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Birth / Established: August 27, 1869
Death / Dissolved: May 16, 1947

Biography

Paul C. Searles was born in Wellington, Ohio, the son of a Methodist minister. His first job was with W.H. VanTine Realty Company. According to the 1890 census he was in real estate. His firm built the first modern apartment building in Cleveland at East 17th Street and Euclid Avenue. In 1908 he helped design and later re-built the ill-fated Lake View School in Collinwood after the famous fire. He was a Mason and a member of the Woodward Lodge. In 1918 he resigned from the architectural firm and helped organize the India Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, where he was secretary treasurer until his retirement in 1928. He died in Clearwater, Florida on May 16, 1947.

Sources

Paul C. Searles, Builder, is Dead; Plain Dealer; May 17, 1947
see Stephens Searles & Hirsh

Birth / Established: 1905
Death / Dissolved: 1910

Biography

This architectural firm included Paul Searles, Willard Hirsh, and Donald Gavin.

Building Name Address Built Status
J. H. Rodier Residence Clifton Park, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Residence for William Herron Woodland Hills, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Masonic Temple 216-8 Middle Avenue, Elyria, OH 1905-6 Demolished
Albert Doan Residence 17231 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1906 Standing
Residence for Frederick Bruch 11130 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
The Reserve Trust Co Woodland Branch E.55th and Woodland, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Two apartment buildings Payne and E.19th, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Louis Bing Residence 11327 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 1906-7 Demolished
East Cleveland town hall remodelling East Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
School Bellefontaine, OH 1907 Unknown
Terrace for E. B. Merriam Unknown 1907 Demolished
Ten-room school Youngstown, OH 1908 Unkown
Terrace for C. Z. Zettlemeyer Riverside Near West Madison, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Twelve-room school Collamer Road, Collinwood, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Warehouse for the Economy Realty Co Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Cuyahoga Telephone Company 1839 East 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
School Building Columbiana, OH 1909 Unknown
Swetland Building 1010 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing

Sources

see Stephens Searles & Hirsh

Birth / Established: 1901
Death / Dissolved: 1905

Biography

This architectural firm included Paul Searles and Willard Hirsh and was in existence from 1901 until 1905. Their offices were in the Electric Building.

Building Name Address Built Status
Alhambra Apartment Building 8604-28 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
C.E. Newell Residence 1113 Forest, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Charles H. Church Residence 18131 West Clifton, Lakewood, OH 1901 Standing
Franklin Apartments 5601-5 Franklin, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Plaza Apartments 3206 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Six Hundred Apartments 2344 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
The Cary Apartment Building 1538-56 Payne Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Paul North Residence 17848 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1902 Standing
Apartment Building Genesse & Euclid, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
English Woolen Mills Company Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
First National Bank Columbiana, OH 1903 Demolished
First National Bank Wellsville, OH 1903 Demolished
National Bank Kenton, OH 1903 Demolished
O.F. Transue Residence 1251 South Union Avenue, Alliance, OH 1903 Standing
Col W.H. Morgan Residence - "Glagmorgan" 1025 South Union, Alliance, OH 1903-8 Standing
Apartment Building East 88th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Apartment Building East 93rd and Edmunds, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Apartment Building 1648-54 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Com block for Thorman Estate Woodland and E.37th, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Commercial Building Willson North of Manhattan Apartment Bldg, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Homeier Brothers Automobile Repair Shop 1755 Crawford Road, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Interior work of the New England Restaurant Park Building, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
John Vorel Residence 3315 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Residence for Charles Babcock Brookfield Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Shaw High School 15236 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Stables for the Electric Package Company Bolivar, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Apartment Building for P.H. Keevan East 88th, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Commercial Building Euclid Near East 116th, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Dixon Hall - Apartment Building for Max Littwitz 3820 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Forest City Bank Building 1400 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Residence and stable for Western Realty West Hudson Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished

Sources

See Stephens Searles & Hirsh

Birth / Established: November 9, 1842
Death / Dissolved: February 25, 1917

Biography

Levi Tucker Scofield (nee Schofield) was born in Cleveland and was raised in a home on Euclid Avenue near East 9th Street. His family later operated the Prospect Place Hotel on the site after which it became the location of the Schofield Building, which he designed. Levi Scofield attended Cleveland public schools, pursuing the study of architecture and engineering. At some point, he dropped the "H" from his name. In 1860 he moved to Cincinnati. He served in the Ohio 113th Infantry, rising in the rank to First Lieutenant and Captain. He wrote "The Retreat from Pulaski to Nashville, Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864" which was published in 1909. After the war he returned to Cleveland. In 1867 he married Elizabeth C. Wright, who was prominent in local society and philanthropic circles. She was president of the YWCA, the Phyllis Wheatley Association, and organized the Cleveland Vocal Society. Levi Scofield is remembered as the architect of large Victorian era institutions that included the Asylum for the Insane in Athens and Columbus, Ohio, the North Carolina Penitentiary, the Ohio Penitentiary in Mansfield, and the Cleveland House of Corrections. His firm designed five Cleveland Public Schools between 1869 and 1883. He devoted seven and a half years, without compensation, to the Cuyahoga County Soldiers and Sailors Monument, and contributed over $57,000 of its total cost. He was the first Cleveland architect taken into membership in the American Institute of Architects and was a friend and golfing partner of John D. Rockefeller. Scofield was the sculptor of "These are my Jewels," a Civil War Monument installed at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, later moved to the grounds of the Ohio State Capitol. The Schofield Office Building on the southwest corner of Euclid and East 9th Street, built in 1900, was built on the Schofield homestead and was originally owned by Levi Scofield. He had two sons, William Marshall Scofield (1868-1942) and Sherman Wright Scofield (1876-1942) who became members of his architectural firm. The Scofields were members of First Baptist Church and are buried in Lake View Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Unitarian Church Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1867 Unbuilt
Asylum for the Insane 100 Ridges Circle, Athens, OH 1868 Standing
Orchard School 4201 Orchard Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1869 Demolished
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home Administration Building 690 Home Avenue, Xenia, OH 1869 Standing
Cleveland House of Correction 7706 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1869-70 Demolished
Building for J. M. Waters 33-35 North Chestnut, Jefferson, OH 1870 Standing
Asylum for the Insane 1960 West Broad Street, Columbus, OH 1870-7 Demolished
North Carolina Penitentiary (Central Prison) 1300 Western Avenue, Raleigh, NC 1870-84 Demolished
Joseph W. Britton Residence 7817 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1875 Demolished
Central High School 2200 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1878 Demolished
Rufus K. Winslow Residence 2409 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1878 Demolished
Walton School 3427 Fulton Road, Cleveland, OH 1879-80 Demolished
Alfred P. Girty Residence 3407 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1880 Demolished
Tracy Block 305 West Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1880 Demolished
Orin Booth Residence (Dr. James Craig Residence) 55 North Mulberry Street, Mansfield, OH 1880-1 Standing
Broadway School 7910 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1881 Demolished
Grand Arcade 408 West St. Clair Street, Cleveland, OH 1882 Standing
Cuyahoga County Courthouse addition 1401 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1884 Demolished
George and Olivia Stockley Residence 2343 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1884 Demolished
U.S. Post Office Expansion Cleveland, OH 1884 Demolished
Ohio State Reformatory (Mansfield Reformatory) 100 Reformatory Road, Mansfield, OH 1886 Standing
Cuyahoga County Soldiers and Sailors Monument 3 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 1886-94 Standing
Warehouse for F. M. & C. R. Chandler 515-19 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Civil War Monument "These are My Jewels" 1 Capitol Square, Columbus, OH 1893 Standing
Bank and Office Building for S. J. Smith 219-21 Main Street, Conneaut, OH 1894 Standing
Case Library Alteration 235 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Scofield Residence 2438 Mapleside Road, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Schofield Building 2000 East 9th Street , Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
YWCA 1710 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906-8 Standing
Stevenson and Ella Burke Residence 4811 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1882-3 Demolished
William Corlett Residence 1953 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1882-5 Demolished

Sources

"Levi T. Scofield Removed by Death" Plain Dealer February 26, 1917
"Mrs. Scofield Dies, Leader of Women" Plain Dealer January 8, 1914
"Mrs. L.T. Scofield YWCA Head Dies" Leader January 3, 1914
Book of Clevelanders (1914) p.234-5
Member AIA - 1894 Directory
Orth, Samuel; A History of Cleveland, Ohio (1910), p. 768 - 771
Image Source(s): Pat Harris, Cleveland Artworks, CPL Digital Collection

Birth / Established: September 20, 1858
Death / Dissolved: September 29, 1931

Biography

Born in Auburn, NY, he began his career with Peabody and Stearns. In 1884 he became a partner with his brother, Charles, in Cleveland. The following year he opened an office in Boston where he designed several public buildings and school buildings in Boston, Cleveland, and Youngstown, as well as buildings on the campuses of Wellesley and the University of Illinois.He was married to Mary Frances Bellows in 1889 and was the father of one son, Charles. He died in1931 and is buried at Walnut Hills Cemetery, Walnut Hills, MA.

Building Name Address Built Status
John H. Ammon Esq. Residence 1639 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1881 Demolished
Birth / Established: 1883
Death / Dissolved: 1886

Biography

Architectural firm of brothers Charles and Julius Schweinfurth.

Building Name Address Built Status
Alice & Sylvester T. Everett Residence 4111 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
Henry C. Holt Residence 1208 Kenilworth Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
Old Stone Church Interior 91 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 1883 Standing
Orville B. Skinner Residence 2164 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
James Salisbury Residence 589 East 88th Street, Cleveland, OH 1883-5 Demolished
N. S. Possons Residence 1929 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1884 Demolished
Central Presbyterian Church Addition 17 Williams Street, Auburn, NY 1886 Standing

Sources

Leading Manufacturers and Merchants of the City of Cleveland and Environs: A Half Century Progress 1836 - 1886; International Publishing, New York

Birth / Established: September 3, 1856
Death / Dissolved: November 8, 1919

Biography

Charles Schweinfurth was Cleveland's preeminent architect of the 1880's and 1890's. He was born, attended public schools, and graduated from high school in Auburn, New York. He worked in architectural offices in New York City from 1872 to 1874 and at the office of the supervising architect of the U.S. Treasury in Washington, D.C. from 1874 to 1880. (Hubbell's obituary says that he came from Boston.) He moved to Cleveland to work on a house for Sylvester Everett, and remained throughout the rest of his life. From 1883 to 1886 he maintained an office with his brother Julius until Julius returned to practice in Boston. In Cleveland he was the architect of many of the Euclid Avenue mansions and was also noted for interior designs that included Old Stone Church and the Cuyahoga County Courthouse. In addition, he was the architect of several buildings for Western Reserve and Kenyon colleges. He was a founder and member of the Cleveland and Brooklyn Chapters of the American Institute of Architects, a fellow in the AIA, and a member of the Architect's League of New York. His architectural work was often featured in the pages of the "Inland Architect" and "American Architect and Building News". He had an honorary M.A. degree from Kenyon College and was a member of the Union Club. Initially his office was in the Blackstone Building however he moved to the New England Building upon its completion in 1896. He first resided on Cedar Avenue and then at 96 Arlington Street (now 2269 East 49th Street). He built a home that he designed in 1894 at 1951 East 75th Street. His brothers Julius and H. G. Schweinfurth owned a firm in Boston. Another brother, Albert, was active in Denver, and later, San Francisco. Charles Schweinfurth is buried in Auburn, New York.

Building Name Address Built Status
Lennox Building 1947-83 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1886 Demolished
Peter Hitchcock Residence 3411 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1886 Demolished
George Pack Residence Remodelling 3307 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1887-9 Demolished
Calvary Presbyterian Church 7850 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Standing
Edward Haines Residence 1820 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
J. R. Owens Residence 1956 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Standing
Marcus Hanna Residence 10400 Lake Road, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Addition to Christopher Emery Residence 2172 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Ralph Cobb Residence 6203 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Residence for Julius E. French 2525 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Richard Coleman Residence 3050 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Standing
Samuel Mather Summer Residence ("Shoreby") 12023 Lakeshore Boulevard, Bratenahl, OH 1889 Standing
William Chisholm Residence 2827 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Young Mens Christian Association 2111-55 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Double Residence for Dr. Z. T. Dellenbaugh Residence - 1890 3612-8 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
H. B. Nye Residence 1906 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Interior National Bank of Commerce 816-24 Superior Avenue NW, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
John S. Culley Residence 1810 East 19th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Ralph Gray Residence 6812 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Roadside Club House 9100  St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
University School 7115 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Addition to the Unon Club 716 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Charles B. Parker Residence 1521 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Gibbons - Pickett & Company Market 105 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Horace Corner Residence 1895 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Infants Rest (Inner City Nursing Home) 9014 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Standing
People's Savings and Loan 1700 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
William H. Boardman Residence 3608 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891-2 Demolished
H. R. Hatch Residence 8415 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Homer Osborn Residence 7017 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
St. Joseph Seminary 17307 Lake Shore Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Ursuline Convent 2444 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Samuel F. Haserot Residence 7224 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892-3 Demolished
Charles F. Schweinfurth House 1951 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
Cleveland Telephone Company Building 235-43 Champlain, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
J. W. McClymonds Residence 210 4th Street, NE, Massillon, OH 1894 Standing
Telephone Exchange Building for Cleveland Telephone Company 5601 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Western Reserve College Physics Building 2060 Adelbert, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Albert Withington Residence 7111 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Lewis Bailey Residence 1926 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Library for Adelbert College 2010 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
McAllister Dall Building 23-45 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Trinity Church Home 2227 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
D. R. Hanna Residence 7404 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895-6 Demolished
Addition to University School 7213 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Backus Law School 2145 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
L. S. & M. S. Railroad Bridge over West Boulevard West Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Biology Building - Case Western University 2080 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
David Norton Residence 7301 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Double dwelling for Jacob D. Cox and Lucretia Prentiss 3407-11 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Bridges over Martin Luther King Drive Rockefeller Park, Cleveland, OH 1899-1900 Standing
Cleveland Country Club 90 Eddy Road, Bratenahl, OH 1899-1900 Demolished
Allen Residence 8811 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
First Presbyterian (Old Stone) Church Spire Addition 91 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 1900 Standing
Florence Harkness Chapel 11200 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 1900-02 Standing
Trinity Cathedral 2200 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901-7 Standing
Hanna Hall (Kenyon College) 204 College Road, Gambier, OH 1902 Standing
Haydn Hall 11106 Bellflower Road CWRU, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Mary Chisholm Painter Gate 11211 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Store for Dr. Allen 1244-60 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Railroad Arch Bridge over Edgewater Parkway at West 58th Street Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Union Club 1201 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Charles L. Pack Residence remodelling 3307 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Samuel Mather Residence 2605 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907-10 Standing
Cuyahoga County Courthouse Interior 1 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907-12 Standing
Morley Chemistry Laboratory 2090 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 1908-10 Standing
Alumni Library at Kenyon College Gambier, OH 1910 Standing
Dr. W. T. Corlett Residence Addition 3618 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Morrills Residence 11025 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Slippery Rock Pavilion Mill Creek Park, Youngstown, OH 1911 Standing
Glen Allen (Estate of Mrs. Dudley Allen) 3505 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1913 Demolished
Florence Harkness Chapel addition 11200 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Rebuilding of John Severance Residence ("Longwood") 3616 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished

Sources

"A Review of the Works of Charles F. Schweinfurth" Architectural Reviewer, v. 1 , September 30, 1897.
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History p 874
Hubbell, Benjamin S. "A Great Architect"; Cleveland Topics 11.15.19
Inland Dec 1895
Leading Manufacturers and Merchants of the City of Cleveland (1886), p. 109
Member AIA - 1894 Directory
Image Source(s): Cleveland Public Library, Martin Linsey

Birth / Established: January 10, 1860
Death / Dissolved: August 18, 1892

Biography

Edward E. Schwabe was employed in the office of Walter Blythe. He was the supervising architect of the H. B. Payne Block, the White Elephant Concert Hall, and the Music Hall. After Blythe's death in 1884, he went into business for himself. Architects George Steffens and Paul Searles worked in his office. He died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty-two. He completed a will four days before his death. In it he left his French books on architecture and a typewriter to George Steffens. The rest of his estate went to his aunt Gertrude Haltnorth.

Building Name Address Built Status
Building for H. P. McIntosh Unknown 1888 Demolished
C.E. Gehring Residence 2045 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
G. Haltnorth business block Unknown 1888 Demolished
Moses Koch Residence 2396 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for Hart Massey 3828 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Herman Koch Residence 2392 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Residence for I. Klein 2421 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
A. Hartz Residence Unknown 1890 Demolished
Chalres LL. Murfey Residence 7509 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Charles Uhl Residence 2398 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
William Langenau Residence 3103 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890-1 Demolished
Apartment Building for Daykin Brothers 1535 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Frederick Schweitzer Residence 1790 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
George Boehringer Residence 1668 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Residence for J.H. Kirkwood WS Handy S of Superior, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Residence for James & Anna Webster 5804 Whittier Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Standing
Residence for Levi Sackett 6615 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Ernest J. Siller Residence 1227 Ansel Road, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Residence for Henry Boyer 1791 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Residence for Henry Boyer 1783 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Residence for Henry Boyer 1787 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing

Sources

Cleveland Necrology file
Cuyahoga County Probate Record
Leading Manufacturers and Merchants p. 155

Birth / Established: August 27, 1875
Death / Dissolved: January 30, 1947

Biography

Edwin J. Schneider was active as an architect in Cleveland from 1895 to 1947. He lived at 3122 Woodbine Avenue on the near west side of Cleveland. He is best known for buildings designed for the Diocese of Cleveland, including St. Ignatius Elementary School and Chapel (1903), Blessed Sacrament School (1904), St. Colman's Church (1914), and St. Catherine Church (1917).

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Charles O'Malley 4110 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Sisters of the Humility Addition 1691 West 31st Place, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
W. J. Haworth Residence 1840-2 Fulton Road, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Ninth Precinct Police Station Unknown 1901 Demolished
St. Ignatius Parochial School and Chapel 10215 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Blessed Sacrement School 3393 Fulton Road, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
St. Boniface Church 3571 West 54th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
St. Mary's Parochial Residence State and League, Norwalk, OH 1904 Demolished
Commercial Building for George Brown 761-5 East 152nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Double Residence for Bernard F. Kinkelaar 1801-3 West 32nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Residence for Bernard F. Kinkelaar 3142 Woodbine Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Residence Vassar Street, East Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
St. Joseph's Parochial Residence Alliance, OH 1907 Demolished
St. Patrick's Rectory Additions and alterations 3602 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Maud and Carl DeCumbe Residence 2032 West Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Reidy Bros. & Flanigan Building 11730 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1910 Standing
St. Boniface Church Alterations and Additions 3571 West 54th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
St. James Hall Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1912 Standing
St. Colman's Roman Catholic Church 2035 West 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
St. Catherine Roman Catholic Church 3449 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1915-7 Demolished
St. Colman's Sister's Home 2007 West 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing
Residence 2037 West 65th Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

"Retired Architect of Catholic Church's Dies" Plain Dealer, February 1, 1947
Cleveland City Directories
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: March 14, 1874
Death / Dissolved: March 10, 1932

Biography

Charles Sumner Schneider was born and educated in Cleveland at Outhwaite and Central High Schools. He was trained in architecture in the office of Granger and Meade, later Meade and Garfield, where he rose from chief draftsman to designer. He won several prizes awarded by the Cleveland Architectural Club. He studied under Gustav Umbenstock and Mr. Deglane at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Upon his return to Cleveland he formed a partnership with William S. Watterson, known as Watterson & Schneider. He later worked for the local office of George B. Post, as the superintendent of the Statler Hotel project. He then carried on an independent practice that specialized in residential architecture, designing several large estates for wealthy Ohioans. He was the architect of Stan Hywet Hall in Akron, the largest home built in Ohio. He was listed in the registered architect in the November 1940. He was a member of Plymouth Congregational Church. He was made a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects. His brothers Arthur and E.G. were well known artists, the former was appointed artist to the Sultan of Morocco.

Building Name Address Built Status
Younglove Building 5518 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Frank Sieberling Residence (Stan Hywet) 714 North Portage Path, Akron, OH 1912-5 Standing
St. Andrews Episcopal Church 2171 East 49th Street, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Dodge Brothers Motor Car 2107 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1916 Demolished
Junior High School East Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for E. J. Kulas Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for Mrs. S. S. Taylor 193 Bratenahl Road, Bratenahl, OH 1918 Standing
J. A. Webb Residence 11215 Edgewater Drive, Cleveland, OH 1919 Standing
James Sprankle Residence 17817 Lake Road, Lakewood, OH 1919 Standing
Plymouth Congregational Church 2860 Coventry Road, Cleveland, OH 1920-3 Standing
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen 820 Superior, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing
F. C. Mills Residence 2603 Fairmount, Cleveland Heights, OH 1922 Standing
George H. Layng Residence 2885 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1922 Standing
Malvern School 19910 Malvern Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1922 Standing
Austin Hall Ohio Wesleyan University 95 Elizabeth Street, Delaware, OH 1923 Standing
Ernest Barkwill Residence 2189 Harcourt, Cleveland Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Francis E. Drury Residence SOM Center Road & Cedar Road, Pepper Pike, OH 1924 Demolished
William W. Kelly Residence 2829 North Park, Cleveland Heights, OH 1924 Standing
Quad Hall 7501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1924-5 Demolished
Ernest Barkwill Residence 2189 Harcourt, Cleveland Heights, OH 1925 Standing
Frank Stranahan Residence 29917 East River Drive, Perrysburg, OH 1925 Standing
Lucretia Prentiss Residence 1255 Oakridge, Cleveland Heights, OH 1925 Standing
Fernway School 17420 Fernway Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Ludlow School Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Lomond School 17917 Lomond Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
W. King White Residence 19513 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Shaker Heights City Hall 3400 Lee Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
Cleaveland Cross Residence 1114 West Forest, Lakewood, OH n.d. Standing
E. R. Motch Residence 1578 East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

A Selection of Photographs illustrating the work of Charles S. Schneider
Bystander Mar 26, 1932
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Town Topics Apr 2, 1932
Representative Clevelanders p.321
Topics June 5, 1926
Withey, Henry and Elsie Biographical Dictionary of American Architects 1970: Los Angeles - Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc.

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