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Birth / Established: 1899
Death / Dissolved: 1901

Biography

An architectural firm formed George Hardway and R. Rostenstock. The offices were in the Permanent Building. The firm existed between 1899 and 1901. R. Rostenstock returned to the profession of civil engineer.

Building Name Address Built Status
First M.E. Church 170 Seminary Street, Berea, OH 1899 Demolished
Superior Block 306-326 Superior Ave, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
New York City Directories
Plain Dealer July 14, 1892
Ward, James Architects in Practice in New York City 1900-1940

Building Name Address Built Status
Apartment House for Theodore Bates 2647 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for George R. Anderson 2534-6 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
William Mullins Residence 6621 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Birth / Established: November 25, 1855
Death / Dissolved: April 26, 1938

Biography

George F. Hammond was an important classical architect active in Cleveland from 1886 to 1926. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts and attended Roxbury Latin School, Roxbury High School, the Massachusetts Normal Art School, and the Boston Evening Drawing School. In 1876 he worked as a draftsman in the Boston office of William G. Preston and in the office of William Ware. He came to Cleveland in 1885 as a member of the firm of Koehler & Hammond. That firm lasted for one year. He would then go into business for himself. He designed hospitals, schools, factories, and power plants in many parts of the country. He lived at 1863 Caldwell Road in Cleveland Heights. He died in Falls Village, Connecticut, although his obituary says Pittsfield, Mass.

Building Name Address Built Status
Hotel Nantucket Nantucket, MA 1883 Standing
Hollenden House Hotel East 6th and Superior, Cleveland, OH 1886 Demolished
Glidden and Joy Varish Company Office 2686 Lisbon, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Glidden and Joy Varnish Company Boilerhouse 2686 Lisbon, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Glidden and Joy Varnish Company Warehouse 2686 Lisbon, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
H. A. Everett Residence 11235 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Henry C. Overholt Residence 2307 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Manufacturing & Residential Building for Cleveland Bethel Union 1440 West 10th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Residence for R. P. Cattrall 1834 East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Abigail C. O. Smith Residence 2768 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890-1 Demolished
Stark County Courthouse Renovation 115 Central Plaza N, Canton, OH 1890-5 Standing
Bank Building for Merchant Banking 730 - 4 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Cleveland Gas, Light, and Coke Company Superior ns east of City Hall, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
James Gibbons & Company Barn 2715 Harrison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Powerhouse for East Cleveland Railway Company 2181 Ashland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
F. H. Glidden Residence 2239 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Gibson and Price Company Warehouse Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Residence for Henry Kitchen 2099 East 96th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Residence for William Herron 1946 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Isaac Lamson Residence Alterations 2330 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
Electric Building 700 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898-1900 Standing
East Market Street School 585 East Market Street, Warren, OH 1899-1900 Standing
4 Story Brick Store for Bennett & Fish 41-3 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Hospital East Liverpool, OH 1901 Demolished
School Massillon, OH 1901 Demolished
School Mayfield and Superior, Cleveland Heights, OH 1901 Demolished
Business Block Massillon, OH 1902 Demolished
Stables and Warehouse for the May Company Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Lane Metropolitan Church 2131 East 46th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
6 Room Addition to Cleveland Heights School Cleveland, OH 1905 Unknown
6 Room Addition to Dawning School Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Baldwin Wallace College - Science Hall Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Holleden House addition East 6th and Superior, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Roxboro Road School Cleveland Heights, OH 1905 Demolished
Roxboro School Shaker Heights, OH 1905 Demolished
School Chester, OH 1905 Demolished
South Brooklyn Public Library Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Federal Building 65 South Fifth Street, Zanesville, OH 1905-6 Standing
Cleveland Stone Company Berea, OH 1907 Demolished
Gillsy Hotel 1807-1821 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Mayfield Presbyterian Church Mayfield Road, Mayfield, OH 1907 Demolished
Residence for Sam Grossman Wickliffe, OH 1907 Demolished
Town Hall for the Village Mayfield and Plaisted, Mayfield, OH 1908 Demolished
Industrial Building 2336-44 Canal Road, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Administration Building Kent State University, Kent, OH 1911-4 Standing
Kent Hall Kent State University, Kent, OH 1911-4 Standing
Lowry Hall Kent State University, Kent, OH 1911-4 Standing
Merrill Hall Kent State University, Kent, OH 1911-4 Standing
George F. Hammond Studio and Office 4220 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
McKinley High School 800 Market Avenue North, Canton, OH 1916 Standing
F. C. Case Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
George Fish Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Kent State Normal College Master Plan Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History p. 484
Men of Ohio in 1900 p. 70
Plain Dealer July 14, 1892; April 30, 1938, 10:3
Progressive Men of Northern Ohio p. 216
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: June 26, 1876
Death / Dissolved: January 12, 1941

Biography

James M. Hamilton was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He received his professional training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he pursued a special course in architecture. He came to Cleveland in 1901 and traveled in Europe throughout 1903 and 1904. He returned to Cleveland, where he worked for Meade and Garfield. When Garfield left the firm in 1911, it became known as Meade and Hamilton. He was a member of the Hermit Club and Second Presbyterian Church. He died at St. Vinent's Charity Hospital in 1941 and was buried in Lindenwood Cemetery in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Sources

See Meade & Hamilton

Birth / Established: 1870
Death / Dissolved: January 1920

Biography

A Tennessee-born architect that worked for F. S. Barnum & Company from 1898 until 1902. He is listed as an architect in Cleveland City Directories from 1904 until 1919. In 1910 he was living with his parents at 1454 Ridgewood Avenue in Lakewood. He died in a possible accidental drowning in 1920.

Building Name Address Built Status
Church of the Transfiguration (St Hubert's Church) 8870 Baldwin Road, Kirtland Hills, OH 1892 Standing
Charles H. Miller Residence 11211 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
W. Ralph Horton Residence 10117 South Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing

Sources

City Directories 1904-1919

Birth / Established: June 20, 1888
Death / Dissolved: March 9, 1962
Building Name Address Built Status
Residence 2204 Ralph Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Residence 2705 Portman Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Ohio Architect November 1940

Biography

Samuel Hall and Vance Heberd.

Building Name Address Built Status
William H. Kelley Residence 1926 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Birth / Established: 1918
Death / Dissolved: Unknown
Building Name Address Built Status
Columbia Metal Stamping & Die Co. Plant 11900 Harvard Ave, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Birth / Established: 29 January 1869
Death / Dissolved: 19 June 1951

Biography

Perley Griffin was active as an draftsman and architect in Cleveland from 1912 until 1917. He is listed as living in San Diego, California in the 1920 census working as a draftsman.

Building Name Address Built Status
Van Dorn and Baer Residence 5807-11 Hawthorne Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Commercial Building addition Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Duplex for Adeline Schultz 10403 Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1918 Standing

Sources

1920 Census - San Diego, California
Cleveland City Directory

Birth / Established: April 24, 1821
Death / Dissolved: April 28, 1909

Biography

Carl H. Griese was born in Holstein, Germany and came to Cleveland in 1850-1. He worked as a mason and carpenter and gradually developed a business as architect and builder. In 1860 he was an officer of the Cleveland Board of Education. As one of the early contractors, he erected many of the mansions on Euclid Avenue. He went into partnership with Albert G. Weile that lasted until 1878. He was in business by himself until 1891 when he disappears from the Directory listings. Throughout his life in Cleveland he lived on Case Avenue (now East 40th Street). He had nine children. His sons David and Gottlieb were general contractors with the firm of D. & G. Griese.

Building Name Address Built Status
Immanuel Evangelical Church 2928 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1879 Standing
St. Lorenz Lutheran Church 10145 West Tuscola, Frankenmuth, MI 1879-80 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for Marie Theobald 4421 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1881 Demolished
Truman Dunham Residence Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1881 Demolished
Grand Army of the Republic Hall 3797-99 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished

Sources

Avery; A History of Cleveland and its Environs: The Heart of New Connecticut, v. 3; Chicago and New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1918
Cleveland Necrology file
Memorial Record of the County of Cuyahoga and the City of Cleveland; Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1894, p. 275

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