Birth / Established: April 10, 1879
Death / Dissolved: August 18, 1945

Biography

Karl Best was listed in Cleveland City Directories beginning in 1919. He was a member of the firm of Best & Hoefler from 1920 until 1929. He died in Mount Dora, Florida.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence 17929 Sherrington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Dunk Donuts 11600 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1935 Standing
Machine Shop and Boiler Room Addition for the Star Machine and Tool Co. 9320 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1937 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1920
Death / Dissolved: 1927

Biography

Cleveland architectural firm with Karl Best and Edward G. Hoefler as its principals. They had offices in the Keith Building.

Building Name Address Built Status
Blue Valley Creamery Office 1802-06 East 47th Street, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Garage 65X130 Orange Ave, Cleveland, OH 1920 Demolished
Templar Farrell Motor Sales 3134 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing
Residence for S.M. Schulz 2665 Endicott Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1921 Standing
E.M. Kaufmann Residence 2646 Endicott Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1922 Standing
Joseph A. Kysela Residence 2720 Wicklow Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1922 Standing
Residence for Albert Metzger 2573 Coventry Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1922 Standing
Gray's Armory addition 1234  Bolivar Road, Cleveland, OH 1922-3 Standing
Residence for Albert Metzger 2555 Coventry Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for Albert Metzger 2561 Coventry Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Mrs. Ardis Skusa Residence 3675 Rawnsdale Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Birth / Established: June 14, 1857
Death / Dissolved: May 15, 1935

Biography

W. Dominick Benes was born in Prague, Austrian Empire and was ethnically Bohemian. His family immigrated to America in 1866, first settling in Chicago and then moving to Cleveland. He was educated in the public schools of Prague and Cleveland. He went to work for his uncle, architect Jon V. Benes of Chicago. After returning to Cleveland he worked for Andrew Mitermiler from 1873 to 1876. He went on to work for the firm of Coburn and Barnum. He later became a partner in the firm of Coburn, Barnum & Benes that eventually became Coburn, Barnum, Benes & Hubbell. After Forrest Coburn's death, Hubbell and Benes formed their own partnership. He was Jeptha H. Wade III's personal architect. He designed the interior of the Wade yacht, and the music room of the Wade home at Euclid and East 40th Street. That relationship eventually led to the commissions for the Wade Memorial Chapel at Lakeview Cemetery, the Wade Residences in the Wade Allotment and Gates Mills, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. He retired to an estate on North Miles Road overlooking the Chagrin River Valley where he devoted himself to his hobby of flower culture. He died in the Cleveland Clinic and was cremated.

Building Name Address Built Status
James Cole Residence 2221 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for James Cole Case Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for Mrs. M. Karda 4919 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence remodelling for Mary Farnam 7302 Herman Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
Two frame residences Grace Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1894 Unknown
Philip Ziska Residence 1674 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1894-5 Demolished
Dr. Michael A. Albl 5074 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing

Sources

"W.D. Benes Retired Architect is Dead"; Plain Dealer May 16, 1935
Cleveland City Directories
The Critic CPL Vertical File - Fine Arts

Birth / Established: March 22, 1871
Death / Dissolved: January 16, 1917

Biography

Edward Beier was initially a draftsman in the office of Bernard Van Develde in the 1890-97 Cleveland City Directories. He worked as the City Park Department architect. The 1909-1916 Cleveland City Directory identifies him as an architect. He lived at 3017 Chatham in Ohio City with his sister and brother-in-law. In 1905, he was a City of Cleveland architect working in the Parks Department.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Michael Regan 1441 West 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for Frederick Geiger 2699 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Two story frame dwelling for Clara and Fred Eyers 7016 West Clinton Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Administrative Building for Cooley Farm Hudson, OH 1903 Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file January 18, 1917

Birth / Established: September 16, 1897
Death / Dissolved: February 26, 1979

Biography

A Chicago-based architect who was born in Auburn, Indiana. He was a graduate of the University of Illinois. He had offices in Fort Wayne, Indiana and Chicago.

Building Name Address Built Status
Sherland Building South Bend, IN 1925 Unknown
Apartment Building for Park Hall Improvement Company (Devon Hall) 1588 Ansel Road, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing
Franklin Simon Store Atlanta, GA 1948 Unknown
Franklin Simon Store Boston, MA 1949 Unknown
Strawbridge & Clothier Department Store Addition Jenkintown, PA 1954 Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: November 23, 1880
Death / Dissolved: May 21, 1929

Biography

George William Beer was born in Ashland, Ohio. He graduated from Cornell University in 1902. He worked in New York City for McKim, Mead & White from 1902 to 1904, and Hornblower & Marshall from 1904 to 1906. He moved to Cleveland in 1906 and worked briefly with Hubbell & Benes. He died during an operation at St. Luke's Hospital on May 21, 1929. He is buried in Ashland. (See Dercum & Beer)

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file

Birth / Established: December 7, 1879
Death / Dissolved: November 28, 1931

Biography

Charles Bates was a Wheeling, West Virginia-based architect with a Cleveland office. He was a native of Wheeling, attended Wheeling public schools, the Linly Military Institute, and studied architecture at the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago. He began practicing architecture in 1904, working in both Chicago and Pittsburgh. He established a Wheeling office in 1909, later opening offices in Cleveland and Youngstown. He designed several of the Shaker Heights city schools. He was architect and construction engineer for scores of high schools in Ohio and West Virginia.

Building Name Address Built Status
Wheeling Public Library 2100 Market, Wheeling, WV 1910-1 Standing
Stifel Fine Arts Center 1330 National Road, Wheeling, WV 1910-2 Standing
National Bank of West Virginia Main and 12th, Wheeling, WV 1914-5 Standing
Woodbury School 15800 South Woodland Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1918 Standing
Colson Hall University of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV 1919-23 Standing
Metropolitan Theater Fayette and Walnut Streets, Morgantown, WV 1921-4 Standing
Sussex Elementary School (Shaker Family Center) 19824 Sussex Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1922 Standing
Onaway School 3115 Woodbury Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Moreland School 16500 Van Aken Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1924 Standing
Pearl Road School Parma, OH 1924 Unknown
Ridge Road School Parma, OH 1924 Unknown
State Road School Parma, OH 1924 Unknown
Boulevard School 14900 Drexmore Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Standing
Shaker Heights Library 16500 Van Aken Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Standing
Capitol Theatre 1015 Main Street, Wheeling, WV 1928 Standing
Lomond School 17917 Lomond Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing

Sources

American Architects - Biographies
www.sah.org/aame/biob.html

Birth / Established: 1857
Death / Dissolved: June 27, 1903

Biography

Fenimore C. Bate was born in Cleveland. He first appears in the 1876-7 Cleveland City Directory as a draftsman working for architect Walter Blythe. In 1883, he was a draftsman and, the following year, an architect for the Cleveland Water Works Department. By 1885 he was in business for himself as an architect. He was the architect of numerous houses for the middle and upper middle classes as well as of commercial buildings at a time when Cleveland's population was booming. His works were well documented in the architectural journals of the time. Several significant examples of Bate-designed Queen Anne houses survive. These include the Schellentrager House (built 1893), 690 Lakeview Road; the Henry Trenkamp House (1894-5), 1905 East 89th Street; and the Latham Brightman House, now the Holmes County Historical Society (1901) in Millersburg, Ohio. His houses were built throughout Cleveland, northeast Ohio cities and towns, including Fremont and Toledo, and Indianapolis, Indiana. An article in the March 17, 1888 "Cleveland Town Topics" magazine said that Bate-designed homes "all show a refreshing departure from the stereotyped styles of a few years ago". He is best known as the architect of the Romanesque Revival-style Cleveland Grays Armory (1893), 1234 Bolivar Road. He was also a member of the Cleveland Grays.Later in his career he designed more tenement or apartment buildings, a popular building type in turn-of-the-century Cleveland. Architect Edward E. Smith was a draftsman who worked for Fenimore Bate from 1889 until 1894. Throughout Bate's career he designed commercial and industrial buildings. The Megerth Block (1892-3), 8620 - 6 Cedar Avenue, and the addition to the Standard Lighting Building (1895), 4419-37 Perkins Avenue, are two extant commercial-industrial use buildings designed by Bate. He was also the architect of several hotels and hotel additions, though apparently none of those survive. There is an article in the September 22, 1900 issue of the "Interstate Architect" that states that Bate was injured in an accident in his office where he dropped a battery with acid striking him in the face and neck causing him temporary blindness. After a period of failing health, Fenimore Bate died on June 27, 1903 at the age of forty six of apoplexy at home in his New Amsterdam apartment. He was buried in Lake View Cemetery. He left his estate to his wife Helen, including property that he owned on East 20th Street occupied by the Fenimore Apartments.

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial Building Hamilton and Niagara, Buffalo, NY 1880 Demolished
Acid Works for Hayes & Co Marquette Street, Cleveland, OH 1882 Demolished
Brick wire mill for Otis and Company Wire Street, Cleveland, OH 1882 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Jno Sheehan Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1882 Demolished
Gilbert Barnes Residence 1427 West 57th Street, Cleveland, OH 1882 Standing
Residence for Charles S. Paddock 2362 East 46th Street, Cleveland, OH 1882 Demolished
Alterations to James Sprankle Residence 3601 Clinton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1883 Standing
Cleveland City Forge & Iron Company Works 4411 Lakeside, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
Cleveland Water Works Boiler House Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
George L. Schryver Residence 3714 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
Residence for E. R. Hull & Company 1454 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
Residence for Wm Bingham East 30th Street, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
Three dwellings for Charles French Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
Cleveland Storage Company Warehouse 1944 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1884 Demolished
George H. Baker Residence 2265 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1884 Demolished
Harry Dorner Residence 1444 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1884 Demolished
Two dwellings for Fred Keppler 2684 and 2688 East 48th Place, Cleveland, OH 1884 Demolished
Addition for American Wire Company 1220 Marquette Street, Cleveland, OH 1885 Demolished
C. C. Morse Residence 2054 East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1885 Demolished
D. A. Dangler Residence 3010 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1885 Demolished
Fairmount Pumping Station 2304 Woodhill Road, Cleveland, OH 1885 Demolished
Fenimore Bate Residence 2416 East 46th Street, Cleveland, OH 1885 Demolished
Lemuel Rawson Residence 2356-8 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1885 Demolished
Store Building for Henry Laub 3503-9 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1885 Demolished
A. M. Benson Residence 2402 East 46th Street, Cleveland, OH 1886 Demolished
Albert House Residence 2422 East 46th Street, Cleveland, OH 1886 Demolished
Alexander Marshall Residence 2366 East 46th Street, Cleveland, OH 1886 Demolished
Bradley Block 2179 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 1886 Demolished
Fred Keppler Residence 2483 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1886 Demolished
H. A. Fuller Residence 1899 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1886 Demolished
Henry Boyer Residence 1669 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1886 Demolished
James Mansur Residence 2426 East 46th Street, Cleveland, OH 1886 Demolished
Mehnard Block 1685-95 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1886 Demolished
Terrace for Jarvis Adams 2073-85 East 36th Street, Cleveland, OH 1886 Demolished
Willis Holden Residence 8409 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1886 Demolished
Abbie Pettengill and Henry A. Everett Residence 2927 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1887 Demolished
Louis Winch Residence 2047 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1887 Demolished
Residence for Thomas Quintrell 5817 Longfellow Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1887 Demolished
W. J. Hayes Summer Residence 4655 Hayes Road, Ravenna, OH 1887 Standing
William H. Flood Residence 8109 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1887 Standing
Bishop & Babcock 4901-15 Hamilton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Commercial Building for Alfred Arthur 5013-27 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
D. E. Dangler Residence 3224 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Factory for Standard Tool 6900 Central Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
George Walker Residence 8714 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Harry Avery Residence 2097 East 21st Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
John Wilcox Residence 1903 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Joseph Einstein Residence 2388 East 37th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Kennard Block (factories) 1144 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Lawrence Fox Residence 1940 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
S. A. E. Lyman Residence 2910 Clinton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Standing
Samuel Croxton Residence 5802 Longfellow Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Arthur S. Gilman Residence 1817 East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Augustus Rude Residence 2057 East 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Ben Salberg Residence 2559 East 37th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Charles Fagan 7515 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Frank King 1772 East 12th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Double Residence for Ben Salberg 2553-5 East 37th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Double Residence for Frederick B. Newton 2423-25 East 43rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
E. J. Lobdell Residence 21 Baldwin Street, Hudson, OH 1889 Standing
Edward L. Patterson Residence 5612 Quincy Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Edward Patterson Residence 5612 Quincy Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
G. A. Craig Residence 1417 West 58th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Standing
L. A. Roby Residence 1906 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Lorenzo D. Dodge Residence 1824 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Residence for Charlotte Evans 2571 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Residence for Charlotte Evans 2573 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Residence for Charlotte Evans 2575 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Residence for F. H. Penfield 2633-5 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Residence for James Rochford 1565 East 22nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Residence for Wilson Dodge 1617 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Store and flat building for Charlotte Evans 7901-7 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Stores and Tenements for Fred Keppler 3703-9 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
The Morgan Apartment Building for William Mogan 2022 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Thomas Manning Residence 1341 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Tower Addition to First Reformed Church 1944 West 32nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Standing
Victor Gutzweiler Residence 2021 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Woodland Hotel 7909 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Residence for Hiram Aiken 2420 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889-90 Standing
Alterations to Forest City House Hotel 225-01 Public Square and 201-25 West Superior, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Arthur Block 5013-27 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Bishop and Babcock Factory Hamilton and Kirtland, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Commercial - Residential Building for Adam Kunz 1307-13  St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Commercial and Office Building for Ralph Cohen 410-18 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Commercial building for Cohen & Drucker 500-2 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Commerical-Residential Building for Alfred Arthur 5013-7 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Dangler Store & Manufacturing 5017 Perkins Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
Edward S. Isom Residence 1846 East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Engine House #17 5305 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Factory for Dangler Srove and Manufacturing 4540 Commerce Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
Fenimore Bate Residence 4802 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Glenville High School (later Oliver Wendall Homes School) 635 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Louis Schellentrager Residnece 3525 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Residence for Hiram Aiken 1515 Kenilworth Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Residence for Mary Heisley 1833 Dodge Court, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Residence for Mary Heisley 1839 Dodge Court, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Residence for William Clements 1793 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
Residence for William Clements 1795  East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
William Ludlum Residence 1856 East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Bethel House Hotel 1468 West 10th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890-1 Demolished
Storage house for Glidden and Joy Varnish Company 2686 Lisbon, Cleveland, OH 1890-1 Demolished
A. R. Duncan Residence 2337 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for John J. Greenbriar 2088 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
F. A. Glidden Residence 6719 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Frank E. Newcomb, Jr. Residence and Barn 8115 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Frank K. Glidden Residence 2233 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Henry Shafer Residence 8504 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Residence for Anna & Charles Stein 2567-9 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Residence for Anna & Charles Stein 2571-5 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Residence for Anna & Charles Stein 2577-9 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Residence for W. J. Kelley 1835 East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Standard Stove Company Addition 4601-31 Perkins Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Standing
Two Residences for Thomas J. and John B. Mooney 5600 and 5604 Lexington Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
William Beaumont Residence 1810 East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
William J. Gawne Residence 2389 East 43rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
William Miller Residence 7335 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
C. R. Swetland Residence and Barn 1916 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Double Residence for Charles Heller 2331-3 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Double Residence for Ernest Holter 2170-2 East 97th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
J. C. Trask Residence 1916 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Rental residences for Helen (Mrs. F.C.) Bate 5914 Utica, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Rental residences for Helen (Mrs. F.C.) Bate 5916 Utica, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Rental residences for Helen (Mrs. F.C.) Bate 5910 Utica, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Rental residences for Helen (Mrs. F.C.) Bate 5912 Utica, Cleveland, OH 1892 Standing
Sipe and Sigler Block 1232 East 3rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Theatre for the Gehring Brewing Company 1250-2 Ontario, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
W. D. B. Alexander Residence 1936 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
William A. Banks Residence 8420 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Stores and Tenements for Mary Megerth 8620-6 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892-3 Demolished
Alterations and additions to American House Hotel for Putt & Reynolds 631-51 W. Superior, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
Cleveland Grays Armory 1234 Bolivar Road, Cleveland, OH 1893 Standing
Ernest Schellentrager Residence 690 Lakeview Road, Cleveland, OH 1893 Standing
Gates-Handyside House 762 Broadway, Bedford, OH 1893 Standing
H. Hine Residence 4624 West Prospect, Mantua, OH 1893 Standing
J. S. Malone Residence 2061 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
R. H. Fetterman Residence 7911 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
Standard Tool 6900-18 Central Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
Stephen Morris Summer Residence 321 East 185th Street, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
Zebulon Davis Residence 352 North Market, Canton, OH 1893-6 Demolished
Addition to Henry Shafer Residence 8504 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Commercial Building for David Hawley 424-8 Central, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
E. S. Isom Residence 2170-2 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Henry Schafer Residence 8504 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Joseph Habson Residence 1721 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for A. R. Duncan 2332-4 East 57th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for Harrison Newcomb 1882 East 20th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Henry Trenkamp Residence 1905 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894-5 Standing
Addition to Cleveland Press Building 1297-9 West 4th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Alteration to Residence of Thomas and John Mooney 1773 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Alterations to Residence for Henry Angel 1791 West 47th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
DeWitt Calkins Residence 8520 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Standard Lighting Company Building 4419-37 Perkins, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
The Mierke (store and apartments) for Herman Mierke 8523-27 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
George W. Smith Residence 2738 Noble Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1896 Demolished
Dr. James Stotter Residence 2708 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
Edvardus Apartments for John Edwards 1833 East 19th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Fenimore Apartments for F. C. Bate 1863 East 20th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
John Fraser Residence 7104 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Martha Apartments for F. C. Bate 1851 East 20th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Offices for Herbert Wright and Company (Interior) 714 Superior Avenue, NW, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
One-floor Addition to Apartments for John Frawley 1818 East 17th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Transfer Building 623-633 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Viola Flats for J. J. O'Donnell 810 Summit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Hawthorne Apartments for John Frawley 1818 East 17th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897-8 Demolished
Apartment Building for David R. Jennings 2433 East 43rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Apartment building for George Tipling 1850 8 East 20th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Chelsea Apartment House for Harry Vail 6401 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Commercial Building for D.L. Scheirer 1737 East 12th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Griffith Barnes Residence 1431 West 57th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Malone Residence 2160 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Lobdell Apartments for F. C. Bate 1893 East 20th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898-9 Demolished
Anneston Apartments for Charles Stein 1945 East 20th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Cerilla Apartments for Charles Stein 1933 East 20th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Dangler Stove Company Addition 4502 Commerce, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Dewey Theatre for Martin Manning 1882 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Laurel Block and apartments for M. Herskovitz 2915 Woodland & 2565 E. 29th, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Store and tenemenet for Thomas Brothers Cross Street near Erie, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Store and tenement for L.A. Johnson 1221 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Warehouse for Koblitz Brothers 213-21 Howe, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Warehouse for Louis and Joseph Koblitz 575-83 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Factory for Metal Goods Manufacturing Company 5363 Hamilton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899-00 Standing
Apartment Building for Henry Newcomb 1894 East 20th Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
E. W. Reaugh Residence 1826 Idlewood , East Cleveland, OH 1900 Standing
Vernon Arms for Herschel Silberman 7515 LaGrange Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Evelyn Apartments for Herschel Silberman 1857-65 East 75th, Cleveland, OH 1900-1 Demolished
Hotel and commercial building for L.M. Sigler 3523-27 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Latham Brightman Residence 484 Wooster Road, Millersburg, OH 1901 Standing
Residence for Captain Wilson 12629 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Two story frame barn for J.C. Trask 1916 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Hastings Apartments for Alfred Arthur 1773 East 19th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901-2 Demolished
Addition to Parish & Bingham Company Factory 5363 Hamilton, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Additions (side, entrance, elevators, store windows) and alterations (miscellaneous on upper suites) 340 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Fairfax Apartments 1845-53 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Hotel St. Clair for Lucius Sigler 3523-37 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Valentine Hausmann Residence 3188 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Cohn, Goodman and Co. Factory 1140 West 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1902-3 Demolished
The Towers Apartments 6104-6 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1902-3 Demolished
Apartment house for Adolph Friedman 1464 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Warehouse and stable for East Ohio Gas 2298 Ashland Road, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories 1885 - 1902
Cleveland Town Topics 3.17.1888, p. 9-10
Ohio Architect and Builder July 1903, p. 9
Plain Dealer April 23, 1896

Birth / Established: November 25, 1850
Death / Dissolved: December 17, 1927

Biography

Frank Seymour Barnum was born in Norwalk, Ohio, and educated in Norwalk public schools. He was the assistant engineer with the Morris Run Coal Company in Pennsylvania. He came to Cleveland in 1871. He worked in the office of Joseph Ireland for four years prior to entering into a partnership with Forrest A. Coburn in 1877. After Coburn's death in 1897 the firm became known as the F.S. Barnum Company. He became Superintendent of Buildings for the Cleveland Board of Education in 1895. During his twenty years at the school board he designed forty-five schools and forty-nine annexes or additions. Barnum was also the architect of the Commercial style Caxton and Park Buildings, several churches and houses. In 1904 Briggs and Nelson purchased Frank Barnum's interest in the firm and formed the firm of Briggs and Nelson. Barnum was a Charter member of the American Institute of Architects. He retired as architect for the school board in 1914. He continued to act as a consultant for Cleveland and for any school. He died in Miami, Florida and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
P. S. Jennings Residence 2163 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1877 Demolished
R. P. Cattral Residence 2172 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1877 Demolished
W. H. Huntington Residence 2163 East 46th Street, Cleveland, OH 1877 Demolished
Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church 2591 East 46th Street, Cleveland, OH 1878 Demolished
Waring School Cleveland, OH 1884 Demolished
First Baptist Church East 46th and Prospect, Cleveland, OH 1887 Demolished
Hough School 8915 Hough Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1887 Demolished
Additions and Alterations to First Congregational Church 4429 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Bolton School Annex 2101 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Brandon (Murray Hill) School 12015 Paul Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Clark School Annex 5511 Kidder Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Landon School Annex 1965 W. 96th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Oakland School 1414 East 120th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Rosedale Relief School Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Sowinski School 8005 Sowinski Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Willard School 2220 West 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
Barkwill School 5215 Barkwill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Bolton School Annex 2101 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Marion School 2525 Marion Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Buhrer School Annex 1610 Buhrer Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Fullerton School 5810 Fullerton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Quincy School 7612 Quincy Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Union School 6701 Union Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Gilbert School 3274-88 West 58th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Woodland Hills School Annex East 93 & Union, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Frank S. Barnum Residence 1905 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Lincoln High School 3001 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Sowinski School Annex 7927 Sowinski Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Wade Park School Annex Wade Park & Addison, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
East High School 1380 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Lincoln School 1380 East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Denison School Annex 3100 Denison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Lake School Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Oak School Annex Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Old Miles School Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Orchard School Annex 4115 Orchard Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Tod School 3028 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Waring School East 31 & Payne, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Commercial Building for Walton Brothers 215-23 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
East Denison School 1700 Denison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Granger Methodist Episcopal Church Granger Township, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
H. F. Lyman Residence 11427 Bellflower Drive, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
John Glenn Residence 572 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Lawn School 7412 Lawn Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Milford School Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Warner School 4455 Warner Road, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
West High School 6807 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Wooldridge School Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Brandon (Murray Hill) School 2036 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Brownell School annex 1308 Sumner Court, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Fruitland School 1441 West 116th Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
G.A. Dodge Residence Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Geneva Savings Bank Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
George Fischer Hotel Vermilion, OH 1903 Demolished
Granger Township School Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Harvard School 6900 Harvard Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
N. S. Keller Residence Euclid and Strathmore, East Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Sackett School addition 3349 Sackett Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Sibley (Jane Addams) School Annex Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
Willson School Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Park Building 140 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 1903-4 Standing
A. B. Hart School East 76th & Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
A.M. Ford Residence Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
August Schuyle Residence Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Bartlett Residence Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Frame residence for H.A. Watterson Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Glenville High School Englewood & Parkwood, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Halle School 7901 Halle Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Harvey Rice School Buckeye & East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Hodge School Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Mound School 5405 Mound Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Otto Miller Residence Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Otto Mueller Residence 6916 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Quincy School Annex Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
South Presbyterian Church 3170 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Tod School Annex East 65 & Waterman, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Unity Church 8125 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
W. F. Gage Residence 2472 Kenilworth Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1904 Standing
William Beasden Residence 1947 East 70th, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
YMCA Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Case Woodland School East 40 & Woodland -, Cleveland, OH 1904-5 Demolished
Barkwill School Annex Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Cleveland Trade West Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Detroit School addition Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Kentucky School Remodelling West 38 & Terrell, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Kinsman School Addition East 79 & Kinsman, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Tremont School Annex 2455 West 10th Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Watterson School 1422 West 74th Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Central Friendly Inn Cleveland, OH 1906 -7 Demolished
Collinwood High School Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
East Tech East 55 & Scovill, Cleveland, OH 1907 8 Demolished
Buhrer School West 16 & Buhrer -, Cleveland, OH 1907-9 Demolished
Harvard School Annex 6900 Harvard Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Harvey Rice School Annex 11529 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
John Hay High School East 107th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Summer Residence of Dr. L.B. Millikin Cedar Road, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Willard School Annex Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Woodland School Annex Woodland & Woodhill, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Milford School Annex Cleveland, OH 1908 - Demolished
Longwood School 2525 East 35th Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Mayflower School addition 2640 East 31st Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Murray Hill School Annex Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Old Miles School Annex Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Franklin D. Roosevelt School Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Tremont School West 10 & Tremont, Cleveland, OH 1910 3 Standing
Boulevard School 9700 Kinsman Road, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Case School Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Central (John Burroughs) School Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Clara Morris School Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Dike School Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Dike School Annex Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
East Denison School 1700 Denison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Glenville High School Annex Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Hodge School Annex Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Outhwaite School Annex Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Parkwood School Annex 1171 Parkwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Rockwell Headquarters Annex Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Warner School Annex 4433 Warner Road, Cleveland, OH 1912 Demolished
West Tech High School West 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Bolton School East 89th near Cedar, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Clara Morris School addition Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Cleveland Trade West addition Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Dawning School Annex 4430 State Road, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Fairmount Junior High School Annex Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Memphis School 4103 Memphis Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Mt. Pleasant School 11617 Union, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Scranton School Annex Scranton cor vega, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Warren School Warren near Dille, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Warren School Rebuild Warren near Dille, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Washington Park School 4000 Washington Park Boulevard, Newburgh Heights, OH 1913 Standing
Warner School Annex Warner near Jeffries, Cleveland, OH 1921 Demolished
Marion School East 24 & Central, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Clark School addition West 53 & Clark, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
East High of Commerce Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Warehouse Annex Cleveland, OH 1911-3 Demolished
Harmon School East 22 & Woodland, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Hicks School 1900 West 24th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
West Manual School Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Eagle Avenue Storage Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Plymouth School Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
A. W. Barber Store and Apt 334 Woodland, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
A. W. Chamberlain Residence 196 South Broadway, Geneva, OH n.d. Standing
A. W. Kilbourne Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Brainard Block Public Square or West 25th, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Brooks Company 715 Superior, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Claflin Building 191 9 Seneca, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Comey and Johnson Building 1426 Superior, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Corwin Building 157 Euclid, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
E. H. Baker Residence East 97th, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
E. J. Holmden Apartment 868 Scranton, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
First Presbyterian Church East 71st Street and Carnegie, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Forman Bassett Hatch Co West 3rd and Frankfort, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
George Hoyt Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Glenville Country Club Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Goodrich Farm Summit County, OH n.d. Demolished
Grace Church Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Hiram House Camp Chagrin Falls, OH n.d. Demolished
Independence School Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
J. J. Date Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
John Glenn Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Mrs Crowell Residence 2626 Prospect, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Mrs. O. F. Gordon Residence Euclid Heights, Cleveland Heights, OH n.d. Demolished
Rockefeller Park Stables 690 East 88th Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
S. P. Fenn Residence Addition 2061 East 89th, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Mrs. Hubbard Cooke Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. - Demolished
Cherry Street School Cleveland, OH n.d. Unbuilt

Sources

Barnum, Frank Seymour; The Ohio Architect and Builder v. 3 n. 4 April 1904; "Improvement in School Building in the City of Cleveland"
Cleveland Necrology file 12.17.1927 died in Florida
Cleveland Plain Dealer 2 December 1897
Cleveland Press 2 December 1897
Ohio Architect and Builder May 1914, p63

Birth / Established: 1897
Death / Dissolved: 1905

Biography

Architectural firm that included Frank Barnum, Herbert Briggs, Harry Nelson, Albert Skeel, and Wilbur Hall.

Building Name Address Built Status
All Souls Universalist Church Addition 5605 Thackeray Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Edward T. Scovill Residence 10528 Park Lane, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
First German Baptist Church (Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal) 2379 Tremont Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Frank S. Barnum Residence 1873 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Imperial Hotel 1449-51 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
J. J. Sheppard Residence 6203 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Margaret Beavis Residence 767 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Reginald Phillips Residence 1858 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Caxton Building 812 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1898-9 Standing
Cora Gayer and Julia Silcox Residence 9419 Miles Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Factory Addition for D. Round & Sons Chain Works 7613 Broadway Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Harriett Turreff Residence 1903 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
John Glenn Residence 1572 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Manufacturing Building for Henry B. Perkins 1426-30 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Shiloh Baptist Church 2342 East 30th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Solon Severence Barn 8821 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Solon Severence Residence 8821 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
W. F. Turreff Residence 1961 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
White Tool Rebuilding 1236 West 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Alterations & Additions to Crittenden Building for Henry B. Perkins 1376-82 West 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Standing
John Mathews Residence 7617 Worley Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1900 Standing
St. James Church Addition 1673 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Standing
Trinity Baptist Church 7440 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Apartments for Alfred Arther Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Commercial Building for Louis Pollock 7735 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Factory for Joseph Perkins 1450 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Frame Addition for Frederick Albrecht 36 Merkel, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Hubbard Cooke Building Old Viaduct & Washington, Cleveland, OH 1901 Unknown
John and Sarah Davies Residence 3952 East 74th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
R. K. Beach Residence 1797 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Residence for Fred Harnett 3956 East 74th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Three-Story Addition to Plain Dealer Publishing Co. Superior & Bond, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Chapel Addition for Euclid Avenue Congregational Church 9610 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901-2 Demolished
Henry F. Lyman Residence 11427 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Residence for George Warmington 9515 Willard Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing

Sources

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