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Birth / Established: 1883
Death / Dissolved: October 12, 1961

Biography

John Warner was born in Ohio. He is listed in Cleveland City Directories as an architect between 1912 and 1919. In the 1925 City Directory he is listed as an architect with Cuyahoga County living at 1199 Ethel in Lakewood. In the 1930 census he listed as an appraiser for Cuyahoga County.

Building Name Address Built Status
Fire Station Warren and Detroit, Lakewood, OH 1913 Demolished
Highland Congregational Church 11228 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Fire Station #2 Detroit and Kenilworth, Lakewood, OH 1917 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Necrology file

Birth / Established: September 6, 1876
Death / Dissolved: 1947

Biography

Franz Childs Warner was born in Painesville and graduated from Case School of Applied Science in 1900. He was listed in the Cleveland City Directories from 1906 to 1939. He began practicing architecture in 1898, originally working for Owsley & Boucherle of Youngstown. He was later associated with the firm of Frank Packard of Columbus. In 1908 he entered in business for himself in Cleveland. He had a deep interest in art and engineering. He added Walter R. McCornack to the firm in 1925 (Warner & McCornack) and later made George E Mitchell a partner in 1928 (Warner, McCornack & Mitchell). McCornack left the firm in late 1928 creating Warner and Mitchell from 1929 to 1939. He specialized in designing school buildings, having much work in Cleveland suburbs and surrounding towns. Ohio Governor John Bricker appointed him to the Ohio Board of Examiners of Architects, which he served from 1937 to 1947. According to census records, he lived at 2237 Demington in Cleveland Heights in 1920 and in Hunting Valley in 1930. He was a member of the American Institute of Architects, the American Federation of Art, the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, the Old Colony Club, and the Cleveland Yacht Club. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect.

Building Name Address Built Status
Hospital annex Painesville, OH 1907 Demolished
Double residence for Geo. McLeod Glenville, OH 1908 Demolished
Edward Halley Residence Wade Park Allotment, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Edward Zeidler Residence 1503 East 106th Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Harry C. Gawne Residence 1515 East 106th Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Euclid Arcade 510 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Cleveland Fire Department Engine Company 31 747 East 152nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Residence 3009 Fairfax Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1913 Standing
Shore High School 291 East 222nd Street, Euclid, OH 1913 Standing
Mentor Village School 7482 Center Street, Mentor, OH 1914 Standing
Willoughby High School (Union High School) 25 Public Square, Willoughby, OH 1915-6 Standing
Case Institute Dental School 2165 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 1915-7 Demolished
Coventry Elementary School Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Dr. F. Chesbro Residence Willoughby, OH 1917 Demolished
Eight Andrews Institute Buildings - Domestic Science Building, Sewing Building, Central Heating Building, five cottages Willoughby, OH 1917 Demolished
Office and Welfare Building for Erie Dock Company Old River Bed, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for Dr. Chesbro Willoughby, OH 1917 Demolished
School Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Shaker Heights School Off Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Toledo Furnace Company Toledo, OH 1917 Unknown
Warehouse for Northern Ohio Traction and Light Akron, OH 1917 Demolished
School Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Demolished
Woodbury Jr High School 15400 South Woodland, Shaker Heights, OH 1918-9 Standing
Morris Plan Bank 921 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Oberlin High School (Langston Middle School) Main & Walnut, Oberlin, OH 1921 Standing
Roxboro Elementary School 2405 Roxboro Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1921 Standing
Seneca Street School Lorain, OH 1921 Standing
Seminary of Our Lady of the Lake 1227 Ansel Road, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Additions to Imaculate Heart of Mary Convent 6700 Lansing Ave, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Additions to Imaculate Heart of Mary Rectory 6700 Lansing Ave, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
St. Colman's School 2001 West 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Hudson Youth Development Center Hudson, OH 1926 Demolished
Blossom Hill Development Center Brecksville, OH 1927 Demolished
Cleveland House of Correction Administration Building Cleveland, OH 1927 Demolished
St. Thomas Hospital 444 North Main Street, Akron, OH 1927 Standing
Oberlin High School Addition Oberlin, OH 1935 Standing
Christian Science Church 109 Richmond Street, Painesville, OH n.d. Demolished
City Hall Painesville, OH n.d. Demolished
Fire Department 116 North St. Clair, Painesville, OH n.d. Demolished
High School 209 West Washington Street, Painesville, OH n.d. Demolished
Police Station Painesville, OH n.d. Demolished
United States Embassy at Buenos Aires Unknown n.d. not built

Sources

Album: This Cleveland of Ours 1933 The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.p614
Avery, Elroy McKendree; Cleveland and its Environs p 345
Necrology file died 5 May 1963 Plain Dealer
Orth, Samuel; A History of Cleveland, Ohio v II p 191-2
Progressive Men of Northern Ohio p 222
Who's Who in Ohio 1930
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby, Western Reserve Fire Museum, Sharon Trsek

Birth / Established: 1928
Death / Dissolved: 1939

Biography

Franz Childs Warner and George Evans Mitchell (1929-1939).

Building Name Address Built Status
Cuyahoga County Criminal Court Building 1560 East 21st Street, Cleveland, OH 1930 Demolished
Kirk Junior High School 14410 Terrace Road, East Cleveland, OH 1930 Demolished
St. Coleman Parish Rectory 2027 W 65th St, Cleveland, OH 1930 Standing
Convent and Shrine for the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration 4120 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 1931 Standing
St. Mary Catholic Curch 300 West Eighth Street, Lorain, OH 1931 Standing
Cleveland Arena 3719 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1937 Demolished

Sources

Image Source(s): Edward P. Almquist, Bill Nehez, Michael Schwartz Library, Special Collections, Cleveland State University

Birth / Established: 1925
Death / Dissolved: 1928

Biography

Franz C. Warner joined with W. R. McCornack early in 1928 after the latter left his position as architect for the Cleveland School District. (Although G.E. Mitchell was an architect for this firm at this time, he was not elevated to a partner role until March 1928.) Firm became Warner, McCornack & Mitchell.

Building Name Address Built Status
Boulevard Schood Euclid Heights Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH 1925 Demolished
Convent for The Polish Sisters of St. Joseph 12215 Granger Road, Garfield Heights, OH 1925 Standing
St. Rocco Church and School 3205 Fulton Road, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing
Rainbow Babies Hospital Green Road, South Euclid, OH 1928 Unknown
Birth / Established: December 8, 1874
Death / Dissolved: October 23, 1946

Biography

He was born Curtis Lovely. In 1894 he applied for a name change to his mother's maiden name after being cared for by his mother's sister and brother for a number of years. Trained at Case Institute of Technology.. The 1900 census has Walton living in Elizabeth, NJ and having an occupation of electrician. He was the architect for the Walton Reality Company specializing in single family homes with his office was 959 Rose Building. In1909 he disappeared from Cleveland and was found suffering from amnesia and living under an assumed name and working as a draftsman in Alabama. He was returned to Cleveland by 1910 as the 1910 Census shows him living in Cleveland with his Uncle William and Aunt Lillian at 678 E 72nd Street (currently in Gordon Park) and an occupation as an architect. His 1917 WWI draft card shows him living in Natural Bridge, Rockbridge, Virginia with an occupation as a farmer. The 1920 and1930 census show him with an occupation as architect. His death certificate shows him as an engineer and a birth year of 1872.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Walton Reality Company 732 East 99th Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Residence for Walton Reality Company 736 East 99th Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Charles D. McCormic Residence Unknown 1907 Unknown
F. L. Fosbey Residence Unknown 1907 Unknown
F. H. Warren Residence Cleveland, OH 1907 Unknown
J. L. Pope Residence Unknown 1907 Unknown
L. L. Davis Residence Unknown 1907 Unknown
Residence for Walton Reality Company 701 East 96th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Residence for Walton Reality Company 729 East 99th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Residence for Walton Reality Company 700 East 96th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Residence for Walton Reality Company 726 East 99th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Residence for Walton Reality Company 728 East 99th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Residence for Walton Reality Company 738 East 99th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Residence for Walton Reality Company 742 East 99th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Residence for Walton Reality Company 747 East 96th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Residence for Walton Reality Company 759 East 96th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Walter S. Pope Residence Unknown 1907 Unknown
Additions to Forest Oaks 20 Houston Tavern Road, Natural Bridge, VA 1916 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: May 26, 1895
Death / Dissolved: March 8, 1978

Biography

Travis Gower Walsh was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard Business School and graduated from the Boston School of Design. He came to Cleveland in 1921 to become the design architect for the Cleveland school district. In 1925 he formed the firm of Maier and Walsh, that became Maier, Walsh & Dickerson after World War II. He was listed as a registered architect in the November 1940 Ohio Architect. In 1950 the firm became Travis Walsh & Associates. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1942, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a member of the Harvard Alumni Club, the American Institute of Architects, the Singers Club, the Cleveland Heights Lion's Club, the University Club, the Hermit Club, the New England Society of the Western Reserve, the Western Reserve Historical Society, and the American Legion. He retired in 1970.

Building Name Address Built Status
Hillcrest YMCA Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
South Presbyterian Church Parma, OH n.d. Unknown
YMCA Brooklyn, OH n.d. Unknown
YMCA East Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Church of the Savior Tower 2537 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1952 Standing
Sisters of St. Francis Convent 13211 Chapelside Ave, Cleveland, OH 1954 Standing
Church of the Savior Addition 2537 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1959 Standing
Austin Memorial Chapel at Windermere United Methodist Church 14055 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 1962 Standing

Sources


Cleveland City Directory
Necrology File Plain Dealer 3.10.1978

Building Name Address Built Status
Jednota Building (First Catholic Slovak Union) 3289 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1932 Standing
Birth / Established: October 14, 1865
Death / Dissolved: January 5, 1940

Biography

Henry A. Walsh was born in Brantford, Ontario and moved with his family to Detroit. He graduated from the University of Detroit and studied architecture in Florence, Italy. He was listed as an architect in Cleveland City Directories from 1907 to 1935, and was mainly known for designing Roman Catholic religious buildings. His office was at 1514 Prospect Avenue. He was single and lived at 2306 South Overlook with his sister Mame Kuhlman, widow of the president of the G.C. Kuhlman Car Company.

Building Name Address Built Status
Detroit College alterations and additions Detroit, MI 1907 Unknown
P. McMerney Residence Brooklyn, OH 1907 Unknown
Residence for L.Wain Unknown 1907 Standing
Cloister Dominican Nuns Cloister Boston Blvd & Oakland Ave, Detroit, MI 1908 Unknown
Sacred Heart of Mary School (now Our Lady of Good Counsel School) 4419 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Our Lady of Good Counsel Rectory 4423 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
St. Ignatius College Gymnasium 2907 Carroll Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
St. Agnes Church 615 Lake Avenue, Elyria, OH 1914 Standing
Blessed Sacrement Church 9844 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 1915 Standing
Immaculate Conception School 4223-9 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Our Lady of Good Counsel Lower Church 4419 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
St. Joseph Academy 3470 Rocky River Road, Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
St. Joseph Academy - Sleeping and Educational Building 3470  Rocky River Road, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church 4417 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1929-30 Standing
Monastery of the Blessed Sacrement Detroit, Michigan n.d. Unknown

Sources

Catholic Universal Bulletin "Mass Sung for Architect" - 1.12.1940
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file

Birth / Established: April 22, 1880
Death / Dissolved: February 23, 1933

Biography

Lyman Walker was born in Zanesville, Ohio and moved to Covington, Kentucky at age ten. He went to work in the office of Cincinnati architect Samuel Hannaford where he worked for three years. In 1900 he entered government employment as assistant supervising architect of the military occupation of Cuba. He returned to the United States in 1902 and went to work in Omaha, returning to Covington in 1904. He attended the University of Cincinnati, Carnegie Tech, and Michigan State College. He worked in Florida, then Detroit and Cincinnati. During World War I he served as a combat pilot. He served as a lieutenant colonel and was attached to the Officers Reserve Corps. He moved to Cleveland in 1921. He wrote numerous articles for trade publications. He specialized in the design of apartment buildings.

Building Name Address Built Status
Farmers' and Traders' Bank Building 535 Madison Avenue, Covington, KY 1904 Standing
Villa Madonna Academy 2500 Amsterdam Road, Villa Hills, KY 1907 Standing
Sixth District School - Austinburg 1901 Maryland Ave, Covington, KY 1907-9 Standing
Cohen Shoes Building 20 West Pike Street, Covington, KY 1910 Standing
Seventh District School - Peaselburg 23rd X Howell Streets, Covington, KY 1910 Demolished
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church 3831 Decoursey Ave, Covington, KY 1910 Standing
YMCA Building 624 Madison Avenue, Covington, KY 1913 Standing
Remodel Hospital to Apartments 625 Eddy Road, Cleveland, OH 1923 Demolished
Apartment Building for Epstein Brothers 1468 Highland Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1924 Standing
Apartment Building for Max Narosny and Sam Libhaber 1455 East 114th Street, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Edmonton Apartment Building 794-802 East 125th Street, Cleveland, OH 1924 Demolished (Partially)
The Wilmar Apartment Building 2715-19 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1924 Demolished
Euclid-Hastings Apartments 15620 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing
Apartment Buiding 11415 Hessler Road, Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
"Seville" Aprtment Building Akron, OH 1928 Unknown
Apartment Building for Max Narosny and Sam Libhaber 11115-9 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Edgewater Park Manor Apartments 9829 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Lake West Apartments 10507 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Residence Morewood Parkway, Rocky River, OH 1929 Standing
West Shore Apartments Edgewater and Cove, Lakewood, OH 1929 Standing
Apartment Building 2968 South Moreland Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1930 Standing
Apartment Building 2980 South Moreland Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1930 Standing
Hampton House 10017 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1930 Standing
Westmont Apartment Building 22 Rhodes Avenue, Akron, OH 1930 Standing

Sources

"Lyman R. Walker, Architect, Dies" Plain Dealer February 24, 1933
Building Arts November 1931
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology File - February 25, 1933
Johnson, E. Polk; History of Kentucky and Kentuckians; New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing; 1912
Image Source(s): Kenton County Public Library Faces & Places Digital Collection, Craig Bobby, Cleveland Plain Dealer

Birth / Established: 1868
Death / Dissolved: October 6, 1932

Biography

Joined D.C. Griese to form the D.C. Griese and Walker Company in 1903. they were general contractors (primarily masonry) that did some of their own design. Contractors for the East Technical High School, Collinwood Memorial High School, Peerless Motor Car Company Plant and others. This firm dissolved in 1914 and Walker worked in the Engineering Department for the National Screw and Tack Company until his death.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for August C. Lamp 4210 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church 1470 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
Store and Tenement for H. Kaase 2836-42 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished

Sources

Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

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