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Birth / Established: January 12, 1895
Death / Dissolved: April 24, 1972

Biography

Max Weis (aka White) was a native of New Haven, Connecticut and came to Cleveland in 1910. He was a specialist in commercial and residential architecture, zoning, and housing rehabilitation. He helped write Cleveland's zoning code and was the president of the Apartment and Homeowners Association. His son George M. White shared his father's office at 750 Prospect Avenue until his appointment as official architect of the United States Capitol by President Richard Nixon.

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial-Residential Building 7508 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Demolished
Apartment building East 83rd & Crawford, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment building Taylor Road Off Euclid, East Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment building 1903 East 70th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment Building for F. M. Margolin Hampshire Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Unknown
Apartments 1225 East 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartments 1840 East 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for B. Splvark Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Garage 5810-2 (Rear) Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Garage service station and display room Cedar near DeForest, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for M. H. Wolf Nela View Allotment, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Tenement East 6th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Tenement Fairchild Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Tenement 1311 East 112th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Tenement 1854 East 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Tenement 1936 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Tenement 2094 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment building 2713 Hampton Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Standing
Apartment building 2717 Hampton Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Standing
Apartment Building for S. Kraus 1881 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Commercial Building St. Clair & East 152nd, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Hotel Euclid & East 71st, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Synagogue 7606 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Unbuilt
Warehouse 3515 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Residence for Narseny and Lithaber 3227-9 East 116th Street, Cleveland, OH 1919 Standing
Garage for the Guarantee Building Company 5405 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Demolished
Garfield Hotel 3846 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1921 Demolished
Sovereign Hotel 1575 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing
Apartment Building 1930 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH 1923 Demolished
Detroit-Seventieth Apartments 7006 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Apartment Building for Mollie Melamed 745-753 Eddy Road, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Aprartments for Beu Beudorsky 13110 Union Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Euclid-Mayfield Building 11308-19 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Aprtment Building for Albert Pucciania 15328 Kinsman Road, Cleveland, OH 1926 Demolished
Apartment Building 2934 South Moreland Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Apartment Building for Israel and Ben Bialosky 2085 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Apartment Building for Mandel Narosny 1552 Ansel Road, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
"Bristol" Apartment Building 2920-28 South Moreland Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Roseman Block Taylor Road & Superior, Cleveland Heights, OH 1929 Demolished
Kinsman Jewish Center 3487 East 140th Street, Cleveland, OH 1932 Demolished
Quo Vadis Furniture Building 4274 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1938 Standing
Parkway Manor 10102 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1940 Standing

Sources

Architect Maxwell White Dies, Rites Friday; Plain Dealer; April 26, 1972
Cleveland City Directories
Press 4.26.1972
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: November 12, 1890
Death / Dissolved: July 14, 1977

Biography

Joseph L. Weinberg was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Orphaned at an early age he was raised in the Jewish Orphanage.. He was president of of the Cleveland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He maintained an office at 1836 Euclid Avenue and resided at 2988 Ludlow Road. He was a member of the faculty of the Western Reserve University School of Architecture. He served as chief zone architect in the office of the Fifth Zone Constructing Quartermaster. He was a member of the firm of Morris & Weinberg (1923 - 1930) and later Weinberg, Teare & Herman and Weinberg, Fischer & Herman.

Building Name Address Built Status
Bellfaire Orphans Home Ohio n.d. Demolished
Lakeview Terrace Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Several buildings at Massillon State Hospital Ohio n.d. Demolished

Sources

Ohio Architect July-August 1941

Birth / Established: 1830
Death / Dissolved: February 11, 1892

Biography

Albert Weile came to the United States from Strassburg, Germany in 1855. His occupation was listed as master mason. He was of Prussian ancestry. He was a partner with Carl Griese from 1866 until 1876. He left Cleveland in 1890, moving to Kansas City, where he died in 1892.

Sources

Plain Dealer 2.12.1882
Plain Dealer 2.12.1882

Birth / Established: December 10, 1889
Death / Dissolved: November 21, 1946
Building Name Address Built Status
Automobilr Painting and Service Garage for Alfred F. Kieser 2640 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Birth / Established: October 2, 1871
Death / Dissolved: December 21, 1935

Biography

Harry Ellis Weeks was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and graduated from MIT in 1893. At the suggestion of John M. Carrere, a member of the Group Plan Commission, Weeks moved to Cleveland in 1905 where he worked in the office of J. Milton Dyer. He is buried in Lake View Cemetery.

Sources

Editor Van Tassel, David and John J. Grabowski; The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography 1996 - Indiana University Press: Bloomington and Indianapolis
Johannesen, Eric; Walker and Weeks - A Cleveland Legacy

Birth / Established: March 17, 1867
Death / Dissolved: August 21, 1929

Biography

William Ruggles Watterson was born in Cleveland and was a graduate of the Cleveland Public Schools. He became an apprentice in an architectural office and then studied at Columbia University. In 1894 he returned to Cleveland as a local representative of the George B. Post firm, acting as supervising architect. From 1895 to 1903 he practiced alone. In 1903 he entered into partnership with Charles Schneider, who also had been employed by George Post, forming the firm of Watterson and Schneider.

Building Name Address Built Status
Dwelling for Fred Steimle 5319 Julia, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
W.H. Marshall Residence 2370 East 46th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
George Deimer Residence 2733 East 51st Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Double Residence for Charles Ctawford 2039-41 East 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Howard Straight Residence 2516 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
F. B. Berry Residence EC Unknown 1895 Demolished
Residence for E.A. Kinney and I.B. Cameron New Lisbon, Ohio 1895 Unknown
Three houses for J.C. Lorer W.C. Unknown 1895 Demolished
Frank M. Jones Residence 1324 West 111th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Dr. E. Hawley Residence Corner of Broadway & Hamlet, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Edward Hawley Residence 3311 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Fire Station #26 7818 Kinsman Road, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Office building for King and Moore 1104-14 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Residence for A. D. Hatfield 1900 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Residence for George Warden 11133 Bellflower, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Residence for H. F. Gill 1913 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Office for Standard Tool Company 6918 Central Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900-1 Demolished
J.W.S. Webb Residence Lake Shore Collinwood, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Lakewood Banking and Savings Company 11700-10 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1901 Demolished
Residence for John Gundy 1975 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Residence for John Gundy 1963 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Residence for John Gundy 1967 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Residence for John Gundy 1971 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Store and apartments on Perry-Payne Estate St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Thirteenth Precinct Police Station Superior Near Woolsey, , OH 1901 Demolished
Osborn Building Addition Prospect & Huron, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
St. Agnes School East Madison & Euclid, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Apartment house 1786-98 Elberon, East Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Cleveland Public Library 5806 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Cleveland Public Library - St. Clair Branch 1368 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Lake Shore Banking & Savings Company 5404 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Manufacturing Building, Barn, Wagon shed stables for C.O. Everts Factory Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Residence for Mr. Yoeman Bellflower Drive, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Lake Shore Bank and St. Clair Branch Library 5410 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903-5 Standing
Addition to Osborn Building Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished

Sources

Avery, Elroy McKendree; History of Cleveland 631-2
Cleveland City Directories
Necrology file 21 August 1929
Image Source(s): Annual Reports of the City of Cleveland for the Year Ending December 31, 1897, Heather Rudge

Birth / Established: 1903
Death / Dissolved: 1908

Biography

This firm included William R. Watterson and Charles Schneider, and was in existence from 1903 until 1908. Their offices were in the New England Building.

Building Name Address Built Status
Broadway Savings and Trust alterations and improvements Broadway and E. 55th, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Commercial Building for Bruce-Marion-Abbott Co. Euclid, east of E.55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Commercial building for M.B. & H.H. Johnson Euclid near Muirson, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Henry Steinbrenner Residence 11421 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Hotel-apartment building for M.S. Austin East 19th Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
James A. Young Residence Lake Shore Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1905 Unknown
Rockefeller Physics Building 2076 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Warehouse Euclid Avenue near C&P, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Cleveland Medical Library 2318 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Commercial Block for Mr. DeKlyn Euclid near Olive, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Helen M. Cobb Residence 1601 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland, OH 1906-7 Demolished
Lakewood Presbyterian Church 14500 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1907 Standing
Glidden Varnish 11001 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
James R. Sprankle Residence 18122 West Clifton, Lakewood, OH 1908 Standing
League Park Office 6601 Lexington Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908-9 Standing
Ball Building 1110 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing

Sources

Avery, Elroy McKendree; History of Cleveland 631-3
Cleveland City Directories
Necrology file 21 August 1930

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial-Residential Building for the Bradley Estate ("THe Ellington") 824-34 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Residence for Darwin Wright 1900 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
Birth / Established: 1907
Death / Dissolved: Unknown

Biography

The Watson Engineering Company was founded by Civil Engineer Wilbur J. Watson. Watson (1871-1939) was born in Berea and recieved a B.S. from Case School of Engineering. He would work for the Osborn Company. He founded the Watson Company in 1907. The company specialized in bridge design, setting standards for bridge design throughout the country. With his daughters Sara and Emily he would write Bridge Architecture: A Decade of Bridges 1926-1936 and Bridges in History and Legend.

Building Name Address Built Status
Cleveland Macaroni Company 7260 Neville Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Warehouse for Lincoln Storage 11201 Cedar Glen Parkway, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Roger's Building 1720 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Case School of Applied Science 2116 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing

Sources

Cleveland Macaroni Company Souvenir Book of Cleveland 1921
White Company Souvenir Book of Cleveland 1921
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1928
Death / Dissolved: 1928

Biography

G.E. Mitchell had been working in the office of Franz Warner since 1921. W. R. McCornack joined the firm in 1925. Mitchell was made a partner in March 1928. McCornack left in October 1928.

Building Name Address Built Status
St. Thomas Hospital 444 N. Main Street, Akron, OH 1928 Standing
Kirk Middle School 14410 Terrace Road, East Cleveland, OH 1930 Demolished
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