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Birth / Established: November 8, 1876
Death / Dissolved: June 18, 1973

Biography

J. William Thomas was born in West Pittston, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture where he was a roommate with Carl Howell. After graduation he went to work in the New York office of Cass Gilbert. In 1908 he formed the partnership with Carl Howell in Columbus. Thomas continued in practice under his own name following the death of Howell in 1930. Thomas originally lived in Shaker Heights, moving to Hudson in 1941. He was a member of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association and a president of the Cleveland chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect with offices at 3868 Carnegie Avenue. He retired in 1955. In a 1964 interview with Richard Campen, he said that the new buildings in Cleveland - the Erieview Tower, the East Ohio Building and the Illuminating Building, were engineering, not architecture, and that they disturbed him. He predicted that they would be obsolete in ten years.

Sources

Campen, Richard It's Engineering, Not Architecture : J. William Thomas Reminisces and Questions Modern Design Plain Dealer 15 November
Cleveland Necrology file
Obituary J.William Thomas, 96, Dies: was architect Plain Dealer June 20, 1973

Birth / Established: September 17, 1866
Death / Dissolved: February 22, 1933

Biography

Gerhard A. Tenbusch was born in Germany and came to America at the age of seventeen. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In the 1890's he worked as a draftsman and then architect in Duluth, Minnesota. He was a partner with I. Vernon Hill by 1899. He moved to Cleveland in 1900, maintaining a relationship with Hill who remained in Duluth until 1901. Their offices were on the fourth floor of the Electric Building. After that firm dissolved in 1901, Tenbush moved his office to the Rose Building. Tenbusch specialized in church architecture in the early years of his career, later specializing in commercial design. Initially he worked as an architect and later entered real estate. He formed the Estates and Investment Company, which he headed for several years. He lived at 1854 East 79th Street and had an office in the Buckeye Building. He died at the age of sixty-seven and is buried in Calvary Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Henry Schuette Residence 330 West 6th Street, Appleton, WI 1890 Standing
John Fraser Residence 1602 Jefferson Street, Duluth, MN 1892 Standing
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart 201 West Fourth Street, Duluth, MN 1893-6 Standing
Episcopal Residence West Fourth Street, Duluth, MN 1893-6 Demolished
Apartment Building Giddings Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Apartment Store Marcy Avenue & Stanley, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Catholic Church Sheridan, WY 1901 Unknown
Four Story Addition to Koch & Henkes Store Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Franciscans Church Wichita, KS 1901 Unknown
Frost Wire Fence Welland, ONT 1901 Standing
Residence for W. H. Heils Beechwood Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Smith Bedstead Company Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Swedish Lutheran Church 7505 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
St. Lawrence Church Union Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
John Stuber Residence 1821 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
St. Paul Croatian Church 1369 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
St. Paul Parish House 1369 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Apartment Building East Madison Near Hough, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Apartment Building for David Feder East 79th Near Wade Park, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Remodeled House and Terrace E. Madison and LaGrange, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Buckeye Building 2084 East 4th Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Commercial Building for Koch and Henke Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Tenements and Stores for J. B. Gebhardt Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906-7 Demolished
Prospect Building 1040 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Six Story Office Building for Union Realty and Investment Company (Union Building) 1836 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1913-4 Standing
Advance Building 1510 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished

Sources

"Realty Dealer Dies"; Plain Dealer; 2.23.1933
Cleveland City Directories
Interstate 3.17.1900
News 2.23.1933
Press 2.23.1933
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1899
Death / Dissolved: 1901

Biography

Tenbush and Hill were an architectural firm that was founded in Duluth, Minnesota in 1899. The principles were Gerhard Tenbush and I. Vernon Hill.

Building Name Address Built Status
Endion Passenger Depot 15th Avenue East and South St, Duluth, MN 1899 Standing
Walter Turle House 2216 East Superior Street, Duluth, MN 1899 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for the Superior Realty and Improvement Co. 10502-16 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
St. Matthew Church 3256 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1900 Standing
Apartment Building 1850 Superior Avenue NE, Cleveland, OH 1900-1 Standing
Apartment Building for Thomas Mulcare 1644 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
St. George Church 1401 East 21st Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Birth / Established: March 17, 1884
Death / Dissolved: October 7, 1964

Biography

William R. Taylor was born in Cleveland and was educated at Western Reserve University and Case School of Applied Science. He was a member of the firms of Fulton and Taylor and Fulton, Taylor & Cahill. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect. He was a member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity, the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, and Sleepy Hollow Country Club. He is buried in Lake View Cemetery.

Sources

Cleveland Necrology file October 4, 1964
Representative Clevelanders

Birth / Established: October 20, 1894
Death / Dissolved: 1968

Biography

Alvanis Sylvanus was born in Chicago. He was active in Cleveland from 1920 until 1927. He died in Los Angeles at the age of seventy-four.

Building Name Address Built Status
Vitrolite Building 2915 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing
Birth / Established: October 15, 1863
Death / Dissolved: June 12, 1947

Biography

Herbert Swigart grew up in Richfield Township. He was active as either a draftsman or architect for several years. He lived at 1289 Holmden Avenue in the Tremont neighborhood, moving to 18210 Olympia Road in the Euclid-Green neighborhood of Cleveland by 1920.He retired to Dayton, Ohio where he died in 1947.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Henry Cody 1437 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
Residence for Henry Cody 1439-41 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
Residence for Henry Cody 1433  East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Frank Hickin Residence 3081 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Residence for A.J. Marsh 3344 West 99th Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Industrial building for Charles King and Birdie King Bishop 7512 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1924 Demolished

Sources

Census
Necrology file

Birth / Established: September 11, 1839
Death / Dissolved: May 10, 1916

Biography

Herman F. Stuhr was a German-born lumber dealer who was also the architect of several buildings. In 1906 he had an office in the Rose Building, while his sons ran the Bohm-Stuhr Lumber Company at 6325 Broadway. He lived at 5911 Detroit Avenue.

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial Building for Frederick Fliedner 9802-6 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
Residence for George Pollitz 2122 West 100th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
John Meckes Stable 2905 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
German Evangelical Church of South Brooklyn 4420 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Commercial Building for Herman Stuhr 10003-5 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1916 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology File May 12, 1916

Birth / Established: April 22, 1870
Death / Dissolved: September 30, 1941

Biography

Frederic William Striebinger was born in Cleveland and educated at Columbia University and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. An artist, he was a member of the Cleveland Art Club and Watercolor Society. He was President of the Cleveland Architectural Club and a member of the Cleveland chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He was also a member of the Scottish Rite Masons, the Knights Templar, and a number of clubs in Cleveland. He was the architect of several local hospitals, Masonic temples, and Christian Science churches. He died in his home at 2049 East 96th Street after an illness of several months. For several years his office was in the 1900 Euclid Building. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect.

Building Name Address Built Status
Apartment house for Isaac Rich Forest Street Near Woodland, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Cleveland Gesangverain Club House (House of Wills) 2491 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Commission House Broadway near Cross, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Residence 1820-2 West 28th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building and Bowling Alley for Leisy Brewery 818-20 Professor Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
William Coates House 3300 Archwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Lyric Theater 2187 East 9th Street , Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Warehouse Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
West Virginia Apartments 1830-40 West 28th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building St. Clair & E.55th, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Leonard Schlather Residence Wooster Road, Rocky River, OH 1906 Unknown
Third Church of Christ Scientist 3648 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Pythian Temple Masonic Lodge and Auditorium 1624 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
St. Luke's Hospital 6606 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Woodward Masonic Temple (Call and Post) 1949 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
German Hospital 3303 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Collinwood School Fire Memorial in Lake View Cemetery 12316 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Conrad Mizer Memorial Edgewater Park, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Harry Coulby Residence (Wickliffe City Hall) 28730 Ridge Road, Wickliffe, OH 1910-2 Standing
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Bridge over Lake Avenue Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Henry A. Tremaine Residence 3001 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1912-4 Standing
Western Reserve Club House 2164 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Heights Masonic Temple Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1915 Standing
Second Church of Christ, Scientist 7710 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1916 Standing
Akron City Hospital 511 East Market Street, Akron, OH 1917 Demolished
Nurse's Home 41 Arch Street, Akron, OH 1917 Standing
Residence for B. C. Hinig Monmouth & Wellington, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence for Dr. Chapman Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial Building 2023-5 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1924 Demolished
Commercial Building for Frank Wachcic 725 East 152nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Willam C. Talmadge Residence 2274 Demington Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1924 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file October 2, 1941
Illustrations of Work Designed by Frederic William Striebinger, nd
Plain Dealer October 1, 1941
Progressive Men of Northern Ohio p221
Image Source(s): Martin Linsey

Birth / Established: 1945
Death / Dissolved: 1952

Biography

This was an architectural firm that included Ray Stickle, John Sherwood Kelly and Robert Stickle. The firm's office was located at 2422 Prospect Avenue. The firm designed several Roman Catholic churches, including St. William's in Euclid, Our Lady of Mercy in Tremont, and the remodeling of St. John's Cathedral.

Building Name Address Built Status
St. William Catholic Church and School East 260th Street, Cleveland, OH 1947-8 Standing
Our Lady of Mercy Church 2421 West 11th Street, Cleveland, OH 1948 Standing
St. Joseph's High School 18491 Lake Shore Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1950 Standing
Our Lady of Peace Church 12503 Buckingham Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1951 Standing
St. Joseph's High School Technical School 18491 Lake Shore Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1951 Standing

Sources

"Eccleastical Architect George Stickle Dies" Plain Dealer 9.2.1966

Birth / Established: September 24, 1892
Death / Dissolved: September 1, 1966

Biography

George W. Stickle's firm was founded in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1916. He was a member of the firm of Fuller and Stickle from 1923 until 1928. He moved to Cleveland in 1945. He was awarded citations for church architecture in 1962, 1963, and 1964. In 1964 his firm employed over sixty employees and won an award from the Chamber of Commerce from the City of New York - Borough of Queens. His main interest was in ecclesiastical architecture. He moved to St. Augustine, Florida later in life where he died in 1966.

Building Name Address Built Status
St. Malachi Church 2459 Washington, Cleveland, OH 1945 Standing
Epiphany Roman Catholic Church 11901 Oakfield Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1948 Standing
St. Thomas Aquinas Church 450 Abbot Road, South Buffalo, NY 1949-52 Standing

Sources

"Eccleastical Architect George Stickle Dies" Plain Dealer 9.2.1966
Image Source(s): Karl A. Brunjes

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