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Birth / Established: November 1, 1894
Death / Dissolved: September 9, 1974

Biography

Francis Draz was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and raised in Mt. Vernon, New York. He went to Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh. He was a member of the firm of Small, Small, Reeb, and Draz. He lived on Falls River Road in Chagrin Falls.

Birth / Established: December 7, 1867
Death / Dissolved: May 13, 1925

Biography

John W. Dolman was active as an architect from 1891 to 1901. He was the architect of several fire department facilities throughout the city.

Building Name Address Built Status
Engine House #22 8115 Wade Park, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Engine House #23 8501 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Engine House #24 3725 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
Fire Department Headquarters 328 38 West St. Clair, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file

Birth / Established: February 1, 1889
Death / Dissolved: June 28, 1948

Biography

Antonio Di Nardo was born in Italy and came to Cleveland in 1916 after attending the University of Pennsylvania. While in Philadelphia he was associated with the firms Durking, Okie & Ziegler; Cove and Stewardson; and Paul Cret. In New York he worked in the office of Arnold W. Brunner. He was also involved in the early planning of Fairmount Road Village (also known as Belgian Village). He was a member of the firm of Koehl & DiNardo in 1924.

Building Name Address Built Status
St. Augustine's Church 204 Sixth Street, Barberton, OH 1924-5 Standing
Ashwood Apartments 2822 South Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
St. Cecilia Church 10400 Stoepel Street, Detroit, MI 1929 Standing
St. Margaret of Hungary Catholic Church 2917 East 116th Street, Cleveland, OH 1929-30 Standing
Great Lakes Exposition Transportation Building Cleveland, OH 1930 Demolished
St. Hugo of the Hills 2215 Opdyke Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 1931-6 Standing
George Andomeit Residence Wilson Mills Road, Gates Mills, OH 1932 Demolished
A. M. McGregor Home East Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Black Residence Mansfield, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file
French Farm Houses, Small Chateaux, and Country Churches in France by Antonio DiNardo

Birth / Established: May 23, 1879
Death / Dissolved: Unknown

Biography

Herman Dercum was born in Cleveland of German-born parents and was educated at Cornell University with a B.S. in architecture granted in 1902 and a M.S. in architecture granted in 1903. He was listed in Cleveland City Directories as an architect from 1907 to 1939. He was a partner with George Beer from 1907 to 1929. He lived at 1956 West Boulevard in Cleveland. He moved to Longview, Washington and worked as an architect for Long-Bell Lumber Company in the 1940s. His wife Carlotta lived until the age of 104 and died in Goldendale, Washington in 1987.

Sources

Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights 1992
Cleveland Architectural Club Catalogue 1909
Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: 1917
Death / Dissolved: 1939

Biography

Dercum and Beer was in business from 1907 to 1939, ten years after the 1929 death of partner George W. Beer. The firm was known for its Craftsman style residences, built in Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, and Lakewood. It was also the architect of significant buildings in Cleveland including the Cudell Clock Tower, the Penton Office Building, and the Hotel Linn.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence fo George D. Jones 10418 Somerset, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Residence for Mr. Gender 17829 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1907 Standing
Residence for Mrs. Fenton Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Residence for O. Krause 17841 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1907 Standing
Store and apartment for George D. Jones 1076-80 E. 105th, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Crannell Morgan Residence 118 Mayfield Avenue, Akron, OH 1908 Standing
Hotel Linn 1285 West 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Carl W. Gehring Residence 13475 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1910 Standing
Joseph C. Huber Residence 1432 Nortland Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1910 Standing
Residence 1533 East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
J.H. Rogers 14300 South Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1912 Standing
Residence 11310 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Residence 2115 Elandon Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1914 Standing
Residence 1524 East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Residence for John A. Zangerle West 104th and Lake, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Walter S. Pope Residence 2271 North St. James, Cleveland Heights, OH 1915 Standing
Commercial building addition 3167 Fulton, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Cudell Clock Tower 1390 West Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Residence Edgehill and Derbyshire, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for Bertha Backus 2717 Lancaster Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Globe, Machine and Stamping Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Reasner Residence 10216 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Penton Press and Plate Building Cleveland, OH 1924 Demolished
Dr. Guy Lovett Residence 2877 Brighton, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Unknown
Penton Publishing 1213 West 3rd, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
H.D. Messick Residence -Fontenay Road Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
Residence for Guarantee Building Company 2926 Torrington, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
A.P. Shraner Residence 18901 North Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church 340 North Main Street, Hudson, OH 1935 Standing
Benjamin H. Rose Residence 1106 Forest, Lakewood, OH n.d. Demolished
Country Home for Judge W.A. Babcock Gates Mills, OH n.d. Demolished
S.A.P. Schrayer Residence Ohio n.d. Demolished

Sources

Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights 1992
Cleveland Architectural Club Catalogue 1909
Cleveland City Directories
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: February 9, 1823
Death / Dissolved: April 13, 1886

Biography

B. S. DeForest was a native of New York State. He lived in Chicago for a time before relocating to Cleveland in 1872 following the Great Chicago Fire. He was active as a Cleveland architect from 1876 until his death in 1886. He was a veteran of the Civil War. He wrote "Random Sketches and Wandering Thoughts or What I saw in camp; With a historical sketch of the Second Oswego Regiment, Eighty First New York". His architectural practice occurred in the era before building permits, so we know of one building that he designed.

Building Name Address Built Status
Treverton Hotel for Colgate Hoyt, H.C. Rouse, C.P. Leland 1253 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 1881 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: July 13, 1876
Death / Dissolved: September 27, 1936

Biography

Monroe Ensign Deane was an Ohio-born architect who appears in Cleveland City Directories as an architect from 1924 until his death in 1936. He worked for Harold Burdick in 1925. He is noted as a registered architect in the Ohio Architect November 1940 listing. He died at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence 3080 Laurel Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Standing
Residence 2713 Belvoir Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Charles L. Anderson Residence 18020 South Woodland, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
J.B. Hanson Residence Edgecliff Drive on Lake Erie, Lakewood, OH 1929 Standing
Residence Parnell and Shelly Roads, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Residence 16850 Parkland, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
Residence for H.W. Brown 3365 Elsmere Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence 15900 South Woodland, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 17300 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 17600 Parkland Drive, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 18040 South Woodland, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 20101 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 2721 Sherbrooke Road, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 2830 Attleboro Road, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights 1992 - West Summit Press: Ft. Myers, Beachwood, Ohio
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file September 30, 1936
WWI draft registration

Birth / Established: May 9, 1881
Death / Dissolved: June 18, 1945

Biography

Graduate of Case College of Applied Science. Listed as Building Engineer and Architect in City directory; 1911 - 428 Garfield Building; 1909, 1910 - with the Forest City Engineering Co.; 1907,1908 - Civil Engineer; 1912, 1913 - Architect, 719 Caxton Bldg; 1905,1906 - Draftsman; 1914 - Chief Engineer; 1916 - Dept. Manager; By 1927 was in Pittsburgh, PA with the Blaw Knox Co.

Building Name Address Built Status
Annealing Room for the Hydraulic Pressed Steel Co. 3152 East 61st Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Unknown
Croxton Motor Company Automobile Factory Washington, PA 1912 Unknown

Biography

Joseph Daniels was active as a Cleveland architect in the late 19th century. He appears in Cleveland City Directories as a draftsman in 1882. Part of the firm of Smith & Daniels 1887-1888. He is listed as an architect by 1891. He was a partner of Joseph Blackburn. The 1892 city directory lists him as the successor to Blackburn & Daniels.He does not appear in the directories after 1896.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Louise Gott 6311 Quimby Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Standing
Addition for William P. Southworth Residence 3334 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Cleveland University of Medicine and Surgery 710 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Merchants Banking and Storage Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
U.S. Baking Company Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Building Name Address Built Status
Hall for St. Michael Russian Orthodox Church 10004 Union Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1950 Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

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