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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

Birth / Established: September 3, 1892
Death / Dissolved: July 7, 1966

Biography

Ockert is listed as an architect beginning in the 1927 Cleveland City Directory. From 1932 until 1938 he and George W. Teare, were members of the firm of Ockert & Teare.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence 2947 Brighton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence 3026 Warrington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence 3040 Warrington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence 2961 Manchester Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Standing
Residence 3000 Warrington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Standing
Building Name Address Built Status
William E. Caldwell Residence 2947 Brighton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923-4 Standing
Charles King Residence 19100 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for Joseph Gottfried 3005 Montgomery Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
E. W. Snyder Residence 3321 Parkland Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1931 Standing
Clark's Restaurant East 55th and Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1933 Demolished
Clark's Restaurant 1007 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1937 Standing
Birth / Established: December 29, 1896
Death / Dissolved: May 8, 1973

Biography

Maxwell Norcross was born in Lennoxville, Quebec. He attended Bishops College in Sherbrooke, Quebec and served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War I. He was an architect in Cleveland from 1923 to 1970 and a member of the Shaker Heights architectural board. He was an architect for the Van Swearingen Company and was a consultant for Moreland Hills and Pepper Pike. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence 2963 Montgomery Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Edward Goldberg Residence 16600 Parkland Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence for Earl Oyer 3144 Huntington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence for George Quarm 19101 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence for George Quarm 19111 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence for George Quarm - 15101 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Unknown
Residence for George W. Quarm 19601 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Hoyt E. Hayes Residence 19001 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Carl R. Lee Residence Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Commercial Building for L.A. Sommer Mayfield Road West of Noble Road, Cleveland, OH 1929 Unknown
Dr. W. W. Hurst Residence Invermere Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Unknown
G. Seaton Wasser Residence Remodeling Eagle Road, Kirtland, OH 1929 Unknown
Hoyt Adams Residence Shelburne Road, Cleveland, OH 1929 Unknown
Myron Watkins Residence 2679 Belvoir Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1929 Standing
R. D. Whitney Residence Belvoir Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1929 Unknown
Residence 3307 Somerset Drive, Beachwood, OH 1929 Standing
Residence Severn Park bordering Taylor Road, Cleveland, OH 1929 Unknown
Residence for George Noracher South Woodland Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Unknown
Residence for George Quarm Belvoir Boulevard near Shelburne Road, Cleveland, OH 1929 Unknown
Robert S. Wilson Residence Delaware Road, Akron, OH 1929 Unknown
Residence for T.B. Morrison 3119 Ludlow Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
Linday H. Wallace Residence 22040 McCauley Road, Cleveland, OH 1931 Unknown
David A. Weitz Residence 17814 Parkland Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1933 Standing
David Dietz Residence 2891 Winthop, Shaker Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence for Olson and Johnson 2918 Huntington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence 2731 Sherbrooke Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for the Model Building Company 17815 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Bernet Residence 18801 South Park Boulevard, Shaker heights, OH 1937 Standing
Gorden Fristor Residence 1295 Inglewood Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1941 Standing
Apartments 12800 - 12950 Fairhill Parkway, Cleveland, OH 1944 Unknown
Dr. and Mrs. S.B. Abrams Residence 17200 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1948 Standing
Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Mandel Residence 16801 Aldersyde Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1948 Standing
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Aghajanian Residence 17700 South Woodland Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1951 Standing
C.B. McDonald Residence 14907 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1954 Standing
Cleveland Society for the Blind Lodge Geauga County, OH 1956 Unknown
Grasselli Chapel Ohio 1960 Unknown
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Long Residence 17701 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1960 Standing
R.B. Shreve Residence 2842 Winthop, Shaker Heights, OH 1966 Standing
Shaker Lakes Nature Center 2600 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1969 Standing

Sources

Architectural Forum July 1938 v69:38 - "Plan of Prized House"
Building Arts and Construction - Feb 1931 "New Architectural Form is announced"
Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights, 1992
Cleveland City Directories
Plain Dealer 5.9.1973

Birth / Established: April 12, 1866
Death / Dissolved: January 23, 1960

Biography

William H. Nicklas was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio and graduated from Ohio Northern University. He was a principal at New Philadelphia High School. In the 1894 Architect's Directory he was listed as an architect with an office in New Philadelphia. He moved to Cleveland in 1897 and worked in Sidney Badgley's office as a draftsman, later becoming a partner in the firm. He continued a practice that was strong in church architecture after Badgley's death, designing many churches and schools in Greater Cleveland and beyond. He was a charter member of Acacia Country Club, a member of the Downtown Kiwanis Club, the City Club, and the Chamber of Commerce. He would form a partnership with Jess Rodrick later in his career.

Building Name Address Built Status
School - 10 rooms Olmsted Falls, OH 1915 Unknown
Bay Village High School Addition Bay Village, OH 1917 Unknown
Grade School Building for Village of South Newburgh (Valley View Town Hall) 6848 Hathaway Road, Valley View, OH 1917 Standing
Pioneer High School Pioneer, OH 1917 Unknown
Rocky River High School Rocky River, OH 1917 Unknown
Elementary School Solon, OH 1918 Demolished
School Turney Road Near Garfield Park, Newburg, OH 1918 Demolished
Shore High School addition 291 E. 222nd Street, Euclid, OH 1918 Standing
Broadway Methodist Church 5246 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1918-19 Standing
Kunkle High School Kunkle, OH 1919 Unknown
Shore High School addition 291 East 222nd Street, Euclid, OH 1920 Standing
Trinity Methodist Church 214 East Jefferson Street, Sandusky, OH 1920 Standing
Shore High School addition 291 East 222nd Street Euclid, Euclid, OH 1922 Standing
Third Christian Church 303 34th Street, Norfolk, VA 1922 Standing
Second Presbyterian Church (now Church of the Covenant) 267 East Beau Street, Washington, PA 1929 Standing
Shaw Central Heating Plant East Cleveland, East Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Shaw Technical High School East Cleveland, East Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
South Euclid School Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Trinity Episcopal Church 122 Third Street, New Philadelphia, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

Ohio Architect November 1940

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