

Biography

J. Ellsworth Potter and Henry C. Gabele. In 1929 they had offices at 2077 East 4th Street, Room 805.

Building Name Address Built Status
St. John Cantius Church 2322 Professor Street, Cleveland, OH 1924-5 Standing
Birth / Established: April 23, 1807
Death / Dissolved: May 5, 1871

Biography

Simeon Porter was the son of Lemuel Porter. Upon his fathers death in 1829 he was named to succeed him as superintendent and he continued to design structures for Western Reserve College. He moved on to Cleveland in 1850 where he went into business with Charles Heard. That partnership lasted until 1859. When Porter again went into business for himself.

Building Name Address Built Status
Presidents House Western Reserve College, Hudson, OH 1830 Standing
Chapel Western Reserve College, Hudson, OH 1835-6 Standing
Athenaeum Western Reserve College, Hudson, OH 1843 Standing
Brecksville Congregational Church Brecksville, OH 1844 Standing
Christ Church Episcopal Hudson, OH 1846 Demolished
Lemuel Wick Residence 1051 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1851 Demolished
Second Presbyterian Church Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1851-2 Demolished
U. S. Marine Hospital East 9th and Lake Street, Cleveland, OH 1852-5 Demolished
Old Stone Church 91 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 1853-6 Standing
Central High School Cleveland, OH 1855 Demolished
Eagle Street School Cleveland, OH 1855 Demolished
Cleveland Orphan Asylum Cleveland, OH 1859 Demolished
Cottage Chapel St. Clair below E. 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1860 Demolished
Mt. Union College - Chapman Hall 225 West Hartshorn Street, Alliance, OH 1862-4 Standing
Commercial Building for D. B. Saxton 1518-36 Merwin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1863 Demolished
First Presbyterian Church 3645 North Main Street, Mineral Ridge, OH 1863-5 Standing
Brownell School 2222 East 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1864 Demolished
First Congregational Church 47 Aurora Street, Hudson, OH 1865 Standing
Ladies Hall (Second) Professor and College Streets, Oberlin, OH 1865 Demolished
B. Harrington Residence Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1866 Demolished
Horace Kelly Residence 2063 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1866 Demolished
Miller Hall Mt. Union College, Alliance, OH 1866 Standing
Orlando M. Barnes Residence 3133 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1866 Demolished

Sources

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

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

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