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Birth / Established: May 14, 1848
Death / Dissolved: July 15, 1932

Biography

German-born architect that immigrated to the United States in 1880. In 1900 he was living in Cleveland with his sister Bertha Reidel. In 1920 he was living with nephew Albert Schiler at 15720 Holmes Avenue

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial Building for Otto Narvelite 10123-5 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
St. Mary's Romanian Orthodox Church 6401 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for John Zimmer 4812-8  Clark Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1926
Death / Dissolved: 1934

Biography

This architectural firm was formed by Abram Garfield, Rudolph Stanley-Brown, George Harris, and Alexander Robinson and was in existence between 1930 and 1934.

Building Name Address Built Status
Robert Livingston Ireland Residence 19100 North Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Standing
C. N. Vicary Residence Canton, OH 1930 Standing
Post Office Cleveland, OH 1933 Unknown

Sources

Ohio Architect November 1940
Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John J. Editors The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography; Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 1996

Birth / Established: 1935
Death / Dissolved: 1958

Biography

This architectural firm was formed by Abram Garfield, George Harris, Alexander Robinson, and Gilbert P. Schafer. It was formed in 1935 and existed under this name until Abram Garfield's death in 1958. The firm, which still exists, is now known as Westlake, Reed, Leskosky Architects, and they celebrated their one hundreth anniversary in 2005.

Building Name Address Built Status
Federal Building 648 Mission Street, Ketchikan, Alaska 1937-8 Standing
Backus School of Law Addition 2145 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 1948 Standing
F.W.Woolworth 306-18 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1949-50 Standing
Cleveland Institute of Art 11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1956 Demolished
Cuyahoga County Administration Building 1219 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 1956 Demolished
Lakewood Public Library Lakewood, OH 1956 Standing

Sources

Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John J. Editors The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography; Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 1996

Birth / Established: November 21, 1872
Death / Dissolved: October 16, 1958

Biography

Abram Garfield was born in Washington, D.C., the youngest son of President James Abram Garfield. He was educated at Williams College and the Massachusetts Institution of Technology. He practiced architecture in Cleveland, beginning in 1898. He was a member of the firm of Meade and Garfield from 1898 until 1905, when he went into business for himself. In 1936 the firm became known as Garfield, Harris, Robinson & Schafer, and in 1957 Garfield, Harris, Schafer, Flynn & Williams. He served on the Cleveland City Planning Commission from 1928 to 1942. He was appointed to the National Council of Fine Arts in 1909, and served on the National Commission on Fine Arts from 1925 to 1930. He was one of the original sponsors of the Cleveland School of Architecture at Western Reserve University. He was a member of the Union, Tavern, Rowfant, Chagrin Valley Hunt Clubs and the Country Club of Cleveland. His office was in the National City Bank Building and he lived on 9718 Lake Shore Boulevard in Bratenahl.

Building Name Address Built Status
Lakewood City Hall Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
Garfield Library 7300 Center Street, Mentor, OH 1903 Standing
W.D.B. Alexander House 2348 Overlook Drive, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Residence for Mary Crowell 1865 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Babies Dispensary & Hospital 13415 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
John Oliver Residence (Willdwood) 7645 Little Mountain Road, Mentor, OH 1908 Standing
Higbee Department Store (altered) 1225 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Mrs. John Hay Residence 10915 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
YMCA 2053 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Babies Dispensary & Hospital Woodland and East 35th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Babies Dispensary & Hospital addition 13415 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Lake Erie College Dormitory Painesville, OH 1917 Unknown
250 dwellings for the U.S. Government Lorain, OH 1918 Unknown
Clifford Neff Residence 343 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Storehouse for American Red Cross Chester and East 21st, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Residence 1300 South Ocean Drive, Palm Beach, FL 1919 Standing
Leonard Hall Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 1924 Standing
Residence 2879 Fontenay Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1924 Standing
Samuel Mather Hall Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 1925 Standing
Stern & Mann Department Store Canton, OH 1925 Standing
F.E. :House Residence 1379 Yellowstone, Cleveland Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Blossom Recreation Center 24400 Cedar Road, Beachwood, OH 1930 Standing
Pebble Hill Plantation 1251 US 319, Thomasville, GA 1936 Standing
Country Club Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Diagonistic Laboratory Building City Hospital Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Dormitory and Science Building Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Faxon Thomas Residence 10 Bluff View, Chattanooga, TN n.d. Unknown
Hiram College Dormitory and Science Building Hiram, OH n.d. Unknown
Kenyon College Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Lake Erie College Gymnasium and Music Building - Painesville, OH n.d. Unknown
Maternity Hospital Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
National Union Fire Insurance Home Office Building Pittsburgh, PA n.d. Unknown
Tuberculosis Preventorium Building Warrensville, OH n.d. Demolished
Western Reserve University Dormitory Mather College Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Western Reserve University Institute of Pathology Building - Cleveland Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John J. Editors The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography; Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1996

Birth / Established: 1925
Death / Dissolved: 1940

Biography

Firm of William Galther and Stephen Bochkor. 1925 City directory lists them at 12401 Buckeye Road.

Building Name Address Built Status
Kronheim Furniture Mfg Co. Building Expansion 2043 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1940 Demolished
Carl Byron Residence 3325 Somerset Drive, Beechwood, OH 1941 Standing
Birth / Established: July 25, 1885
Death / Dissolved: April 11, 1933

Biography

Oscar L. Gaede was an alumnus of Western Reserve University and Case School of Applied Science. He was a member of the Builders Exchange and the Cleveland Athletic Club. He was the father of Cleveland architect Robert Gaede.

Sources

Necrology file - April 14, 1933

Birth / Established: July 20, 1887
Death / Dissolved: December 13, 1958

Biography

Henry Gabele was born in Massillon. He was a member of the firm of Gabele and Potter. He worked for the Austin Company during World War II. He lived at 1270 East 89th Street. He died in St. Vincent's Charity Hospital.

Building Name Address Built Status
St. Barbara Church 1501 Denison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1950 Standing
St. Barbara Church 2817 Lincolnway, Massillon, OH 1951 Standing
Birth / Established: 1918
Death / Dissolved: 1918

Biography

This architectural firm was formed by Henry Gabele and J. Ellsworth Potter, and it was active in 1918. It would later be known as Potter & Gabele with listings in Cleveland City Directories from 1924 until 1932.

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: 1920
Death / Dissolved: 1923

Biography

Architect Paul Cahill joined Harry A. Fulton and William Reed Taylor in forming the firm of Fulton, Taylor and Cahill. On April 1, 1920 the firm relocated its office from 631 Hippodrome Building to 8120 Euclid Avenue. It was listed in Cleveland City Directories from 1921 until 1923.

Building Name Address Built Status
Avon School 36600 Detroit Road, Avon, OH 1921 Standing
Columbia Township School Columbia Township, Lorain County, OH 1921 Unknown
Brownhelm School Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, OH 1922 Standing
McKinley School 3349 West 125th Street, Cleveland, OH 1922 Standing
Disciples Church 222 South Broadway, Medina, OH 1923-4 Standing
Birth / Established: October 19, 1884
Death / Dissolved: December 10, 1961

Biography

Harry A. Fulton was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He joined William Reed Taylor (1884-1964) in forming the architectural firm of Fulton & Taylor in 1913. Paul Cahill joined the firm from 1921-3 when it was known as Fulton, Taylor & Cahill. Fulton & Taylor remained partners until 1934. In 1957 Fulton formed the firm of Fulton, Del Motte, Nassau & Associates. He was known as the dean of school architects. He was the Cleveland Board of Education architect during the Works Progress Administration. His firm designed several schools for Cleveland, the suburbs, and outlying communities. He was a member of Acadia Country Club, a 32nd degree Mason, and a member of First Presbyterian Church in East Cleveland. He lived at 19600 Upper Valley Drive in Euclid. He was listed as a registered architect in the Ohio Architect November 1940. He died on December 10, 1961 in Leeburg, Florida where he is buried.

Building Name Address Built Status
Wellington High School Addition (now McCormick Middle School) 201 South Main Street, Wellington, OH 1939 Standing
Central High School 2225 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1940 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directory
Plain Dealer December 11, 1961

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