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Birth / Established: 1806
Death / Dissolved: August 29, 1876

Biography

Charles W. Heard was born in Onondaga, New York. He settled in Painesville and learned the carpentry trade. He married Carolyn Goldsmith, daughter of Master Builder Jonathan Goldsmith in 1830. They moved to Cleveland in 1833, about the time the Ohio and Erie Canal opened and Cleveland experienced its first substantial population and economic growth. It soon passed Painesville in population and opportunity. The first city directory in Cleveland in 1837 lists Charles Heard as a carpenter and joiner. The 1845 directory listed him as a Master Builder. In 1846 and 1847 he was in partnership with carpenter Warham Warner. The 1850 City Directory shows him in the firm of Heard and Porter, architects and builders. That partnership lasted until 1864. He formed a partnership with his son-in-law Walter Blythe that lasted from 1866 to 1871. From 1871 to the end of his life in 1876 he was the principle in the firm of Heard and Sons, when his sons Lucas Allen and Charles W. Heard Jr. joined the firm. He was active in the community serving as a member of the Board of Education and the Board of Alderman.He lived at 32 Euclid Street. His wife Caroline died on January 9, 1851. They had eight children; the youngest, Lucas Allen, was five when she died. By 1870 the census showed that his real estate was valued at $80,000 and that his seven adult children and two servants were living with him on Euclid Avenue. He died in 1876 leaving the unmarried children use of his home for seven years.

Building Name Address Built Status
St. Paul's Church 340 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1848-51 Demolished
Merchants Bank of Cleveland 512 West Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1849 Demolished
Payne Residence 2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1849 Demolished
Perry & Payne's Block Superior & West 9th, Cleveland, OH 1855 Demolished
Lake Erie Female Seminary Painesville, OH, Painesville, OH 1857 Standing
Remodeling of the Merwin House 3028 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1858 Standing
Case Hall 233 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1859-67 Demolished
Salem Union School Fourth Street and School Salem, OH, Salem, OH 1860 Demolished
Case Block Cleveland, OH 1863 Demolished
Eagle Street School 610 Eagle Street, Cleveland, OH 1864 Demolished
Rockwell School Cleveland, OH 1864 Demolished
Jennings Place 436 Casement, Painesville, OH 1872 Standing
Euclid Avenue Opera House 2025 East 4th Street, Cleveland, OH 1875 Demolished
Addition to engine house #11 Heard and Son Cleveland, OH 1876 Demolished
Ohio House - Centennial Exhibition Philadelphia, PA 1876 Standing
Crittenden Residence NE corner Ontario and Public Square, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Merwin Residence Rockport, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
New England Hotel Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Starkweather Residence Lake and West 9th Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

"Recollections of Cleveland - Her Builders and Buildings" Magazine of Western History January 1888, v. 7 #3, p. 253 - 265
Hitchcock, Elizabeth G., Charles W. Heard (1808-1876) Architect: His Buildings in Cleveland and Painesville- Historical Society Quarterly - Lake County, Ohio February 1967, v.9, #1
Image Source(s): Kathy Lent

Birth / Established: 1871
Death / Dissolved: 1876

Biography

This was an architectural firm that was formed by Charles Heard and his son L. Allen Heard. It was in existence from 1871 until the death of Charles Heard in 1876.

Building Name Address Built Status
Arlington Block Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1874 Demolished
Birth / Established: 1876
Death / Dissolved: 1880

Biography

Heard and Smith was an architectural firm active in Cleveland in the 1879 and 1880. The firm included L. Allen Heard, the son of Charles Heard who died in 1876, and George H. Smith. The firm had some important commissions including the Willson Avenue Baptist Church, the Hurlbut Chapel in Massillon, and the Idaka Chapel.

Building Name Address Built Status
Hurlbut Chapel 37 Second Street, Massillon, OH 1879 Demolished
Willson Avenue Baptist Church 2393 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1879 Standing
Church Cleveland, OH 1880 Demolished
Four story commercial building on Heard estate Cleveland, OH 1880 Demolished
Idaka Chapel Prospect and Kennard Street, Cleveland, OH 1880 Demolished
Wilson Dodge Residence Dodge Street, Cleveland, OH 1880 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology File

Birth / Established: 1850
Death / Dissolved: 1861

Biography

This was an architectural firm that was formed by Charles Heard, originally from Painesville and Simeon Porter from Hudson. Created in 1850 the firm existed until 1859, when it was dissolved. At that time both architects went into independent practice.

Building Name Address Built Status
St. Paul Church Euclid Avenue & East 4th, Cleveland, OH 1851 Demolished
Second Presbyterian Church Superior Avenue and East 3rd Street - Heard and Porter, , OH 1852 Demolished
Central High School East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1855 Demolished
H.B. Hurlburt Residence 3233  Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1855 Demolished
Mason Residence Euclid Avenue Near Railroad Tracks, Cleveland, OH 1855 Demolished
Old Stone Church 91 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 1855 Standing
Zenas Kent Residence 1369 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1855-9 Demolished
Atwater Block 903-1015 West Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1856 Demolished
St. Peter's Church 1701 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1857 Standing
Converse Block 1521 Merwin, Cleveland, OH 1859 Demolished

Sources

Johannesen, Eric Ohio History 1965 "Simeon Porter - Ohio Architect "

Birth / Established: 1866
Death / Dissolved: 1871

Biography

This was an architectural firm that was formed by Charles Heard and his son in law Walter Blythe. It existed between 1866 and 1871.

Building Name Address Built Status
St. James Episcopal Church Painesville, OH 1866 Standing
Hudson School (later Sterling School) East 30th & Carnegie, Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
St. Clair School Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
Clara Morris School Cleveland, OH 1869 Demolished
Mayflower School Solon Near Newburgh, Cleveland, OH 1869 Demolished
St. Mary Methodist Episcopal Church 4324 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1870 Demolished
Birth / Established: February 11, 1891
Death / Dissolved: August 26, 1968
Birth / Established: Unknown
Death / Dissolved: 1961

Biography

Became Ruth, Huddle, White and Howe in 1962.

Building Name Address Built Status
Lakewood Civic Auditorium 14100 Franklin Boulevard, Lakewood, OH 1955 Standing
Cleveland Museum of Art Addition 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1958 Standing
Birth / Established: August 18, 1884
Death / Dissolved: March 19, 1932

Biography

Alfred W. Harris was born in Tremont, Illinois. He served in the Air Force during World War I rising to the rank of Major. He worked in Peoria before coming to Cleveland. He lived at 9797 Newton Avenue, later moving to 18624 Winslow Road. He was one of the favorite architects of the Van Sweringen brothers. His son, Alfred Wilson Harris, Jr. (1910-1997), was also an architect.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for W. D. B. Alexander Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence for W. D. B. Alexander Miami, FL 1917 Unknown
Apartments for Mrs. Walter Flanders Miami, FL 1918 Unknown
Apartments for W. D. B. Alexander South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1918 Demolished
Apartment Building 2622 North Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Apartment Building 2622 North Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Apartment Building 2630 North Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Apartment Building 2636 North Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Rockefeller Building Parking Garage 621 Frankfort Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing
Moreland Courts 13901 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1922-24 Standing
Apartment House for Max Margolin & Irwin Mason 2865-75 Hampton Road, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Moreland Courts Addition 13515-13805 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Apartment House for Karl Zamost and Isadore Grohs 2843 South Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Apartment House for Morris S. Kaufman 13309-11 South Woodland, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Apartment House for the Van Sweringen Company 13415-9 South Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Commercial Building for 5209 Euclid Company 5209 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Larchmere Morland Group North Moreland and Larchmere, Cleveland, OH 1925 Unbuilt
Commercial Building 18732 Chagrin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
Ludlow Gables 13415 South Woodland Road, Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
Residence for S. H. Kleinman Realty Walden east of Lee, Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
Ludlow Towers 2825-35 South Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Apartment Buiding 2836 East 130th Street, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Apartment Buiding 2840 South Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Commercial Buildings and apartments for S.H. Kleinman Realty Riverside Drive, Fischer, Pilgrim Drive, Cleveland, OH 1929 Unknown
Apartment Building 13401 South Woodland, Cleveland, OH 1930 Standing
Apartment Building 2805 Ludlow Road, Cleveland, OH 1930 Standing
Shakertown Apartments 2804 South Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1930 Standing
Van Aken Towers 16300 Van Aken Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing

Sources

Ohio Architect November 1940
Image Source(s): Donald Petit, Steve Gusky, City of Cleveland

Birth / Established: January 6, 1865
Death / Dissolved: November 14, 1913

Biography

Henry J. Harks attended St. Peter's School and graduated from St. John's College. He studied architecture with B. Hoerstmann and was later a designer for the Woods-Jenks Company. He then studied with architect Samuel W. Lane. His home at 1254 East 84th Street is still standing. He was appointed building inspector by Cleveland Mayor Farley in 1899. In 1903 Mayor Tom Johnson appointed him to the three-member building code commission. He was the architect of several buildings for the Roman Catholic Diocese in Cleveland, including St. Patrick Church (West Park), St. Stephen School, St. Thomas Aquinas Church and School, and St. Vincent Hospital. He lived in Chicago for a short period of time and while there designed the Basilica of St. Adalbert in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He also had several commissions in Toledo, Ohio that may have resulted from his brothers, who were priests at St. Michael Church and St. Louis Church there. He was also widely known as a musician and organist in Catholic churches. He was a resident of the Belgrave Apartments, 8615 Wade Park Avenue, at the time of his death. He died at St. Alexis Hospital after an illness of several months. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial-Residential Building for Ernest Hallon 8901 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
James Sheehan Residence 5140 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
John T. Wamelink Residence 2749 Woodhill Road, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Joseph Beltz 7700 Kinsman Road, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Frame church in Elwood City, PA 1895 Demolished
Frank Buettner Residence 5141 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
John Dietrich Residence 7501 Quincy Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Residence for Frank Buttner 36 x 66 Willson Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Residence for Frank Dillhoefer 5311 McBride Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
St. Patrick of West Park Roman Catholic Church 4435 Rocky River Drive, Cleveland, OH 1895-6 Standing
Anna Fugman Residence 2362 East 85th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Brick Church at 50 x 90 Lorain, OH 1896 Demolished
Factory building on Michigan $15,000 Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Factory for City Machinery Company 430-6 West Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Henry J. Harks Residence 1254 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
John P. Beckerle Residence 7409 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Joseph Ranft Residence 5714 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
St. Alexis Hospital 5163 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
St. Vincent's Hospital Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Residence for Anton Poelking 1182 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
Residence for Anton Poelking 1220 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
St. Alexis Hospiral Bolier Room Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
St. Stephen School 1911-9 West 57th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for August Wiehm 7011 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Double Residence for Michael J. Kelley 1736-40 East 36th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Residence for Michael Kelley 1736-40 East 70th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
St. Thomas Aquinas Church & School 9101 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for William J. Delaney 8704-8 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Residence Churchill cor Parkwood, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
St. Anne's School 2145 Forest Street, Toledo, OH 1899-1900 Standing
St. Anthony School 617 Junction Avenue, Toledo, OH 1899-1900 Standing
St. Michael School 2624 Chase Street, Toledo, OH 1899-1900 Standing
Cleveland Fire Department 613-5 Hill Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Cleveland Fire Department - Engine House #29 1314 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Notre Dame Convent Monroe and Central, Toledo, OH 1902-4 Demolished
Bakery for William Strodtbeck Lexington near Russell, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
St. Thomas Aquinas Church 9115 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Basilica of St. Adalbert 654 Davis Avenue NW, Grand Rapids, MI 1907-13 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file November 16, 1913
Obituary - Catholic Universe Bulletin
Plain Dealer, "Important Work Before the Commission," March 29, 1903
Image Source(s): Arthur St. Clair, City of Cleveland, Bethany Port

Birth / Established: January 2, 1858
Death / Dissolved: March 23, 1929

Biography

George J. Hardway was active in Cleveland from 1887 until 1905. He was a partner of Ora Williams from 1889 to 1891. The largest share of his work was on residences, although he would occasionally design industrial or commercial buildings. He had also designed houses in Seattle, Washington and Odebolt, Iowa. From the buildings that we know he designed, his homes were often simpler in design. He avoided the Queen Anne style that was prevalent at the time. In 1892 he and Charles Tousley were the editors and publishers of the American Builder. He left Cleveland in 1905 for New York City, where he had an office at 347 Fifth Avenue and lived in Great Neck on Long Island. He died at Great Neck in 1929 at the age of seventy-one.

Building Name Address Built Status
Alonzo Harley Residence 1682 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Anna Miles Residence 1864 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Frederick W. Smith Residence 2057 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Standing
G.E. Kelper Residence Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Harvey Goulder Residence 2043 East 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence and barn for George Weeks 1841 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for George Hardway 1905 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for George Hardway 1911 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for J.S. Stevans 2055 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for Richard Parmely 2063 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Seventh Ward Republican Wigwam 2009 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
B.L. Reynolds Residence 1777 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888-9 Demolished
Iri Reynolds Residence 2052 East 96th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888-9 Demolished
George J. Hardway Residence 1786 Crawford Road, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Charles Keller Residence 11317 Itasca Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
Mary Curtis Residence 6401 Lexington Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Residence for George Hardway 8803 Blaine Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892-3 Demolished
Residence for George Hardway 8717 Blaine Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892-3 Standing
Residence for George Hardway 8807 Blaine Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892-3 Standing
Residence for Charles Baldwin 1850 East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1892-3 Demolished
Residence for William Ambler 8213 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
Residence for Julia Nelson 2100 East 21st Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
William McLauchlan Barn 1851 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Frank Bruce Residence 1937 East 73rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
Richard Crocker Residence 1889 East 73rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
William Clause Residence 2079 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for George Burke 8915-7 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Curtiss Apartments for James Curtiss 302-14 Summit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Residence for Marcel Mireau 1432 Clark, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Residence for Joseph Graham 1408 East 85th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Stores and apartments for George H. Burke 8616-8 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Apartment Building for Frank S. Cody ns Sibley, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Residence for F.C. Adams 1945 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
The Bon Air Apartments 3145 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
The Earl Apartments for Frank Cody 3131 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Winona Apartments for Frank Cody 2269 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Sandusky Opera House and Building Sandusky, OH 1900 Demolished
Bell Residence 1822 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
School Addition for Spencerian Business College 1731 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Cleveland Dental Manufacturing Company - 3307 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing

Sources

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

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