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Birth / Established: 1886
Death / Dissolved: 1893

Biography

The firm of Cramer & Fugman was in existence between 1886 and 1893. The principles were Charles Frank Cramer and Godfrey Fugman. The firm's work was highlighted in a publication, Greater Cleveland Architecture, that included many commercial buildings and residences.

Building Name Address Built Status
Bertha Armbruster Residence 2683 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Cleveland Fire Station #16 7911 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Commercial building for A. H. May Cleveland, OH 1888 Unknown
Commercial building for H. Machke 3700-2 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Commercial Building for Walker & Rogge 3622 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Commercial Building for William Tinker Cleveland, OH 1888 Unknown
Double frame dwelling for Mrs. Rier Cleveland, OH 1888 Unknown
First Baptist Church 4516 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Francis L. Smith Residence 1809-11 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
George Oswald Residence 3212 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
L. W. Heimseth Residence 2639 East 51st Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for Christian Diemer 2729 East 51st Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for George Hector 2539-45 West 7th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
The Meriden Block for G. E. Howe 3955-67 Payne Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Vogt Block 3303-7 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1888 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for John Meinel 5361-3 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Frank B. Abrams Residence 2520 East 43rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Frederick Scheuermann Residence 2139 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
George Faulhaber Residence 3022 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
German Publishing House 2969-73 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Standing altered
John Kuschmann Residence 6610 Kinsman, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Produce Exchange Bank Building for William & Theodore Andrews 521-5 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Bender Block 2528-36 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
Columbia Building 5601 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for Bernhard Kuhn 2401-3 Abbey Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Christ Malt 7400-06  Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Haffner Block 4419-21 Central Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
John H. Lowrie Residence 6212 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
John Meyer Residence 3230 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
Mechanics Bank Building Hall 5501-5603 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Mrs. Baehr Residence 8309-11 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Residences for Sylvester Miller 1947-9 East 73rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Sommer Block 2104 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Standing
Store and Hall for Christian Stocke 6017-9 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Charles Voth Residence 1882 East 66th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for Charles Heiser 4825-31 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Commission House for Messers. Levy & Stearn 200-40 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Double Residence for Charles Saeltzer 2078-80 West 21st Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Loew Block 2142 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
Savarin Building 2012-6 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
The Witzel Block 3100-4 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1891 Demolished
St. John's Hospital 7911 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891-2 Demolished
Wetzel Block 2734-42 Central Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1891-2 Demolished
Barn altered to Dwelling for Henry Wenz 1800 Castle Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Bell Block 1763 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for William Schoellkopf 2635-43 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Commerical-Residential Building for Philip Kraft 1835-41 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Henry Wenz Residence 2973 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
William C. Bolles Residence 5715 Thackeray Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1892 Demolished
Barn for Baehr Brewery 1541 West 27th Street, Cleveland, OH 1892-3 Demolished
Leisy Family Mausoleum in Riverside Cemetery 3607 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1892-3 Demolished
Business block for I. Bruno $10,000 828 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
National Saengerfest Hall 2466 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
Central Patrol Station #1 418-20 Champlain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Commercial Building for Henry Claus 4124-30 Clark Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
Dr. John Lueke Residence 1780 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Euclid Town Hall 21050 Euclid Avenue, Euclid, OH 1894 Demolished
John S. Hill Residence "The Eyrie" 399 Bratenahl Road, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Nazarene Baptist Church 8415 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
St. Paul's United Evangelical Church Rectory 2712 Scovill, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Twelfth Precinct Patrol Station 8316 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
William G. Perry Residence 1619 East 49th Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Standing
C. Frank Cramer Residence 2247 Chestnut Hills, Cleveland, OH 1894-5 Standing
W. C. Langenau Residence 13315 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894-5 Demolished
Addition to commercial building for Philip Kraft 1838-44 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Addition to Commerical-Residential Building for Philip Kraft 1835-41 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Adella Apartments 450-62 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for for Gehring Brewery 7107-9 Quincy Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Joseph Wismar 1738 Columbus Road, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
J. O. Greene Carriage Company 1212 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Remodeling of Levy and Stearn Building 246-8 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Standard Sewing Machine Company Office Building 6406 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Godfrey Fugman Residence 2257 Chestnut Hills, Cleveland, OH 1895-6 Demolished
Pythian Temple 911-9 Huron Road, Cleveland, OH 1895-6 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Christ Malt 7402-4 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Maz Greenhut 4601-3  Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Hannah Apartment Building for Hanna Block Estate 1122 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Memorial Hall Baldwin College 50 Seminary Street, Berea, OH 1896 Standing
St. Luke's Episcopal Church 348 Robbins Avenue, Niles, OH 1897 Standing
Vacha Moorish Building Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Greater Cleveland Architecture - C. Frank Cramer and Godfrey Fugman

Birth / Established: August 11, 1847
Death / Dissolved: July 6, 1916

Biography

The English-born Robert Crabb was listed as a carpenter contractor in the 1894 Cleveland City Directory and as an architect in city directories from 1906 until his death in 1916.

Building Name Address Built Status
Apartment House SE Corner Woodland and East 83rd Place, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for George Matchett 9702-6 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for George Matchett 8501-3 Quincy Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1898-9 Demolished
Apartment for James Leighton 3197-3203 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Apartment House for Palmer and Co. 2904-5 Sackett Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for James Leighton 7023-9 Central Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Brighton Flats for John Millier & Royal A. Fobes 3369 West 30th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Standing
Henry H. Platt Residence 1894 East 97th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Six-story Apartment Building for Koblitz Bros Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Commercial Building for Koblitz Bros. 1265-9 West 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1902 Standing
Commercial building Euclid and Collins Place, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Three-Story Apartment Building Central Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Store and Apartment Building for Lillian Rost St. Clair West of East 105th, Cleveland, OH 1906-7 Demolished
F. W. Wakefield House (Harbor View) 480 Main Street, Vermilion, OH 1909 Standing
Cleveland & Sandusky Brewing Company 2705 Carroll Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Commercial Building 1016-24 Main Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file

Birth / Established: 1916
Death / Dissolved: 1917

Biography

This was an architectural firm that included Burt Corning, Vance Florence, and Verne Corning, son of Burt. The firm was in existence in 1916 and 1917.

Building Name Address Built Status
Two Apartment Buildings Lancashire & East 119th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Warehouse Mayfield & East 119th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Two suite apartment Larchmere & Moreland, Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file
Orth, Samuel; A History of Cleveland v. 2 p. 96-7

Birth / Established: May 29, 1865
Death / Dissolved: May 6, 1919

Biography

Burt W. Corning was born in Mecosta County, Michigan of Irish lineage. He went to the country schools to the age of fifteen and began teaching in the district schools. He entered into an apprenticeship to the builder's trade. In 1891 he went into business as a contractor and builder in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1899 he became a practicing architect, opening an office in Cleveland. He was the first man to introduce the private porch to apartment buildings in Cleveland. He was the director of the Niagara Realty Company. His office was located at East 105th Street and Superior Avenue.

Building Name Address Built Status
Apartment building for Dorr Wolcott E.87th and Superior, Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Apartment building for William Schmehl 1885-7 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Dr. O. A. Palmer Residence Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
N. C. Colgan Residence 1336 East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Residence Westchester Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Residence for Mrs. E. Staiger 1329 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Terrace on for Mrs. Salter Superior at Hazeldale, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Commercial building for Dr. W.C. Webber East 105th and Superior, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Four suite terrace Superior near East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Four suite terrace for F.J. Land Hampden Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Residence for Emma Reeves 10619 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Terrace 2801-9 Clinton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Terrace for Casper Aul 10507-17 Lee Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Terrace for J. H. Paine 1953 East 73rd near Hough, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Terrace for J. W. McClure 2159-66 E.87th Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Terrace for W. M. Duncan 7604-16 Linwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Ella Ramsdell Residence 1279 E.105th Street,, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Residence for Charles Grip 10220 Parkgate Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Residence for Charles Gripe Superior Park, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Terrace for A. E. Dudley 11420 Fairchild Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Terrace for J. Brown Elliot Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Apartment house for J. B. Freeman Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Commercial residential building for J.C. McClure Collinwood, OH, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Enjoy U Movie Theater 7700 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Four story apartment for Jesse Nichols, Jr Ansel Rd, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Terrace Washington Blvd. And St. Clair, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Wiedeman Residence Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Apartment Building for F.J. Cronk 10317 Kempton Road, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Apartment building for McQuigg East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
Commercial residential building for G.E. Milligan Detroit Ave, Lakewood, OH 1908 Demolished
Crawford Tilden Apartment Building 1831 Crawford Road, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Apartment building 1981 Ford Drive, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Commercial - Residential Building for Frank Ubersox 9801-9 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Poinciana Apartment Building 1875 Belmore, East Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Apartment Building for James Burr 6202 Franklin, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Apartment Building for James Burr 6202 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Commercial Residential Building 11221-3 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Residence 9106-8 Parkgate, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Apartment Building 1351 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Apartment Building 1365 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Apartment Building 1377 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Dorn School of Expression and Dramatic Art 7306 Detroit, Cleveland, OH 1913 Standing
Apartment Building for E. Scharpsteen 1934 E. 90th Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Unknown
Commercial Building for George Brown 10622 Superior, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Apartment Building 2707 Lancashire Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial Building 12321 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Adelmar Apartments 1605 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Dr. O. A. Palmers Hospital Republic Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Glenola Apartments 1832 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Republic Apartment Building 1886 East 101st Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Wolcott Apartments Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology
Orth, Samuel; A History of Cleveland v. 2 p.96-7
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1905
Death / Dissolved: 1908

Biography

Owned by Charles P. Corlett (1868 - 1908) Civil Engineer. He lived in Willoughby.

Building Name Address Built Status
American Ball Bearing Company 8300 Baker Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Champion Steel Range Company 4001 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
Republic Stamping and Enameling Canton, OH 1907 Unknown
Standard Welding Company Cleveland, OH 1907 Unknown
Birth / Established: 1926
Death / Dissolved: Unknown
Building Name Address Built Status
Mt. Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church and School 12826 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing
S.P. Halle Residence 2701 Park Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: October 31, 1877
Death / Dissolved: June 8, 1928

Biography

John William Cresswell Corbusier was a native of Rochester, New York and a graduate of the Mechanics Institute who gained practical experience in Buffalo, New York and New York City, where he worked in the office of Cass Gilbert. He became the lead draftsman in the office of H.V.B. Magonigle who won the competition for the McKinley Memorial in Canton. While in this office he won the gold metal of the New York architectural league. He married the daughter of H. F. Lyman of the Upson-Walton Company. He spent two years in Paris after his marriage, where he continued his study of the gothic cathedral. Upon his return to the United States, he settled in Cleveland, associating with Ralph Adams Cram in erecting the Church of the Covenant, and with Henry Vaughn on the Flora Stone Mather Chapel of Adelbert College. He later went into partnerships with George S. Page and then with William E. Foster. He was a noted church architect. He moved to Hudson in 1911 where he was instrumental in early historic preservation efforts, designing several structures that fit into the character of the early Western Reserve architecture of the town. He was an accomplished singer and was in charge of music at the First Congregational Church in Hudson. Corbusier died of a heart attack while dancing at the Hudson Club at the age of forty-nine. According to his obituary he also designed several unidentified churches in St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Orlando, FL, Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne, Toledo, and Massillon.

Building Name Address Built Status
Seymour Hall 115 College Street, Hudson, OH 1913 Standing
Evangelical Church of the Holy Trinity 50 North Prospect, Akron, OH, OH 1913-4 Standing
Church of the Ascension 13216 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1916 Standing
Hudson Elementary School 34 Oviatt Street, Hudson, OH 1916 Demolished
Church of the Good Shepherd Parish House 1100 Stockton Street, Jacksonville, FL 1917 Standing
J. W. C. Corbusier Residence 226 College Street, Hudson, OH 1917 Standing
Lakewood Baptist Church 14721 Detroit, Lakewood, OH 1917 Standing
First Congregational Church Addition 47 Aurora Street, Hudson, OH 1919 Standing
Church of the Good Shepherd Worsham Hall 1100 Stockton Street, Jacksonville, FL 1920-1 Standing
Ellsworth Hall Western Reserve Academy 178 College Street, Hudson, OH 1922 Standing
Trinity Lutheran Church 16400 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1922 Standing
Springfield Presbyterian Church 207 West 6th Street, Jacksonville, FL 1922-3 Standing
Grace Lutheran Church 16th and Varnum NW, Washington, DC 1924 Standing
St. John's Evangelical Church 122 W. Ottawa St., Oak Harbor, OH 1926-7 Standing
St. Paul Lutheran Church 127  Cherry Road NE, Massillon, OH 1926-7 Standing
Church of the Saviour 2531 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1926-8 Standing
Grace Lutheran Church 13001 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH 1927 Standing
St. John's Lutheran Church Market and Seventh, Zanesville, OH 1927 Standing
Church of the Good Shepherd Sanctuary 1100 Stockton Street, Jacksonville, FL 1928 Standing
Salmon Halle Residence 2701 Park Drive, Shaker Heights, OH 1928-9 Standing
First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant 250 West 7th Street, Erie, PA 1929 Standing
Residence 17050 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1912 Standing

Sources

Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights p. 22
Cleveland City Directories
Hudson: A Survey of Historic Buildings; edited by Lois Newkirk; KSU: Kent and London, 1989
Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John J.; The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography; Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1976
Wood, Wayne W.; Jacksonville?s Architectural Heritage; Jacksonville: University of North Florida Press, nd
Image Source(s): Karl A. Brunjes

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for A.A. Weidmer 3115 Chadborne Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1924 Standing
First Evangelical Church (Greater Friendship Baptist Church) 853 Thornhill Road, Cleveland, OH 1924-6 Standing
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran School 1486 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1968
Death / Dissolved: 1975

Biography

Originally Copper, Wade & Peck. Wade retired in 1975.

Building Name Address Built Status
Gates Mills Cultural Center Chagrin River Road, Gates Mills, OH 1968 Standing
Bonne Bell Headquarters 18515 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1969 Standing
Chagrin Commerce Building 24300 Chagrin Boulevard, Beechwood, OH 1970 Standing
Copper, Wade, Copper & Raynes Office Building 840 Brainard Road, Highland Heights, OH 1972 Standing
Birth / Established: 1946
Death / Dissolved: 1952

Biography

Architectural firm that included Munroe Copper, Jr, Robert Verne Wade and Russell Ralph Peck.

Building Name Address Built Status
Cleveland Southwest Bus Line Terminal Bedford, OH 1947 Standing
Methodist Church 18900 Libbly Road, Maple Heights, OH 1947 Standing
Mayfield Methodist Church Mayfield, OH 1948 Standing
Residence for Robert W. Dudley 2691 Chesterton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1948 Standing
Residence for Clarence Hejl 21299 Sydenham Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1949 Standing
Residence for Quinter Young 23175 Laureldale, Shaker Heights, OH 1949 Standing
Residence for Clarence Hejl 21300 Sydenham Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1951 Standing
W.S. Bidle Jr. Residence 2699 Rochester Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1951 Standing
Baptist Church of the Master 4050 Monticello, Cleveland Heights, OH 1952 Standing
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