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Birth / Established: March 15, 1870
Death / Dissolved: August 4, 1946

Biography

William J. Carter was born in Cleveland. He was a descendent of Lorenzo Carter, the first permanent Cleveland settler. He graduated from Case School of Applied Science in 1891. He was a civil engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad, west of Pittsburgh, from 1891 to 1892. He then worked for F. C. Osborn, the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, Brown Hoisting Company, Osborn Engineering, and Cleveland Electric Railway. He was appointed the U.S. Government Quartermaster's Department Superintendant of Construction in Portland, Maine. He returned to Cleveland and was appointed City Engineer (1901-07). He served as the President of the Cleveland Engineering Society from 1920 to 1921.

Building Name Address Built Status
Foundry Addition East 61st and Erie RR, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Lorain Avenue Savings Bank Lorain and Fulton, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Miles Park Masonic Temple 8910 Miles Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Salt Storage, packing Addison and L.S. & M.S. Railroad, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Apartment Building 2910 South Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Apartment Building 2914 South Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Apartment Building 2932 South Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directory
Cleveland Necrology file
The Golden Anniversary Book of the Cleveland Engineering Society, Cleveland, 1930.
William M. Pattison Supply Company Souvenir Book of Cleveland 1921

Biography

William J. Carter, Frederick D. Richards, and Frank Morrison Griffith.

Building Name Address Built Status
Auto Sales Room for Carris-Franklin Sales 3622 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing
Glenville Masonic Temple 10609 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1922 Demolished

Sources

Image Source(s): Edward P. Almquist

Birth / Established: June 13, 1818
Death / Dissolved: January 18, 1904

Biography

Cleveland architect 1879-94. In the 1881-82 Cleveland City Directory, he has an office at 367 Euclid Avenue, Room 8 and resides at 33 Wallingford Court.

Building Name Address Built Status
Peter Deimer Residence 2352 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
John Whelan Residence 2173 East 70th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories.

Birth / Established: January 30, 1881
Death / Dissolved: October 26, 1963

Biography

James L. Cameron was born in Augusta, Carroll County, Ohio. He graduated from Malvern High School and Ohio State University. He came to Cleveland in 1905 and entered into architectural practice. In 1907 he had a partnership with William S. Ferguson that lasted one year. He was employed as an instructor for the Case School of Science in 1918. He was one of the organizers of the Murray Hill Building Company and was the director of the Buckeye Building Company. He specialized in the design of apartment buildings. He lived at 10326 Ashbury Avenue from the 1920's until his death in 1963. His office was in the Schofield Building. He was on the 1940 list of registered architects.

Building Name Address Built Status
Lakewood Hospital Detroit and Belle, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Residence for G. C. Hanen Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Terrace Wade Park near Ansel, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Double residence for Miss Midnight Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Six-suite apartment building Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for the Union Avenue Building Co. (Cermak Building) 3501-7 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Residence for Joseph Laronge 10714 Drexel Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Lemko Hall 2335 West 11th Street, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Apartment Building for B. Van Meter 592 East 110th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Residence for Mrs. May Smith 10115 North Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Z. Dziedzicki 3388 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Commercial/residential building 7003-5 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Demolished
Commercial building for Solomon Seifer 10038 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Union Congregational Church 3158 East 94th Street, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Apartment for Charles Boyer 1576 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Apartment for Salvatore Cardinale 2406 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Fred P. Miller Residence 2653 East 130th Street, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Motion picture theatre for John Profant 11507 Miles Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished
Residence for S. Tentmiler 244 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1915 Demolished
Apartment Building East Blvd and Mt Overlook, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Bowling Alley addition for Wm Harter 6808 Woodland Ave, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Comercial Building for A. P. Herr West 25th and Richards Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for M. Wiedler 12530-2 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Commercial/ residential building W.25th and Riverside, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial/residential Building 12901 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Polish National Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 2310 West 14th, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Remodeled A.S. Gilman Printing plant St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for Michael Lukak 10014 Hilgert Drive, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence 2684 Leighton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1918 Standing
Residence for Francisco Mandello Alma and E. 124th Street, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Harley E. Abbey Residence 17903 Rosecliff Road, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Residence for Gaetano Alpino 11914 Robertson Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1921 Demolished
Two Family residence for Gaetano Alpino 4257 East 119th Street, Cleveland, OH 1921 Demolished
Residential Building 11623  Miles Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Associated Savings and Loan 3496 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
Kola Building 633 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1927 Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories 1905 - 1939
Cleveland City Directories 1905 - 1939
Cleveland Necrology - October 30, 1963
Cleveland Necrology - October 30, 1963
Orth, Samuel; A History of Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago - Cleveland - The S.J. Clark Publishing Company, 1910, p. 102
Orth, Samuel; A History of Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago - Cleveland -The S.J. Clark Publishing Company, 1910, p. 102
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby, City Beautiful Group, Dan Musson, Carol Poh

Birth / Established: May 1, 1891
Death / Dissolved: August 9, 1971

Biography

Walter G. Caldwell was a Michigan-born architect who was active in Cleveland from 1917 until his death. He lived at 1347 Hall Avenue in Lakewood and had an office in the Engineers Building. He designed numerous schools and municipal buildings throughout Cleveland suburbs and Northeast Ohio.

Building Name Address Built Status
Dance Hall for the Aeroplane Amusement Company Rocky River, OH 1917 Unknown
Double residence for E. B. Caldwell Elmwood Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1917 Unknown
Grace Congregational Church 6501 Colgate Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Hotel Berea, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence 285 Hall Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence for Clemenet Wiemeis Rockport and Lydian, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence for Henry Hird 3676 West Park Road, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Residence for R.H. Smith Kent, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence for S.T. Soros Bosworth Heights Allotment, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence for Wel - Bilt Homes Elmwood Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1917 Unknown
Two family house Bosworth Heights Allotment, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence 15043 Hilliard Road, Lakewood, OH 1918 Demolished
Residence fir Wel - Bilt Homes Helmwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for George A. Jones Lake Avenue and Maple Cliff, Lakewood, OH 1918 Standing
Residence for George A. Jones Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1918 Unkown
Woodhill Building Company 3030 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Custodian Loan Company 15619 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Residence for W. K. Tinker 3017 Carlton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1924 Standing
Chesterland School Chilicothe Road north of Mayfield, Chesterland, OH 1925 Unknown
East View Church Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Pearl Road Methodist Church 4198 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
Residence for Jerome Pasch 1405 Yellowstone Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Brooklyn Heights Town Hall Schaaf Road and Tuxedo, Cleveland, OH 1929 Standing
Riverside Pythian Temple 2411 Forestdale Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1929 Demolished
Stafford School Addition 19800  Stafford Road, Maple Heights, OH 1949 Standing
Rocky River Municipal Center 21012 Hilliard Road, Rocky River, OH 1951 Standing
Whipple Heights Elementary School Woodlawn and 12th NW, Canton, OH 1952-3 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology - August 11, 1971 Plain Dealer

Birth / Established: March 8, 1888
Death / Dissolved: October 28, 1954

Biography

Paul T. Cahill took over the architectural practice of Fountain and Moratz (1910-1914), known as A. F. Moratz & Company, in 1913. He was born in Tennessee. His work included churches, schools, hospitals, and libraries. He was a graduate of the Dayton School of Art and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Hiram College. For two years he was an instructor in mechanical and architectural drawing at the Stivers Manual Training High School in Dayton. He later went to Cornell University. He received early training in the offices of Schenk & Williams and Albert Pretzinger in Dayton. From 1921 to 1923 he was a member of the firm of Fulton, Taylor & Cahill. He later moved to Fort Worth, Texas.

Building Name Address Built Status
A. S. Gilman Residence Cleveland, OH 1913 Unknown
Central Christian Church Warren, OH 1913 Standing
Church of the Disciples Union (Broadway Christian Church) 5920 Engle Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Hiram School Hiram, OH 1913 Unknown
Mantua Center School 11741 Mantua Center Road, Mantua, OH 1913 Standing
Lakewood Hospital Detroit and Belle, Lakewood, OH 1914 Demolished
Franklin Circle Christian Church Sunday School Addition 1688  Fulton Road, Cleveland, OH 1915 Standing
Church of Christ Middletown, OH 1917 Unknown
Fifteen residences Lakewood, OH 1917 Unknown
First Reformed Church addition New Philadelphia, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence for Dr. Neff Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence for O. V. Cahill Lakewood, OH 1917 Unknown
School North Fairfield (Huron County), OH 1917 Unknown
Weymouth School 3314 Myers Road, Medina, OH 1925 Standing
Christian Church East Liberty, OH n.d. Unknown
Christian Church (Main Street Church of Christ) 9 North 4th Street, McConnelsville, OH n.d. Standing
First Presbyterian Church Canton, OH n.d. Unknown
Hospital Fort Madison, OH n.d. Unknown
Residence for Dr. R. D. Clippinger East Liberty, OH n.d. Unknown
Residence for Julia Pagenstecher Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Stores and apartments for Weader and Benfer Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Necrology file October 31, 1954
The Ohio Architect, Engineer and Builder March 1914
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: April 25, 1893
Death / Dissolved: August 10, 1970

Biography

George H. Burrows was active in Cleveland after 1922. He graduated from the University of Michigan School of Architecture in 1920. He worked for Asa Hudson, Griebel & Eberling; Clark, McMullen and Riley; and Alfred Harris. He was a partner in the firm of Brooke and Burrows 1925-6. He belonged to the University Club, the American Institute of Architects, and the Ohio Society of Architects. He designed nearly one thousand homes in Shaker Heights, Cleveland Heights, and other eastern suburbs. He designed a number of apartment buildings in the Shaker Square neighborhood and along Van Aken Boulevard. See also Brooke & Burrows

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence 16810 Kenyon Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Demolished
Residence 18701 Newell Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Residence 3661 Traver Road, Cleveland, OH 1928 Standing
Theodore L. Bailey Residence 3255 Dorchester Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Residence 3329 Clayton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
A. R. Ayers Residence 2746 Claythorne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
James W. Corey Residence 22276 Parnell Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1930 Standing
Residences for the Aurora Land Company Aurora, OH 1933 Unknown
Commercial Building 6808-14 Chagrin Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1935 Standing
G. H. McIntyre Residence 1350 Inglewood, Cleveland Heights, OH 1941 Standing
Apartment Building 2861 Van Aken Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1943 Standing
Apartment Building 2877 Van Aken Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1943 Standing
Apartment Building 2895 Van Aken Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1943 Standing
Apartment Building 2911 Van Aken Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1943 Standing
Apartment Building 2931 Van Aken Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1943 Standing
Apartment Building 2941 Van Aken Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1943 Standing
Shaker Garden Apartments 3058 Livingston, Shaker Heights, OH 1945 Standing
Residence 20926 Brantley, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 21031 Syndenham, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

"Home of the future" Building Arts May 1932
American Institute of Architects Directory
Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights 1992 : West Summit Press , Beachwood and Fort Myers
Cleveland City Directories
Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John; The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography; Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press; 1996

Birth / Established: October 5, 1895
Death / Dissolved: May 24, 1947

Biography

Harold Burdick worked for the firm of Hubbell & Benes. He was listed in Cleveland City Directories from 1924 until his death in 1947. He was the architect of several houses in Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights. He lived at 2424 Stratford Road in Cleveland Heights.

Building Name Address Built Status
John P. Cochran Residence 2978 Courtland, Shaker Heights, OH 1924 Standing
Sheldon Kline Residence 19600 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
John Wilson Residence 19601 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Residence South Moreland and Ingleside, Shaker Heights, OH 1929 Standing
Burdick Residence 2414 Stratford Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1938 Standing
Clifford Dangler Residence 2942 Fontenay, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
David Teachout Residence 2889 North Park, Cleveland Heights, OH 1925 Standing
Residence 18420 Shelburne, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Unknown
Residence 19000 South Woodland, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Unknown
Residence 19200 Shaker, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Unknown
Residence 19615 Shelburne, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Unknown
Residence 19701 Shelburne, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Unknown
Residence 22449 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Unknown
Residence 2676 Eaton, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Unknown
Residence 2710 Chesterton, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Unknown
Residence 2942 Fontenay, Cleveland Heights, OH n.d. Unknown
Residence 2949 Manchester, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights 1992: West Summit Press, Beachwood and Fort Myers
Cleveland City Directories
In Our Day, Cleveland Heights: Its People, Its Place, Its Past
Ohio Architect November 1940
Plain Dealer, 5.26.47 Press
WWI draft registration

Birth / Established: July 3, 1877
Death / Dissolved: July 14, 1954

Biography

Philo R. Brooke was born in Fairfield County, Ohio. Moving to Cleveland in the early 1920's he worked for the Van Swearingen Company. He was a partner in the architectural firm of Brooke and Burrows from 1925 to 1927. In 1942 he was living in Alexandria, Virginia and was employed by the War Department. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Building Name Address Built Status
A.M. Breen Residence 3076 Huntington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Alma K. Stromberg Residence 3363 Milverton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
B.V. Spieth Residence 3390 Ingleside Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Barnett Sherr Residence 15911 Fernway Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
C.C. Graber Residence 2985 Carlton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
C.L. Noth Residence 3564 Strathavon Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Charles Doolittle Residence 16823 Kenyon Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
E.L. Toland Residence 3307 Chadbourne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for A. Domeradzski 3049 Huntington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for A.A. Weidner 3135 Warrington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for A.J. Hummer 3048 Warrington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for A.R. Thomas 3081 Huntington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for C.C. Deming 3039 Huntington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for Emkek Realty COmpany 3245 Chadbourne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for F.J. Schade 19751 Malvern Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for H. Dollor 3148 Albion Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for Joe Martino 2854 Montgomery Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for Louis Gattozzi 2995 Torrington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for Louis J. Rauch 3660 Kenmore Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for P. R. Brooke 3157 Kingsley Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for Paul Ciraci 3305 Milverton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for R.F. Gaiser 3150 Chadbourne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for W.M. Mitchell 3063 Huntington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence for W.R. Oatess 19909 Marchmont Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence 19020 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1924 Standing
Residence for W.M. Mitchell 3067 Huntington Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1924 Standing
Louis Ganger Residence 3350 Maynard Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Residence Hodgman Drive, Parma Heights, OH 1929 Unknown
Residence 1924 Seneca Road, Euclid, OH 1929 Unknown
R.W. Herchert Residence 5686 Onaway Oval, Parma, OH 1930 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
World War II draft registration

Birth / Established: 1925
Death / Dissolved: 1926

Biography

This firm existed in 1925 and 1926 completing residential designs in Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights. It was formed by Philo R. Brooke and George S. Burrows.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence 19909 Marchmont Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
H. C. Schrader Residence 3361 Lansmere Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Standing
Residence 18431 Lynton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1925 Standing
Residence 2896 Claremont Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence 3560 Avalon Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence East 216th and Lake Shore, Euclid, OH 1927 Standing
Residence Lomond Neighborhood, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Residence 3520 Lynnfield Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Residence 3592 Normandy Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
http://www.shakeronline.com/relocation/buying
World War II draft registration

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