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Birth / Established: 1892
Death / Dissolved: Present

Biography

Osborn Engineering Company, Cleveland's oldest engineering firm, was founded on July 1, 1892, by Frank C. Osborn, formerly the chief engineer for Cleveland's King Bridge Co. Osborn's new company offered a wide range of services, including the designs, plans, estimates, and construction supervision for roofs, buildings bridges, railways, and highways. Such diversity enabled the Osborn Co.- Civil Engineers to survive the severe economic depression of the 1890s. It was incorporated on May 16, 1900, as the Osborn Engineering Company. During its first 4 decades, Osborn built its reputation as the "stadium designers for the Nation". By the time of its selection as the project engineer for Cleveland Municipal Stadium in 1928, the company had designed more than 75 sports facilities, including New York's Yankee Stadium, Boston's Fenway Park, and Chicago's Comiskey Park. Osborn has continued to design stadiums, working on projects for professional sports teams, major universities, racetracks, fairgrounds, high schools, and municipalities. As early as 1959, Osborn Engineering had completed a design for domed stadiums. In 1958, the company was looking for a broader market for its services, particularly as domestic industrial construction and plant expansion decreased. It turned its attention toward domestic firms that were expanding their operations into international markets. The company designed factories for locations in South Africa, France, Saudi Arabia, and South America. This expansion enabled Osborn to recover from a postwar decline; in 1963 it began hiring additional employees. Business remained strong throughout the 1960s. As engineering became more competitive in the 1970s, Osborn expanded its range of services by forming partnerships. In 1971 it created Osborn Engineers Architects & Planners, and in 1974 both Osborn Co. Architects-Engineers and Osborn Co. Consulting Engineers. The company remains based in Cleveland with offices in the Penton Media Building.

Building Name Address Built Status
Pennsylvania Portland Cement New Castle, PA 1904 Unknown
Washington Carbon Company Clarksburg, WV 1904 Unknown
Bay View Foundry Sandusky, OH 1907 Unknown
Lincoln Stone Works Lorain, OH 1907 Unknown
Powerhouse and Machine Shop for the Rauch & Lang Carriage Company 2191-5 West 26th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
White Company St. Clair near Broad Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Unknown
American Seeding Machine Compay Richmond, IN 1908 Unknown
Addition for the Rauch & Lang Carriage Company 2161-5 West 26th Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Addition for the Rauch & Lang Carriage Company 2181 West 26th Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
League Park 6601 Lexington Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Partially Demolished
Machine Shop Addition for the Rauch & Lang Carriage Company 2203 West 26th Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Wooster Brush Works Manufacturing Plant and Powerplant Wooster, OH 1909 Unknown
Griffith Stadium 2041 Georgia Avenue, Washington, DC 1911 Demolished
Polo Grounds New York, NY 1911 Demolished
Fenway Park 4 Yawkey Way, Boston, MA 1912 Standing
Tiger Stadium 2121 Trumbull, Detroit, MI 1912 Demolished
Cleveland Akron Bag Company 1860-86 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
American Malleable Castings Marion, OH 1915 Unknown
Ashland Tire and Rubber Ashland, OH 1915 Unknown
Braves Field 285 Babcock Street, Boston, MA 1915 Partially Demolished
Century Rubber Works Chicago, IL 1915 Unknown
Fruitless Rubber Company Ashland, OH 1915 Unknown
National Tool Company 11200 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
National Tool Company Offices West 112th Street and Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Standing
Kansas City Municipal Stadium 2123 Brooklyn Avenue, Kansas City, MO 1923 Demolished
Yankee Stadium New York, NY 1923 Demolished
Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN 1924 Standing
Ross-Ade Stadium 850 Steven Beering Drive, West Lafayette, IN 1924 Standing
University of Michigan Stadium 1201 S. Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI 1927 Standing
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (demolished) Cleveland, OH 1928 Demolished
Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN 1929 Standing
St. Wendelin Parish Hall 2275 Columbus Road, Cleveland, OH 1936 Standing

Sources

Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
Wikipedia.com
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: September 3, 1892
Death / Dissolved: July 7, 1966

Biography

Ockert is listed as an architect beginning in the 1927 Cleveland City Directory. From 1932 until 1938 he and George W. Teare, were members of the firm of Ockert & Teare.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence 2947 Brighton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence 3026 Warrington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence 3040 Warrington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence 2961 Manchester Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Standing
Residence 3000 Warrington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Standing
Building Name Address Built Status
William E. Caldwell Residence 2947 Brighton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923-4 Standing
Charles King Residence 19100 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for Joseph Gottfried 3005 Montgomery Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
E. W. Snyder Residence 3321 Parkland Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1931 Standing
Clark's Restaurant East 55th and Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1933 Demolished
Clark's Restaurant 1007 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1937 Standing
Birth / Established: December 29, 1896
Death / Dissolved: May 8, 1973

Biography

Maxwell Norcross was born in Lennoxville, Quebec. He attended Bishops College in Sherbrooke, Quebec and served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War I. He was an architect in Cleveland from 1923 to 1970 and a member of the Shaker Heights architectural board. He was an architect for the Van Swearingen Company and was a consultant for Moreland Hills and Pepper Pike. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence 2963 Montgomery Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Edward Goldberg Residence 16600 Parkland Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence for Earl Oyer 3144 Huntington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence for George Quarm 19101 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence for George Quarm 19111 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence for George Quarm - 15101 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Unknown
Residence for George W. Quarm 19601 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Hoyt E. Hayes Residence 19001 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Carl R. Lee Residence Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Commercial Building for L.A. Sommer Mayfield Road West of Noble Road, Cleveland, OH 1929 Unknown
Dr. W. W. Hurst Residence Invermere Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Unknown
G. Seaton Wasser Residence Remodeling Eagle Road, Kirtland, OH 1929 Unknown
Hoyt Adams Residence Shelburne Road, Cleveland, OH 1929 Unknown
Myron Watkins Residence 2679 Belvoir Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1929 Standing
R. D. Whitney Residence Belvoir Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1929 Unknown
Residence 3307 Somerset Drive, Beachwood, OH 1929 Standing
Residence Severn Park bordering Taylor Road, Cleveland, OH 1929 Unknown
Residence for George Noracher South Woodland Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Unknown
Residence for George Quarm Belvoir Boulevard near Shelburne Road, Cleveland, OH 1929 Unknown
Robert S. Wilson Residence Delaware Road, Akron, OH 1929 Unknown
Residence for T.B. Morrison 3119 Ludlow Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
Linday H. Wallace Residence 22040 McCauley Road, Cleveland, OH 1931 Unknown
David A. Weitz Residence 17814 Parkland Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1933 Standing
David Dietz Residence 2891 Winthop, Shaker Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence for Olson and Johnson 2918 Huntington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence 2731 Sherbrooke Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for the Model Building Company 17815 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Bernet Residence 18801 South Park Boulevard, Shaker heights, OH 1937 Standing
Gorden Fristor Residence 1295 Inglewood Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1941 Standing
Apartments 12800 - 12950 Fairhill Parkway, Cleveland, OH 1944 Unknown
Dr. and Mrs. S.B. Abrams Residence 17200 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1948 Standing
Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Mandel Residence 16801 Aldersyde Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1948 Standing
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Aghajanian Residence 17700 South Woodland Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1951 Standing
C.B. McDonald Residence 14907 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1954 Standing
Cleveland Society for the Blind Lodge Geauga County, OH 1956 Unknown
Grasselli Chapel Ohio 1960 Unknown
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Long Residence 17701 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1960 Standing
R.B. Shreve Residence 2842 Winthop, Shaker Heights, OH 1966 Standing
Shaker Lakes Nature Center 2600 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1969 Standing

Sources

Architectural Forum July 1938 v69:38 - "Plan of Prized House"
Building Arts and Construction - Feb 1931 "New Architectural Form is announced"
Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights, 1992
Cleveland City Directories
Plain Dealer 5.9.1973

Birth / Established: April 12, 1866
Death / Dissolved: January 23, 1960

Biography

William H. Nicklas was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio and graduated from Ohio Northern University. He was a principal at New Philadelphia High School. In the 1894 Architect's Directory he was listed as an architect with an office in New Philadelphia. He moved to Cleveland in 1897 and worked in Sidney Badgley's office as a draftsman, later becoming a partner in the firm. He continued a practice that was strong in church architecture after Badgley's death, designing many churches and schools in Greater Cleveland and beyond. He was a charter member of Acacia Country Club, a member of the Downtown Kiwanis Club, the City Club, and the Chamber of Commerce. He would form a partnership with Jess Rodrick later in his career.

Building Name Address Built Status
School - 10 rooms Olmsted Falls, OH 1915 Unknown
Bay Village High School Addition Bay Village, OH 1917 Unknown
Grade School Building for Village of South Newburgh (Valley View Town Hall) 6848 Hathaway Road, Valley View, OH 1917 Standing
Pioneer High School Pioneer, OH 1917 Unknown
Rocky River High School Rocky River, OH 1917 Unknown
Elementary School Solon, OH 1918 Demolished
School Turney Road Near Garfield Park, Newburg, OH 1918 Demolished
Shore High School addition 291 E. 222nd Street, Euclid, OH 1918 Standing
Broadway Methodist Church 5246 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1918-19 Standing
Kunkle High School Kunkle, OH 1919 Unknown
Shore High School addition 291 East 222nd Street, Euclid, OH 1920 Standing
Trinity Methodist Church 214 East Jefferson Street, Sandusky, OH 1920 Standing
Shore High School addition 291 East 222nd Street Euclid, Euclid, OH 1922 Standing
Third Christian Church 303 34th Street, Norfolk, VA 1922 Standing
Second Presbyterian Church (now Church of the Covenant) 267 East Beau Street, Washington, PA 1929 Standing
Shaw Central Heating Plant East Cleveland, East Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Shaw Technical High School East Cleveland, East Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
South Euclid School Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Trinity Episcopal Church 122 Third Street, New Philadelphia, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

Ohio Architect November 1940

Birth / Established: February 11, 1852
Death / Dissolved: May 10, 1928

Biography

Harry Sylvester Nelson began work as a draftsman in the firm of Coburn & Barnum. He would later work for the firm of F. S. Barnum & Company. He was one of the principles of Briggs and Nelson when it was formed in 1905. He lived at 2607 Church Street, later moving to 1894 East 82nd Street.

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Orth, Samuel A History of Cleveland v. 2 p .573
Withey & Withey Biographical Dictionary of American Architects Los Angeles : Hennessey & Ingalls - 1970, p 75

Birth / Established: 1835
Death / Dissolved: March 19, 1881

Biography

Henry E. Myer was born in Buffalo, New York. In 1850 he was living in Ashland County, Ohio with master builder Ozias Kinney, working as a carpenter. Kinney had commissions for the Ashland and Crawford County Courthouses. Myer began work as a draftsman in 1866 in Cleveland. He formed a two-year partnership with Eugene Holmes. In Cleveland he designed the Ryder Photographic Gallery, Broadway Mills, the Broadway Opera House, and Heil's Block. He designed several county courthouses throughout Ohio. In the 1880 census he was living at the Northern Ohio Lunatic Asylum. He died at the age of 44 in 1881. Myer's career happened before Cleveland required building permits (1888), so there is little evidence of his work in Cleveland.

Building Name Address Built Status
Morgan and Root Building West 6th Street at Frankfort, Cleveland, OH 1866 Demolished
Crew's Opera House 602-16 East Main Street, Alliance, OH 1867-8 Demolished
D. Zollar's Residence Canton, OH 1868 Unknown
Residence for Thomas Carran 4120 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1868 Standing
Stark County Courthouse NW Corner Market and Tuscarawas, Canton, OH 1868-70 Standing
C. C. Aultman Residence 933 Market Avenue North, Canton, OH 1869 Demolished
First National Bank for Aultman and Miller 101-9 South Market Street, Canton, OH 1869 Unknown
Heil Block 1857-9 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1869 Standing
Broadway Mills 551-9 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1869 Demolished
First Baptist Church 401-9 South Market Street, Canton, OH 1871 Demolished
Ryder Gallery 239 Superior Street, Cleveland, OH 1872 Demolished
Stark County Jail NW Corner of Market & Tuscarawas, Canton, OH 1872 Demolished
Millersburg M. E. Church 16 Washington, Millersburg, OH 1873 Demolished
Erie County Courthouse Sandusky, OH 1874 Standing
Heil Block Addition 1861-65 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1874 Standing
Broadway Avenue Opera House Cleveland, OH 1874-5 Demolished
Muskingum County Courthouse Zanesville, OH 1874-7 Standing
Childrens Home Farm Washington Township, Stark County, OH 1875 Unknown
Stearn Building 240-8 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1875 Demolished
Sycamore School Sycamore Street, Sandusky, OH 1876 Standing
Licking County Courthouse Newark, OH 1878 Standing
Athens County Courthouse Athens, OH 1880 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Biography

Henry E. Myer and Eugene Holmes.

Building Name Address Built Status
Columbiana County Courthouse Lisbon, OH 1870 Standing
Richland County Courthouse Mansfield, OH 1870-3 Demolished
Birth / Established: October 16, 1864
Death / Dissolved: August 9, 1937

Biography

Detroit-based architect who specialized in brewery construction.

Building Name Address Built Status
Bottling Works for Standard Brewing Company 5308 Train Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Birth / Established: February 26, 1884
Death / Dissolved: February 1982

Biography

Ray Moulthrop was a New York-born architect. In 1925 he was part of the Paramount Home Building System, a home construction business. He lived in Cleveland Heights.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Fred Hahn 775 East 100th Street, Cleveland, OH 1921 Demolished
Boulevard Mansions Apartment Building for Arch Thompson 11849 Clifton Boulevard, Lakewood, OH 1928 Unknown
Residence Lytle Road near Norwood, Cleveland, OH 1929 Unknown
Residence 18524 Newell Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1937 Standing
C. R. Matson Residence 1315 Inglewood Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1941 Standing

Sources

November 1940 Ohio Architect

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