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Birth / Established: November 29, 1831
Death / Dissolved: May 23, 1913

Biography

Albert Milton Smith was listed as an architect in Cleveland City Directories from 1878 until 1899, with offices first at 1220 Euclid and later at 1224 Euclid. He was born in Herkimer County, New York. In 1882 he was in a partnership with Anthony Myers. He lived at 36 Grasmere in East Cleveland and is buried in Lake View Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Charles E. French 7401 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Stable, Carriage House, and Boiler House for Zenas King 7017 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for Charles French 5716 Central Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Residence for Charles French 5720 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Residence for Charles French 5802 Central Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Residence for P. M. Arthur 1904 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Charles Taylor Residence 2177 East 70th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Residence for Horace Weddell 8701 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Residence for Washington Boynton 2032 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
The Morris for the Bradley Estate 811-9 Vincent Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Barn for E. R. Perkins 8011 Euclid Avenue (rear), Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Barn for O. D. Myer 3422 Euclid Avenue rear, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Cleveland Medical College 717-21 Bolivar Avenue, Rear, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Commercial Warehouse Building for Samuel and Frank Haserot 521 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
George Bishop Residence 2030 East 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Henry Sizer Residence 6514 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
John L. Severance Residence 1900 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for the Stephen Harkness Estate 5217-21 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
McClelland Hurd Residence 1878 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Mission Building for Florence Harkness for Lend-A-Hand Mission 2132-4 East 77th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Residence for Philander Johnson 6503 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Frederick Hurd Residence 1882 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1893 Standing
Residence for George Bishop 1935 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
Bryant Whitman Residence 11025 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Commercial - Residential Building for Cobb & Bradley Estate 5613 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Justin Tyler Residence 2052 East 77th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Residence for David Lewis 2028 East 77th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Emil Strauss Residence 1866 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Repairs and additions to John Hale Barn 7901 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Apartment House for Henry Z. Blankhorn 6209-15 Curtis Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Residence for Harry Tilden 1393 Addison Road, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
A. B. Blenkhorn Residence 6109-15 Curtis Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
O. E. Kelsey Residence 1956 East 66th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1882
Death / Dissolved: 1883

Biography

This architectural firm that was active in the 1880's included Albert Smith and Anthony Myers.

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: 1886
Death / Dissolved: 1888

Biography

Firm of Horace Smith and Joseph Daniels

Building Name Address Built Status
Cleveland Window Shade Co. Factory 2658 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1887 Standing
Marion County Infirmary Addition Mt. Gilead Road, Marion, OH 1887 Unbuilt
Woodland Hills School 3504 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1887-8 Demolished
Birth / Established: 1929
Death / Dissolved: 1959

Biography

This architectural firm included Philip Small, Smith, J. Elmer Reeb, and Francis K. Draz.

Building Name Address Built Status
Karamu House 2355 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1952 Standing
St. Ignatius Chapel at John Carroll University University Heights, OH 1955 Unknown
Western Reserve University Frieberger Library Corner Bellflower & East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 1956 Demolished
City Hospital - Outpatient Building Cleveland, OH 1956 Unknown
John Carroll University Gymnasium University Heights, OH 1956 Unknown
Chemical Engineering Building - Ohio State University 140 West 19th Avenue, Columbus, OH 1957 Standing
Library and Humanities Center - Case Tech Cleveland, OH 1959 Unknown

Sources

"Philip L. Small, 72, Architect, Is Dead" Plain Dealer; May 17, 1963
Cleveland City Directories
Representative Clevelanders p. 212
Who's Who in Ohio (1930) p.110, 120

Birth / Established: July 18, 1890
Death / Dissolved: May 16, 1963

Biography

Philip Small was born in Washington, D.C. He came to Cleveland in 1904 and attended Adelbert College of Western Reserve University from 1909 to 1912 and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1915. He lived in Cleveland Heights and Hunting Valley. He was the Hunting Valley building commissioner and member of the board of zoning appeals. He served as a member of the Western Reserve University board of trustees and board of supervising architects. He was a member of the Union, Country, and Hermit Clubs and was a fellow in the American Institute of Architects. The firm of Small and Rowley specialized in traditional colonial and English revival architecture. He resided at 2898 Kingsley in Shaker Heights, with an office in the Terminal Tower. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect. He lived at 1298 Westover Road in Cleveland Heights. He died at the Cleveland Clinic and is buried in Lake View Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Carl Narten Residence 2879 Weybridge Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1921 Standing
Residence 2919 Sedgewick Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1922 Standing
Santa Clara Monastery 4200 Market Avenue, Canton, OH 1922 Standing
Mr. and Mrs. Strouder Thompson 2900 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1923-4 Standing
Residence 2717 Leighton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1924 Standing
Cleveland Playhouse 2040 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1926-7 Standing
Dr. J. G. Wilmore Residence 19900 Marchmont Road, Beachwood, OH 1927 Standing
Shaker Square Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Country Club Fairmount Boulevard and Lander Road, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Moreland Courts Addition 13301-13415 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
The Sedgewick Apartment Building Van Aken Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Silver Grill Restaurant in Higbee's Department Store 100 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 1931 Standing
John Carroll University Administration Building 20700 North Park, University Heights, OH 1931-5 Standing
Huntington Galleries 2033 McCoy Road, Huntington, WV 1951-2 Standing
Ben F. Jenks Residence Unknown n.d. Unknown
Case Institute of Technology Library and Humanities Building Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Case Institute of Technology Physics and Lecture Hall Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Chase Brass & Copper Office Building East 40th and Cedar, Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Ohio n.d. Unknown
Chester Bolton Residence Unknown n.d. Unknown
City of Adrian, Michigan Unknown n.d. Unknown
Clague Road Filtration Plant Unknown n.d. Demolished
Cleveland City Hospital Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Cleveland Interurban Railway Unknown n.d. Unknown
Country Club of Cleveland Unknown n.d. Unknown
Cyrus Eaton Residence Unknown n.d. Standing
Darwin Barrett Residence Unknown n.d. Unknown
Dr. C. W. Wyckoff Residence Unknown n.d. Unknown
Erie Railway Company Unknown n.d. Unknown
First Unitarian Church 21600 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Unknown
George Bishop Residence Unknown n.d. Unknown
Guardian Trust Company Unknown n.d. Unknown
H. D. Cushman Residence Unknown n.d. Unknown
Hawthorne Valley Country Club 27840 Aurora Road, Aurora Road Aurora, OH n.d. Unknown
Irving Bolton Resdience Unknown n.d. Unknown
Lubrizoil Corporation Chemical Engineering Laboratory Wickliffe, OH n.d. Unknown
Lubrizoil Corporation Office Building Wickliffe, OH n.d. Unknown
Mary Baldwin College Staunton, VA n.d. Unknown
Mill Creek Disposal Plant Cincinnati, OH n.d. Unknown
New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway Unknown n.d. Unknown
Norfolk and Western Railway Unknown n.d. Unknown
Nottingham Filtration Plant Unknown n.d. Standing
O.P. & M.J. Van Swearingen Residence Unknown n.d. Unknown
Ohio State University College of Engineering Building Columbus, OH n.d. Unknown
Outhwaite Housing Development Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Pere Marquette Railway Unknown n.d. Unknown
Republic Steel Corporation Unknown n.d. Unknown
Roanoke Hotel Roanoke, VA n.d. Unknown
Rocky River Methodist Church 19414 Detroit Road, Rocky River, OH n.d. Standing
Shaker Country Club 3300 Courtland Road, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Unknown
Stouder Thompson Residence Unknown n.d. Unknown
The Greenbriar Hotel White Sulphur Springs, WV n.d. Standing
Washington and Lee University Academic and Fine Arts Building Lexington, VA n.d. Demolished
Washington and Lee University Alumni Building Lexington, VA n.d. Unknown
Washington and Lee University Student Union Lexington, VA n.d. Unknown
Western Reserve Academy Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Western Reserve University Foster Hall Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Western Reserve University John Schoff Millis Science Center Building Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Western Reserve University Student Activities Building Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
William Harshaw Residence Unknown n.d. Unknown

Sources

"Philip L. Small, 72, Architect, Is Dead" Plain Dealer; May 17, 1963
Cleveland City Directories
Representative Clevelanders p. 212
Who's Who in Ohio (1930) p.110, 120

Birth / Established: 1922
Death / Dissolved: 1928

Biography

This architectural firm included Philip Small and Charles Rowley and was in existence from 1922 until 1928. The firm designed the Georgian Revival Shaker Square.

Building Name Address Built Status
Roundwood Manor 3450 Roundwood Road, Hunting Valley, OH 1923-8 Standing
Harold W. Keil Residence 20000 Marchmont Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Standing
Bernard Barnett Residence 2929 Morley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Birkett Williams Residence 2951 Morley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence for the Wiebenson Comapny 2949 Morley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence for the Wiebenson Comapny 3005 Morley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Cleveland Playhouse 2046 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1927 Demolished
Country Club of Cleveland 2825 Lander Road, Pepper Pike, OH 1928 Standing
E. B. Hecker Residence 17471 Shelburne Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Shaker Square Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Willoughby High School Addition 39 Euclid Avenue, Willoughby, OH 1928 Unknown
Birth / Established: July 29, 1890
Death / Dissolved: March 1973

Biography

Louis Skolnik was born in Minsk, Russia of Jewish parentage, according to the World War I draft registration form, where his occupation was listed as carpenter. According to the 1930 census, he immigrated to the United States in 1908 and Yiddish was spoken in the home. In 1928, a Plain Dealer article noted his office was room 210 Auditorium Garage Building. He was a registered architect listed in the November 1940 Ohio Architect. He designed several apartment buildings and houses.

Building Name Address Built Status
Two family residence for S. Ginsberg 7703 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1922 Demolished
Brookside Manor 3308 Archwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Apartments 720 East 175th Street, Cleveland, OH 1924 Demolished
Residence for A. Pearlman 3414 East 137th Street, Cleveland, OH 1924 Demolished
Apartment Building for J. Woronk 3416 East 139th Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Apartments for M. Moritz 1018 East 143rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Archwood Manor 3209 Archwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Brooklyn Manor 3301-11 Archwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Residence for B. Angell 3633 East 153rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Residence for Charles Smivin 3368 West 131st Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Residence for Gilland 3679 West 136th Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Residence for Louis Sole 3363 East 142nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Residence for Theodore Meckler 11226 Parklawn, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Stores and Apartments for Joseph B. Bone 8300-10 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for Cohen & Stein 6505 Lansing Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing
Residence for Theodore Meckler 11222 Parklawn, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing
10-Suite Apartment Building for Greenwich Reality Co. 1414 Grace Ave, Lakewood, OH 1928 Standing
Apartment Building 2536 Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building 4172-6 Rocky River Drive, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Miles Park Manor 9216 Miles Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1929 Demolished
Shopping Center for Broad-Libby, Inc 15710-15880 Broadway Ave, Maple Heights, OH 1948 Standing
Robert Werner Residence 18111 Scottsdale Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1950 Standing
Anshei Marmaresher Jewish Center 2728 Lancashire Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1952 Standing
Center Park Apartments 216 Center Rd, Bedford, OH 1959 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
World War I Draft Registration
Image Source(s): City Beautiful Group

Birth / Established: December 16, 1872
Death / Dissolved: March 16, 1929

Biography

Frank D. Skeel opened an office in 1897. His father John Skeel was a carpenter. Frank Skeel was mainly known for his residential designs.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Walter Ellenberger 3890 West 36th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
2-story Office and store addition to frame dwelling 8212 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Dwelling alteration Collamer, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Hiram Social Settlement House 2723 Orange Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Residence for Nina Kinney Ridgewood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
William H. Whitmore Residence 2119 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Thomas Holden Residence 3170 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899-1900 Standing
C. O. Evarts Residence 11211 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Harry T. Spencer Residence 10305 Wilbur Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Residence for F. W. Brusch East Side Spangler sl 23, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Frederick Langan 8700-6 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900-1 Demolished
Charles Honecker Residence 3126 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Residence for Thomas Haycox 12014 Ashbury, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Produce Exchange Banking Company Broadway and Central, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Residence for F. N. Reed East 88th Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
A. L. Hayes Residence 16605 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
A. W. Ellenberger Residence 2493 Euclid Heights Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1904 Demolished
C. J. Gehlbach Residence Superior Blvd, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Edward A. Martin Residence 427 North Bassett, Bay Village, OH 1904 Standing
J. S. Crider Residence 1423 Cohassett Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1904 Standing
S. M. Reed Residence Billings Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Three residences for Horace Parks Taylor Road, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
William C. Fisher Residence 10306 Clifton Blvd, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Block of twenty suites East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Commercial Building for Henry Rose 10508-10 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Kenyon V. Painter Residence 3301 North Park Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1905 Standing
Oliver C. Hubbell Residence 17205 Clifton Boulevard, Lakewood, OH 1905 Standing
Residence for Frederick W. Judd 2237 Chestnut Hills Drive, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Warehouse for Western Realty Berea Road, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Apartment building for C.O. Evarts Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
American Savings Bank 834 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Residence on E. 130th Street Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
H. B. Hawgood Residence 12521 Lake Shore Boulevard, Bratenahl, OH 1908 Demolished
Residence for J. Green Kent, OH 1910 Demolished
Meriam Building 5716 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Tempering Room Addition for the Worden Tool Co. 1844 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Dubick Furniture 6101 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1916 Demolished
Dr. James Stotter Residence 1417 Cohassett Avenue, Lakewood, OH n.d. Standing
Mrs. F. N. Reed Residence Mentor, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Necrology : March 18, 1929

Birth / Established: June 7, 1865
Death / Dissolved: August 4, 1937

Biography

Albert Skeel was born in Bristol, England and immigrated to the United States in 1883. Early in his career he worked as a carpenter contractor. He worked as a draftsman for three years in architectural offices in Cleveland. He worked in the office of Frank S. Barnum from 1898 to 1902, working on plans for the Euclid Avenue Presbyterian Church. He lived in the Glen Valley area of Brecksville, where he designed many of the houses. Glen Valley was noted as an ideal country setting near the picturesque cliffs of Chippewa Creek. He was responsible for the complete restoration of Brecksville Congregational Church. He died in Brecksville in 1937 and is buried there.

Building Name Address Built Status
John Jackson Residence 2086 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Albert Skeel Residence 4210 East 96th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Jacob Davies Residence 3531 East 78th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Residence for Otto Schuelle 1436 West 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Commercial Building for Edward Foery 7605-7 Jones Road, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Residence for Donny Stewart 4091 East 91st Street, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Store and apartment Superior & East 112th, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Cleveland Hospital for Contagious Diseases Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Double Residence for Anthony Waldeck 3745-51 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Eight Suite Apartment Spongler, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Residence and Milk House for George Canfield Novelty, OH 1904 Demolished
Terrace for Rolland Davies 7106 Ottawa Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Wise Building Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Commercial Building for Richard Coulton Broadway and Brunner, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
First United Presbyterian Parsonage 7111 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Store and apartment building at for Emil Joseph Central and Forest, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Residence for L. D. Round near Garfield Park Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Skeel Terrace 9502 Miles Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Residence for W.L. Jones 10322 Pierpont Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Factory and Office Building for Otis Lithograph Co. 1761-71 East 30th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
YMCA 3204 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Trinity Evangelical Church 3525 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Brecksville High School Brecksville, OH n.d. Demolished
City Contagious Disease Hospital Unknown n.d. Demolished
E. H. Braukman Residence 1910 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Ott Memorial Building 201 East Center Street, Berea, OH n.d. Demolished
South Cleveland Bank 8446 Broadway, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
William H. Hunt Cottage - South Park Station - Hemlock Road, Independence, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

"Club House Hidden in Beauty Spot"; Cleveland Town Topics October 14, 1916
1909 Cleveland Architectural Club Catalogue
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file 6 August 1937 - Brecksville Cemetery
Plain Dealer 8.5.1937
Town Topics 14 October 1916
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: January 23, 1876
Death / Dissolved: August 20, 1945

Biography

Harry Leroy Shupe was a member of the firm of White and Shupe from 1907 through 1914. He was a neighbor of architect Adrian Foose on Templehurst Road in South Euclid. He was listed as a registered architect in November 1940 Ohio Architect.

Building Name Address Built Status
F.C. Green Residence Unknown n.d. Unknown
T. T. Long Residence 17200 South Woodland Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1915-6 Standing
Parsons Manufacturing Unknown 1917 Unknown
Residence for George Arnold Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence for Mark Copeland 2942 Sedgwick Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Unkown
Residence for Mr. Lippencott Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence 15800 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1918 Standing
Residence for Carlson Chatfield Drive, Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for George Moran 2482 Guilford Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for Mark Copeland Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Unknown
George G. G. Peckham Residence 15700 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1919-21 Unknown
Residence for M. F. Bixles 16907 Aldersyde Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1921 Standing
Thomas P. Robbins Residence 18400 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1921 Standing
Alice F. Ditty Residence 19040 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing

Sources

1920 Census
1930 Census
Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights, 1992
Cleveland Necrology file
World War I Draft Registration

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