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Birth / Established: April 10, 1866
Death / Dissolved: December 15, 1931

Biography

Morris Gleichmann was born in Austria-Hungary and came to the United States with his parents at the age of six. He was educated in the Cleveland public schools. He is listed as a draftsman in the 1884 Cleveland City Directory, eventually working for the architect Edward Ruprect. In 1889 he moved to Seattle, Washington Territory, where he formed the partnership Gleichmann, Lane and Mendel with former Clevelander Samuel Lane. They returned to Cleveland by 1892. Upon his return, Gleichmann formed a partnership with Charles S. Pennington, initially living with relatives at 77 Bridge Street. He later formed a partnership with W. R. Chestney. His building designs reflected progressive designs that were prevalent in the west as practiced by Bernard Maybeck and Greene and Greene. He was the architect and designer of a one-thousand foot high Tower of Babel for the Paris Exposition of 1900. He was a member of the Forest City Blue Lodge Masons and the Scottish Rite, and politically he was a Republican. He lived in Cleveland at 866 East 105th Street until 1914. He moved on to New York City where he practiced architecture until 1930. He died in 1931 and is buried in New York.

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial Building for estate of Aaron Trather 2147-59 Ontario, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
West Cleveland Banking Center 10101 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1893 Standing
Store and Apartments for Matthew Burrick 1219 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Brick, Stone and Steel Business Block for James Benda Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Clubhouse for Utopian Club 3112 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Commercial Building for Sandrowitz Brothers 587 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for John Kehres 1209-11 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Factory for Joe Bendan 726 Johnson Court, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Fred Elsasser Residence 1408-12 West 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
Horace Rossitter Residence 1440 West 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
William Young Residence 11114 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
William Young Residence 11114 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Bernard Huebschman Residence 2364 East 43rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Cigar Box Factory for Rickersburg Brothers 1607 Marion, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Ignatz Koblitz Residence 3601 Beyerle Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Residence for Joseph Koblitz 2348 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Store and Tenement for David Grossman 4417-23 Payne Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Fire Station #18 3409 Orange, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Parkwood School 1171 Parkwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Commercial building for Diebolt Brewing 4239-41 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for the Dieboldt Brewing Company 4239  Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Mayflower Flats 3106 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Dwelling for A. Kohn Case near Woodland (Case SL 37), Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Hazeldell School East 123rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Addition to J. L. Goodman Furniture Store Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Addition to Warehouse for S. Kohn & Son - 390 Woodland Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
L. & J. Wohl's Hungarian Restaurant 1280 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Fire Station #16 Abbey and Gehring, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Commercial Building for B.C. Elsamer Lake & Salisbury, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Majestic Theatre 1775-83 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
S. Kohn and Sons Commercial Building 10503 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907-8 Demolished
Apartments 1274 East 102nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Store and Apartment Building Superior and Payne, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Walnut Avenue Business Block Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Penn Square Motion Picture Theater for Joseph J. Klein 5409-15 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Keith's Prospect Theatre Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Livestock Exchange Building 3200 West 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for the United Realty Construction Company 10402 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Empire Theatre Prospect Avenue (extensively altered), Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Lafayette Theatre Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Architecture and Building v. 23, no. 14, p.164
Cleveland and Its Germans, p. 145
Cleveland City Directories
Men of Ohio in 1900, p. 70
Plain Dealer July 14, 1892
Progressive Men of Northern Ohio, p. 216
Ward, James Architects in Practice in New York City 1900-1940 for the Committee of Architectural Records
Image Source(s): Nikki Gaebelein

Birth / Established: 1894
Death / Dissolved: 1894

Biography

After Morris Gleichman returned to Cleveland from Seattle he formed a partnership with W. R. Chestney, it was listed in the 1894 Cleveland City Directory.

Building Name Address Built Status
Dr. W.J. Armstrong Residence 7413 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Ohavei Emuna Anshe Russian Jewish Synagogue Addition 2530 East 22nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished

Sources

Architecture and Building v. 23, no. 14, p. 164
Architecture and Building v. 23, no. 14, p. 164
Cleveland and Its Germans, p. 145
Cleveland City Directories
Men of Ohio in 1900, p. 70
Plain Dealer July 14, 1892
Progressive Men of Northern Ohio, p. 216
Ward, James Architects in Practice in New York City 1900 - 1940 for the Committee of Architectural Records

Birth / Established: March 21, 1858
Death / Dissolved: January 15, 1933

Biography

William P. Ginther, a devout Roman Catholic, was based in Akron. He designed numerous Roman Catholic churches, schools and rectories in Cleveland and had a long list of churches he designed throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, California, Virginia, and New York. He worked in the office of Frank Weary from 1879 until 1886. He made a tour of Europe in 1889, including Rome, Milan, Venice, Cologne, Paris, London, and Berlin.

Building Name Address Built Status
St. Bernard's School 500 South Broadway, Akron, OH 1888 Demolished
City Hall and Opera House 8127 High Street, Garrettsville, OH 1889 Demolished
St. Rose Catholic School 523 N. West Street, Lima, OH 1889 Demolished
St. Peter's School 700 Cleveland Avenue, Canton, OH 1890 Demolished
St. Vincent de Paul's School 17 South Maple Street, Akron, OH 1892 Demolished
St. Mary Mother of the Redeemer Church 38 West League Street, Norwalk, OH 1893-4 Standing
Sacred Heart of Jesus 5742 OH-61, Shelby, OH 1895 Standing
St. Bernard's School 320 West Mansfield Street, New Washington, OH 1895 Standing
St. Joseph's Parochial School 357 S. Washington Street, Tiffin, OH 1895 Demolished
St. John Catholic Church 510 Jackson Avenue, Defiance, OH 1896 Standing
St. Luke Catholic Church 307 Market Street, Danville, OH 1896 Standing
St. Mary Catholic Curch 666 South Main Street, Akron, OH 1896 Demolished
Sacred Heart Church 126 Burt Street, Coshocton, OH 1897 Standing
St. Francis Xavier Church Washington Street at 1st Street, Willard, OH 1897 Demolished
Ursuline Convent 217 W. Rayen Ave, Youngstown, OH 1897 Demolished
Annunciation Roman Catholic Church 1940 West 24th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
St. John Catholic Church 351 North Market, Logan, OH 1898 Standing
St. John the Baptist Church 168 East Lincoln, Columbus, OH 1898 Standing
St. John's School 713 McKinley, Canton, OH 1898 Demolished
St. Patrick Catholic Church 328 East Patterson, Bellefontaine, OH 1898 Standing
Ursuline Convent and School 163 Jefferson Steet, Tiffin, OH 1898 Demolished
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church 648 South Ohio Avenue, Columus, OH 1899 Standing
Holy Name Church 409 South 5th Street, Steubenville, OH 1900 Demolished
Immaculate Conception School 1920 Market Avenue, Canton, OH 1900 Demolished
Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church 1514 West 6th, Ashtabula, OH 1900 Standing
St. Stephen's School 32-36 South Arlington Avenue, Niles, OH 1900 Demolished
Good Shepherd Catholic Church 550 Clark Street, Toledo, OH 1901 Standing
St. Aloysius School 310 West 5th Street, East Liverpool, OH 1901 Standing
St. Mary's School 490 State Street, Conneaut, OH 1901 Demolished
Passage between St. John Cathedral and Bishop's Residence 915 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
St. Andrew's Church 631 North Jefferson, Roanoke, VA 1902 Standing
St. Augustine Catholic Church and School 195 7th Street NW, Barberton, OH 1902 Demolished
St. Cyril & Methodius Church 305 Center Street, Barberton, OH 1902 Standing
St. Mary's Church 303 South Monroe Street, Antwerp, OH 1902 Standing
St. Mary's School 241 4th Street, Elyria, OH 1902 Standing
St. Nicholas Church 200 East Cross Street, Miller City, OH 1902 Standing
St. Thomas the Apostle Church 2692 East 5th Avenue, Columbus, OH 1902 Standing
Holy Name School 415 South 5th Street, Steubenville, OH 1903 Demolished
Our Lady of Mount Carmel 1607 Columbus, Ashtabula, OH 1903 Demolished
St. Columba Catholic Church 156 West Wood, Youngstown, OH 1903 Demolished
St. Michael's Ridge Church 5480 Mosher Road, Defiance, OH 1903 Standing
St. Patrick's Club House 3700 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
St. Philip's Church 50  West Crafton Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 1903 Standing
The Catholic Club 3606 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Holy Cross Church 31 Republic Avenue, Glouster, OH 1904 Demolished
Immaculate Conception Church and School 108 11th Street, Wellsville, OH 1904 Demolished
Most Holy Rosary Church 210 Bridge Street, Johnsonburg, PA 1904 Standing
Santa Clara Catholic Church 323 South East Street, Oxnard, CA 1904 Standing
St. Anthony Catholic Church (St. Maron Church) 1245 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
St. Colman's School 2025 West 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church 203 West Townline Street, Payne, OH 1904 Standing
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church Alteration 1700  Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Immaculate Heart of Mary 3058 Brereton Street, Pittsburgh, PA 1905 Standing
St. Ann Catholic Church 921 East Avenue, Erie, PA 1905 Standing
St. Ann Roman Catholic Orphanage 3409 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
St. Bernard Church 44 University Avenue, Akron, OH 1905 Standing
St. Bernard's Rectory 47 East State Street, Akron, OH 1905 Standing
St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church 31 N Chillicothe Street, South Charleston, OH 1905 Standing
St. Joseph's Church 2643 Waterloo Road, Mogadore, OH 1905 Standing
St. Mary Catholic Church 1011 Church Avenue, McKees Rocks, PA 1905 Standing
St. Michael's Church 317 E. Madison, Gibsonburg, OH 1905 Standing
St. Vincent de Paul Orphan Asylum 3229 Monroe Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Holy Trinity Church 7113 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Immaculate Conception School 810 Oak Street, Youngstown, OH 1906 Standing
St. Joseph's Church 3312 Lake Avenue, Ashtabula, OH 1906 Standing
St. Mary's Church Junction, OH 1906 Unknown
St. Patrick's Church 130 East 4th Street, Erie, PA 1906 Standing
St. Philip Neri Catholic Church Murray City, OH 1906 Unknown
St. Phillp Catholic Church 50 W Crafton Avenue, Crafton, PA 1906 Standing
Sacred Heart Church 340 Center Street, St. Mary's, PA 1906-7 Standing
Church of Immaculate Conception Canton, OH 1907 Demolished
Holy Name Pastoral Residence 415 S 5th Street, Steubenville, OH 1907 Standing
St. Adalbert's Parochial Residence 2349 East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
St. Joseph's Convent Addition St. Mary's, PA 1907 Standing
St. Martin's Church East 22nd and Scovill, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
St. Mary Catholic Church 232 Seneca Avenue NE, Warren, Avenue 1907 Standing
St. Procop's Parish School 3185 West 41st Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
St. Procop's Parochial Residence 3183 West 41st Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
St. Stephen's Church 21 State Street, Oil City, PA 1907 Standing
Immaculate Conception Church 306 Broad Street, Johnstown, PA 1908 Standing
Mercy Hospital 116-122 8th Street NW, Canton, OH 1908 Demolished
Holy Roasry Catholic Church 12021 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
St. Joseph's Church 8 Park Street, Perry, NY 1909 Standing
St. Louis Church 85 State Street, Gallipolis, OH 1909 Standing
St. Mary's Church 44 North Main Street, Cortland, NY 1909-15 Standing
Holy Family Church 325 East North A Street, Gas City, IN 1910 Standing
St. Anthony of Padua Church 165 Beach Avenue, Cambridge Springs, PA 1911 Standing
St. Joseph Catholic Church 134 West Mound Street, Circleville, OH 1911 Standing
St. Paul's Church 241 South Main Street, North Canton, OH 1911 Standing
St. Peter's Church 104 West First Street, Mansfield, OH 1911-17 Standing
St. Adelbert Catholic Church 2347 East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Holy Family Church 122 West 8th Street, Tulsa, OK 1912-4 Standing
Annunciation Church 51 Broad, Akron, OH 1913 Standing
St. Mary Catholic Church 13 Marvin Street, Clinton, NY 1913 Standing
St. Mary Catholic Church 59 N. Main Street, Cortland, NY 1913 Standing
St. Mary of the Cataract Lyceum School 259 4th Street, Niagara Falls, NY 1913 Demolished
Mt. St. Mary's Hospital 515 Sixth Street, Niagara Falls, NY 1914 Standing
St. Mary's Church 750 South Main Street, Akron, OH 1914-6 Standing
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church 418 West 15th Street, Lorain, OH 1915 Standing
St. Andrew Church 1116 West 7th Street, Erie, PA 1916 Standing
St. Francis Hospital 333 Laidley Street, Charlston, WV 1917 Demolished
St. Mary's School Akron, OH 1917 Standing
Holy Rosary Church 131 East Wood Street, Lowellville, OH n.d. Unknown
Immaculate Conception Church Ozark Eddy Bridge Road, Jerusalem, OH n.d. Demolished
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Warren, OH n.d. Unknown
St. Aloysius School Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
St. Francis's Church Carthagena, OH n.d. Unknown
St. Joseph's School Canton, OH n.d. Unknown
St. Vincent's Orphan School Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Dedication: The Work of William P. Ginther Ecclesiastical Architect. Anthony J. Valleriano, 2012
History of Catholicity
Ohio Architect and Builder
Image Source(s): Karl A. Brunjes

Birth / Established: September 6, 1870
Death / Dissolved: November 5, 1948
Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Gertrude Caine (Caine-Hubbard House) 11320 Juniper Road, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Warehouse for the Fireproof Storage Company 7724 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911-2 Standing
Neal Fireproof Storage Co Warehouse Addition 7208  Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Central Warehouse Storage Co. Building 5611 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Finance Building 736-746 Prospect Avenue E, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Schaefer Wagon Company (Schaefer Body Co.) 4166-80 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Fireproof Building Co. Building 634-4-644 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished

Sources

Image Source(s): Art Work of Cleveland, 1911. Cleveland Public Library Digital Collection

Birth / Established: 1858
Death / Dissolved: 2007

Biography

George Smith Rider was born in Cranston, Rhode Island in 1858. He was an engineer. The company was responsible for many industrial structures throughout Cleveland and the region, and it had its offices in the Century Building, 412-16 West Superior Avenue. After his death on September 11, 1917, the firm continued under his name, and Herman Neff served as President of the company. Offices would later move to the Marshall Building and the Terminal Tower. The George S. Rider Company was in business until 2007. George Rider is buried in Providence, Rhode Island.

Building Name Address Built Status
Cleveland Worsted Mills Ravenna, OH 1906 Standing
W. S. Tyler Company Addition St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Cleveland Worsted Mills 5900-6140 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Factory for Cleveland Heater and Cleveland Speedometer Companies 11311 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Anna A Rider Residence 9605 Lamont Ave, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
W. S. Tyler Company - Building # 38 1375 East 34th Street, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
W. S. Tyler Company - Building #38 additions 1379-91 East 34th Street, Cleveland, OH 1916-18 Standing
Cleveland Worsted Mill Factory and Dye House Jamestown, NY 1917 Demolished
Factory 3590 W. 58th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Factory Addition Superior and East 36th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Factory for Cleveland Tractor 19201 Euclid Avenue, Euclid, OH 1917 Demolished
Factory Galvanizing Shop East 34th near Superior, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
National Acme Company 170 East 131st Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Factory Addition for the National Acme Manufacturing Company 7512 Sherman Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Storage and Factory Building for the Cleveland Twist Drill Company (Building No. 10) 1318 East 49th Street, Cleveland, OH 1918 Standing
Factory Building for the W. S. Tyler Company 1440 East 36th Street, Cleveland, OH 1920-1 Standing
Foote Burt Company 13000 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing
Factory Building and Additions for the Mueller Electric Company 1587 East 31st Street, Cleveland, OH 1922-76 Standing
Parmadale Children's Village of St. Vincent de Paul 6753 State Road, Parma, OH 1925 Partially Standing
St. Alexis Hospital Addition Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Remodel for Adolph R. Nunn & Son 4434 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing
Charity Hospital Nurses Home 2320 East 24th Street, Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
Factory for W. S. Tyler and Company 3803 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Glenville Hospital 701 Parkwood Drive, Cleveland, OH 1929 Demolished
St. Rita's Church Parkway & Baldwin, Solon, OH 1929 Demolished
Salvation Army Home 1881-3 Torbenson Drive, Cleveland, OH 1929-30 Standing
Dobeckmun Company Plant 3301 Monroe Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1932 Standing
Factory Building for Cleveland Twist Drill Company 1242 East 49th Street, Cleveland, OH 1937 Standing
Investment Plaza at Erieview 1801 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1967-9 Standing
Ohio Bell Rocky River, OH n.d. Unknown
St. Vincent Charity Hospital Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
George S. Rider State of Ohio Bureau of Vital Statistics Certificate of Death.
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby, Diana Wellman, Karl A. Brunjes

Birth / Established: 1905
Death / Dissolved: 1929

Biography

George B. Post and Sons was an architectural firm from New York City. It opened a Cleveland office in 1909 in the Scofield Building that was closed in 1929. Cleveland architect Charles Schneider once headed the Cleveland office.

Building Name Address Built Status
B. R. Baker Building Renovation Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
Bartlett Building Renovation Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
Wurlitzer Building Renovation Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
Williamson Building Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Cleveland Trust Bank Building 900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905-7 Standing
Cleveland Trust Company Bank 10409 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906-7 Demolished
Cleveland Trust Bank Merchantile Building East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Residence for Herbert L. Schneider Alvason Road, East Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Residence for J. G. Russell 2425 Derbyshire, Cleveland Heights, OH 1910 Standing
Residence for Nelson D. Foster 1828 Alvason Road, East Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
E. R Notch Residence East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Unknown
Hotel Statler 1127 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Second National Building 159 South Main Street, Akron, OH 1911 Standing
Library Addition to Alta Settlement House 2023 East 125th Street, Cleveland, OH 1912-3 Standing
Mt. Sinai Hospital Administration Building East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1916 Demolished
Remodeling and Addition to the former John Harkness Brown Building for the Euclid Company 1001-17 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1916-7 Standing
Fenway Hall 1986 Stokes Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1922-3 Standing
Wade Park Manor 1890 East 107th Street, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Cleveland Trust Bank 5424 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1924 Demolished
National Town and Country Club (Fenn Tower) East 22nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1929-30 Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Warner Thomas, City of Cleveland, Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: May 14, 1848
Death / Dissolved: July 15, 1932

Biography

German-born architect that immigrated to the United States in 1880. In 1900 he was living in Cleveland with his sister Bertha Reidel. In 1920 he was living with nephew Albert Schiler at 15720 Holmes Avenue

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial Building for Otto Narvelite 10123-5 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
St. Mary's Romanian Orthodox Church 6401 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for John Zimmer 4812-8  Clark Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1926
Death / Dissolved: 1934

Biography

This architectural firm was formed by Abram Garfield, Rudolph Stanley-Brown, George Harris, and Alexander Robinson and was in existence between 1930 and 1934.

Building Name Address Built Status
Robert Livingston Ireland Residence 19100 North Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Standing
C. N. Vicary Residence Canton, OH 1930 Standing
Post Office Cleveland, OH 1933 Unknown

Sources

Ohio Architect November 1940
Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John J. Editors The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography; Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 1996

Birth / Established: 1935
Death / Dissolved: 1958

Biography

This architectural firm was formed by Abram Garfield, George Harris, Alexander Robinson, and Gilbert P. Schafer. It was formed in 1935 and existed under this name until Abram Garfield's death in 1958. The firm, which still exists, is now known as Westlake, Reed, Leskosky Architects, and they celebrated their one hundreth anniversary in 2005.

Building Name Address Built Status
Federal Building 648 Mission Street, Ketchikan, Alaska 1937-8 Standing
Backus School of Law Addition 2145 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH 1948 Standing
F.W.Woolworth 306-18 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1949-50 Standing
Cleveland Institute of Art 11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1956 Demolished
Cuyahoga County Administration Building 1219 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 1956 Demolished
Lakewood Public Library Lakewood, OH 1956 Standing

Sources

Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John J. Editors The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography; Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 1996

Birth / Established: November 21, 1872
Death / Dissolved: October 16, 1958

Biography

Abram Garfield was born in Washington, D.C., the youngest son of President James Abram Garfield. He was educated at Williams College and the Massachusetts Institution of Technology. He practiced architecture in Cleveland, beginning in 1898. He was a member of the firm of Meade and Garfield from 1898 until 1905, when he went into business for himself. In 1936 the firm became known as Garfield, Harris, Robinson & Schafer, and in 1957 Garfield, Harris, Schafer, Flynn & Williams. He served on the Cleveland City Planning Commission from 1928 to 1942. He was appointed to the National Council of Fine Arts in 1909, and served on the National Commission on Fine Arts from 1925 to 1930. He was one of the original sponsors of the Cleveland School of Architecture at Western Reserve University. He was a member of the Union, Tavern, Rowfant, Chagrin Valley Hunt Clubs and the Country Club of Cleveland. His office was in the National City Bank Building and he lived on 9718 Lake Shore Boulevard in Bratenahl.

Building Name Address Built Status
Lakewood City Hall Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
Garfield Library 7300 Center Street, Mentor, OH 1903 Standing
W.D.B. Alexander House 2348 Overlook Drive, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Residence for Mary Crowell 1865 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Babies Dispensary & Hospital 13415 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
John Oliver Residence (Willdwood) 7645 Little Mountain Road, Mentor, OH 1908 Standing
Higbee Department Store (altered) 1225 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Mrs. John Hay Residence 10915 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
YMCA 2053 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Babies Dispensary & Hospital Woodland and East 35th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Babies Dispensary & Hospital addition 13415 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Lake Erie College Dormitory Painesville, OH 1917 Unknown
250 dwellings for the U.S. Government Lorain, OH 1918 Unknown
Clifford Neff Residence 343 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Storehouse for American Red Cross Chester and East 21st, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Residence 1300 South Ocean Drive, Palm Beach, FL 1919 Standing
Leonard Hall Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 1924 Standing
Residence 2879 Fontenay Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1924 Standing
Samuel Mather Hall Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 1925 Standing
Stern & Mann Department Store Canton, OH 1925 Standing
F.E. :House Residence 1379 Yellowstone, Cleveland Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Blossom Recreation Center 24400 Cedar Road, Beachwood, OH 1930 Standing
Pebble Hill Plantation 1251 US 319, Thomasville, GA 1936 Standing
Country Club Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Diagonistic Laboratory Building City Hospital Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Dormitory and Science Building Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Faxon Thomas Residence 10 Bluff View, Chattanooga, TN n.d. Unknown
Hiram College Dormitory and Science Building Hiram, OH n.d. Unknown
Kenyon College Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Lake Erie College Gymnasium and Music Building - Painesville, OH n.d. Unknown
Maternity Hospital Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
National Union Fire Insurance Home Office Building Pittsburgh, PA n.d. Unknown
Tuberculosis Preventorium Building Warrensville, OH n.d. Demolished
Western Reserve University Dormitory Mather College Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Western Reserve University Institute of Pathology Building - Cleveland Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John J. Editors The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography; Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1996

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