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Birth / Established: 1868
Death / Dissolved: 1879

Biography

Partnership of Carl Griese and Albert Weile, who began as masonry contractors and were later listed as architects. They worked for the City Schools, and designed many Lutheran Churches, both in Cleveland and throughout the country.

Building Name Address Built Status
Sixth Ward Schoolhouse Cleveland, OH 1866 Demolished
Zion Lutheran Church 2187 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1866 Demolished
Eagle Street Synagogue Eagle Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
Fifth Ward Schoolhouse Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
Philip Gaensslen Residence 3050 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1868 Standing
Stephen Buhrer Residence 4606 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1868 Standing
Carlton Block 405-19 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1869 Demolished
Commercial Building for John Warner 1958-1968 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1869 Standing
Commercial Building for Paul Schmidt 111-5 West Prospect, Cleveland, OH 1869 Demolished
Holy Cross Lutheran Church 2650 Miami Avenue, St. Louis, MO 1869 Standing
Residence for James Shipherd 1002 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1869 Demolished
Cleveland Police Department - Second Precinct Station 2357 Rockwell Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1870-2 Demolished
Cleveland Police Department - Third Precinct Station East 37th Street near Woodland, Cleveland, OH 1870-2 Demolished
Trinity Lutheran Church Akron, OH 1871-2 Demolished
Greenville Hall at Thiel College College Avenue, Greenville, PA 1872-4 Standing
Building for the Carpenter Brothers 1277-81 West 6th Street, Cleveland, OH 1873 Standing
Trinity Evangelical Church 2057 West 30th Street, Cleveland, OH 1873 Standing
Case School Cleveland, OH 1875 Demolished

Sources

Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: September 3, 1872
Death / Dissolved: April 8, 1962

Biography

708 Engineers Building

Building Name Address Built Status
Matt and Dora Horvat Residence 14214 Darwin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Birth / Established: September 27, 1874
Death / Dissolved: August 4, 1954

Biography

George Allen Grieble was born near Delaware, Ohio in September 1874. He went to the public schools in Delaware and attended Ohio Wesleyan University for two years. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War serving in Puerto Rico. Initially he worked for the state of Ohio as superintendent of construction, overseeing the construction of public institutions. In that position he oversaw the cottages at Xenia, the chapel of the Girls Industrial Home at Delaware, the Lancaster cottages on the Boys Farm, and chapel building. He completed a course in architecture from the International School of Correspondence.

Building Name Address Built Status
Hotel for A. Dreher and Sons Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Harp Apartments 1389 West 64th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Residence for Samuel Morris 1794 Nichol Road, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Saltsman Block 7813-23 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Servants Quarters for the Euclid Doan Company 10124 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Alhambra Building & Theater for Euclid-Doan Co. 10317-10407 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Four and Two Story Commercial Building for the Euclid Huron Improvement Co. 1900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Gordon Square Theatre 6405 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Olympia Theatre 3337 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Apartment Building Euclid Avenue and E.100th, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Hotel for Perry Remick Ashtabula, OH 1917 Unknown
Office Building 1200 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Sloan Building 823 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Store addition and alteration 710-2 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
U.S. Tool W. 106th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for T. G. Sloan Kenilworth and Edgehill, Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Demolished
Fidelity Building 1940 East 6th Street, Cleveland, OH 1919 Standing
CTS Building 1396 East 6th Street, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing altered
Lincoln Building 616-750 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Eton and Rugby Apartments 7338, 7448 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Shops Lorain, OH n.d. Unknown
Cleveland Bottling Works Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Doan and Dehr Blocks Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Jones Business Block Ashtabula, OH n.d. Unknown
Nickolls Apartment House Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Pennfield Avenue Bank Lorain, OH n.d. Unknown
Retort Coke Oven Company Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Orth, Samuel; A History of Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago - Cleveland - The S.J. Clark Publishing Company, 1910
Image Source(s): Donn R. Nottage

Birth / Established: 1919
Death / Dissolved: 1921

Biography

Principals: George A. Grieble and George A. Ebeling.

Building Name Address Built Status
Euclid-Seventy-First Building 7002-36 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1919-20 Standing
Commercial Building for Ben Folkman 1408-24 East 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Birth / Established: October 28, 1849
Death / Dissolved: March 6, 1930

Biography

Vincent Gregg was a New Jersey-born architect who is listed in Cleveland City Directories from 1892 to 1898. He was a graduate of Cornell University in 1873. He specialized in industrial buildings. He left Cleveland and appears in the 1900 Census living in Chicago. He lived for a time in Costa Rica where he died in 1930 where he was also known as Charles Vincent Gregg.

Building Name Address Built Status
Manufacturing building for the Kimbale Estate 4 story 96 x 58 $12,000 Cleveland, OH 1890 Unknown
Residence for Lanson O'Connors 1933 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Residence for William Bogey 6214 Butler, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
White Sewing Machine factory Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Woolen Mill for Collings Taylor & Company 2236 Clarkwood, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Cleveland Paper Company Cleveland, OH 1892 Unknown
Warehouse for Whitworth Brothers 316 High Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Bakery for Ohio Baking Company 1506 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
National Cash Register Dayton, OH 1895 Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories - Vincent Gregg, 1892-8

Birth / Established: 1896
Death / Dissolved: 1896

Biography

This architectural firm was formed by Vincent Gregg and W. W. LaChance. It lasted for about a year in 1896.

Building Name Address Built Status
Alexander Palmer Residence 3021 East 78th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Apartment building for C. Zellers Woodland and Woodland, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Apartment building for E. Heyse Franklin, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Brick and stone store building Central and Booker I, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Commercial - Residential Building for Frank Hankett 7604 Central Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Residence for Malcomb Campbell 11225 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Commercial & Manufacturing Building for Parsons Co. 1862-8 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896-7 Demolished

Sources

Architecture and Building v. 24, no. 22, p. 262
Cleveland City Directories - Vincent Gregg 1892-8

Birth / Established: July 27, 1877
Death / Dissolved: Unknown

Biography

Robinson Greene was an architect who appears in Cleveland City Directories from 1918 to 1920, with offices in the Williamson Building and a residence on Woodland Avenue.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for J. H. Nesbitt Akron, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence for V. Emmons Akron, OH 1917 Unknown
Twelve service stations for Lubric Oil Company Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Cronwell Residence Remodeling Chardon, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for Cedar Coventry Land Company Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for F.G. Marsh Akron, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for William Voss Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of H.A. Stall Shaker Heights, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of H.J. Paumier Canton, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of J.P. Kaiser Elyria, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of L.A. Corlett Lakewood, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of P.H. Palmer Lakewood, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of R.W. Griswold Ashtabula, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of S. C. Kerr Steubenville, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of S.E. Tucker Oil City, PA 1918 Unknown
Residence of T. Corrigan Manor Park, Lakewood, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of T. Ward Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of W.C. Grayell Noble Road, Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of W.C. Schroeder Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of W.N. Perrin Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Three family for Mrs. R.A. Delamater Akron, OH 1918 Unknown
Two dwellings 11613 Locust, Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: 1834
Death / Dissolved: Unknown

Biography

Alfred Green was born in England. He was active in Cleveland as a builder and architect in the late 1860's until 1873 when his name disappears from Cleveland City Directories. He was the architect of several major local churches, both Catholic and Protestant. According to the 1880 Census, he was living in Philadelphia.

Building Name Address Built Status
Holy Innocents and All Saints Chapel Trinity Church, Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
Second Baptist Church Euclid and Huntington, Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
St. Malachi Roman Catholic Church Washington Street, Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church 3602 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1871 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: December 5, 1873
Death / Dissolved: February 22, 1963

Biography

Charles Greco was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts of Italian parentage. He practiced in Boston and lived in Winchester, Massachusetts. He studied architecture at the Lawrence Scientific School. From 1893 until 1899 he worked in the office of Wair & Cutter. He was later employed by Peabody & Stern. In 1907 he started his own practice. He opened a Cleveland office in the 1920's. His most notable local work was Temple Tifereth Israel on Ansel Road. He also designed the Temple on the Heights and several residences in Cleveland suburbs and in Akron. He was a member of the Boston Society of Architects, the Boston Rotary Club, the Catholic Union, and the Knights of Columbus.

Building Name Address Built Status
Church Painesville, OH 1917 Unknown
Eugene K. Hayes Residence Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Montefiore Home for Aged 3151 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for J. B. Livingston Lake Avenue and Webb, Lakewood, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for Mr. Corso Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
St. Mary's School Painesville, OH 1917 Demolished
Mandlebaum Residence 2219 Chestnut Hills Drive, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Residence 2236 Harcourt Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1920 Standing
Residence 2244 Harcourt Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1922 Standing
Residence 2243 Elandon Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence 2248 Harcourt Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Temple Tifereth Israel 1855 Ansel Road, Cleveland, OH 1923-4 Standing
David G. Skall Residence 2236 Demington Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1924 Standing
Residence 2839 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1924 Standing
St. Catherine School 3437 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Mt. Sinal Hospital Nurses Residence East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Residence 2012 Denton, Cleveland Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence 2901 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Temple on the Heights 3130 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Harvey Firestone Residence 50 Twin Oaks Road, Akron, OH 1926 Standing
E. J. Kulas Residence West Hill Drive, Gates Mills, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 3021 Attleboro Road, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Donn R. Nottage, City of Cleveland, Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: May 31, 1867
Death / Dissolved: December 3, 1939

Biography

Alfred Hoyt Granger was born in Zanesville, Ohio and was the great grandnephew of General William Tecumseh Sherman and Secretary of State John Sherman. He graduated from Kenyon College and studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and abroad. He lived in Cleveland from 1893 to 1898, where he originally was in business by himself and later formed a partnership with Frank Meade. While in Cleveland he designed the Euclid Heights development. In 1898 he moved to Chicago and began the firm of Frost and Granger. In Chicago that firm designed the Northwestern Railroad Terminal, and the Northern Trust Bank Building. They also designed the Union Station at Omaha, Nebraska and the Milwaukee Road station in Minneapolis. He was a captain of engineers in World War I and served as chairman of a construction committee for the war industry board. In 1919 he became a member in the firm of Granger and Bollenbacher. He was the author of several books and served as Chairman of the jury that chose the design for the Chicago Tribune Tower.

Building Name Address Built Status
Henry Dalton Residence 1887 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for David J. Norton 1940 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for Mrs. M. J. Kline 1752 East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Alfred Granger Residence 2141 Overlook Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1895 Standing
Alton Dustin Residence 1833 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Barn for H. G. Dalton 1887 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Commercial Building for J.H. Brown and W.L. Rice 922 Superior/1681 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
F. E. Abbott Residence 1870 East 97th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Samuel Mather Coachman's Cottage Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Robert H. Clark Residence 3450 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895-6 Demolished
Residence for Luther Allen 7609 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished

Sources

Chicago Daily Tribune December 4, 1939, p. 16

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