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

Birth / Established: February 26, 1901
Death / Dissolved: October 9, 1977

Biography

Broida was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He first appears as an architect in Cleveland City Directories in 1932. In 1959 his office was located at 1749 East 23rd Street. He designed numerous homes throughout Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights. He lived in Shaker Heights. He died in Sarasota, Florida.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for S. G. Heath 1008 Pennfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1931 Standing
Residence for Edward Eckstein 3394 Blanche Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH 1932 Standing
Residence for Max Mikelman 1932 Powell Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1932 Standing
Residence for Olson & Johnson 3598 Harvey Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1932 Standing
Residence for Olson & Johnson 3607 Antisdale Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH 1932 Standing
Residence for Superior Home Builders 3589 Grosvenor Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1932 Standing
Residence for Superior Home Builders 3602 Grosvenor Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1932 Standing
Residence for Superior Home Builders 3610 Harvey Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1932 Standing
Elliott Residence 3603 Antisdale Avenue, Cleveland Heigjhts, OH 1933 Standing
Residence for A. D. Banfield 1036  Helmdale Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1933 Standing
Residence for David Sukenik 3651 Rawnsdale Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1933 Standing
Residence for S. G. Heath 1060 Pennfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1933 Standing
Residence 3626 Rawnsdale Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1934 Standing
Residence for Brookdale Building Company 1068 Pennfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1934 Standing
Residence for C. Pfahal 1021 Helmsdale Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1934 Standing
Residence for Frank Pfeiffer 1915 Compton Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1934 Standing
Residence for Louis Epstein 3495 Blanche Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH 1934 Standing
Residence for Olson & Johnson 2603 Canterbury Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1934 Standing
Residence for Samuel Feiner 3547 Washington Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1934 Standing
Residence for Alla Myers 3419 Thorne Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence for Bruno Dicasah 3707 Blanche Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence for Dr. Watson 1035 Helmsdale Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence for Elop Burgesan 3497 Berkeley Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence for Homer and Ruth Sarmerhorn 1051  Pennfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence for Joseph Kelman 3513 Berkeley Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence for Marvin Jacobs 3540 Bendemeer Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence for Max Relman 3505 Bainbridge Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence for S. G. Heath 1052 Pennfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence for Samuel Feiner 3543 Washington Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence for Thomas Hazel 1028 Pennfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Residence 3572 Ingleside Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Adelbert Pew 3417 Woodbrige Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Aug Ericson 1000 Rushleigh Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Economy Building 3589 Shannon Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Edward Olson 1031 Oxford Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for George Meissner 1055 Pennfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Henry Chadford 3528 Severn Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Henry Chadford 978 Woodview Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Henry Chadford 982 Woodview Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Homer and Ruth Sarmerhorn 1051 Pennfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Ida Harris 3488 Woodbrige Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Louis Epstein 1228 Yellowstone Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Louis Epstein 1232 Yellowstone Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for P. D. Banks 3576 Shannon Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Samuel Feiner 3526 Cummings Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Samuel Feiner 3534 Cummings Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Samuel Feiner 3571 Shannon Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Samuel Feiner 3633 Washington Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence for Sol Burstein 3530 Cummings Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1936 Standing
Residence 3164 Ludlow Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for 3499 Edison Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for Brookdale Building 3651 Grosvenor Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for Fride Kitner 3648 Harvey Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for George Meissner 3407  Hartwood Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for Henry Chadford 1052 Woodview Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for Henry Chadford 1056 Woodview Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for Henry Chadford 1060 Woodview Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for Henry Chadford 986 Woodview Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for Henry Chadford 990 Woodview Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for Hyman Allenick 3645 Berkeley Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for J. A. Widing 859 Roanoke Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for M. A. Harris 3577 Berkeley Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for Rose Rein 3619 Shannon Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for Samuel Feiner 3538 Cummings Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for Samuel Feiner 3565 Shannon Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for Sidney Zehman 3594 Shannon Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for Superior Home Builders 3602 Grosvenor Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for the Akel Building Company 3971 Navahoe Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Residence for Brookdale Building 3483 Northcliffe Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1938 Standing
Residence for G. L. Honegsfeld 3664  Shannon Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1938 Standing
Residence for Gerson Construction 3535 Berkeley Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH 1938 Standing
Residence for Harry Markowitz 3608 Berkeley Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH 1938 Standing
Residence for Sidney Aehman 3500 Bendemeer Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1938 Standing
Residence for Theodore Swanson 16923 Glynn Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1938 Standing
Residence for Abe Sukenik 2190 Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1939 Standing
Residence for Ben Spaeth 3558  Bendemeer Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1939 Standing
Residence for Karl Roth 2716 Edgehill Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1939 Standing
Residence for Sam Felman 3504 Severn Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1939 Standing
Residence for Samuel Feiner 3494 Shannon Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1939 Standing
Residence for Sidney Zehman 3497 Bendemeer Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1939 Standing
Residence for Theodore Swanson 1420 Blackmore Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1939 Standing
Residence for Arthur Leiner 3655 Grosvenor Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1940 Standing
Residence for George Meissner 1088 Elbon Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1940 Standing
Residence for George Meissner 3558 Radcliffe Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1940 Standing
Residence for M. A. Harris 3521  Bendemeer Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1940 Standing
Residence for Practical Builders 3699 Bainbridge Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1940 Standing
Residence for Samuel Aron 14811 Superior Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1940 Standing
Residence for Dr. William Sirak 3061 North Park Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1941 Standing
Residence for E. F. Sitz 3416 Superior Park, Cleveland Heights, OH 1941 Standing
Residence for Practical Builders 3548 Berkeley Avenue, Cleveland Heights, OH 1941 Standing
Residence for Harold Levine 3689 Bendemeer Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1945 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: August 12, 1866
Death / Dissolved: November 9, 1936

Biography

Herbert Bruce Briggs was raised on a farm in Sharon Township, Medina County, Ohio. He graduated from Buchtel College (now the University of Akron) in 1889 with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1889 he entered the Cleveland office of Coburn and Barnum as a student draftsman and superintendent of construction. He worked for that firm until the death of Forrest Coburn in 1897. As superintendent in the office of Coburn and Barnum, Briggs was in charge of construction of the Goodrich House and the original Western Reserve Historical Society Building. Afterwards he joined the firm of F. S. Barnum & Company from 1897 to 1904.He was a member of the firm of Briggs & Nelson from 1904 until 1923. Herbert Briggs was a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Cuyahoga County Board of Visitors, and a member of the board of management of the Central Friendly Inn. He was an instructor of architectural drawings in the Cleveland Central Young Men's Christian Association's Institute, chairman of its education committee and a member of committee management. From 1924 to 1929 he served as Ohio's State Architect and Engineer in Columbus. In 1929 he returned to Cleveland where he worked in the office of J. W. Thomas. He then went to Cincinnati to work with the Home Owners Loan Corporation. Upon returning to Cleveland in August 1935, he worked as an architectural inspector for the Federal Housing Authority. He died in November, 1936 of a heart attack.

Building Name Address Built Status
Library Building for Bowling Green State University (McFall Center) 110 McFall Center East Wooster Street, Bowling Green, OH 1927 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Orth, Samuel A History of Cleveland v. 2 p 573
Withey & Withey Biographical Dictionary of American Architects Los Angeles : Hennessey & Ingalls - 1970, p 75

Birth / Established: 1904
Death / Dissolved: 1923

Biography

The principles were Herbert Briggs and Harry S. Nelson. They purchased Frank S. Barnum's interest in the F.S. Barnum Company, changing its name to Briggs and Nelson. The firm designed several buildings for the Ohio Farmers Insurance Company in Le Roy (now Westfield), Ohio; several projects for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad; and numerous YMCA's. The Western Reserve Historical Society has many of the firm's architectural drawings.

Building Name Address Built Status
All Souls Universalist Church 25 Church Street, Bellville, OH 1894 Standing
Goodrich House East 6th & St. Clair, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
T. C. Briggs Residence Sharon, PA 1899 Unknown
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Laboratory Cleveland, OH 1902 Demolished
Charles Potter Residence Page & Terrace, East Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
A. A. Stearns Garage 1697 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Britton Power Block East 3rd Hickok St, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Frank McNeil Residence 16200 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1905 Demolished
Mrs. L. W. Brown Residence Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Rainbow Cottage Mayfield Road, South Euclid, OH 1905 Demolished
YMCA 617 East 185th Street, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
YMCA Painesville, Ohio Painesville, OH 1905 Unknown
E. H. Wetzell Residence West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Euclid Avenue Trust Building Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Fred Schweitzer Store Building Lorain & West 32nd, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Hinckley School Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Hiram School Gym 2801 Orange Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Laboratory Buildings Cleveland, OH 1906-7 Demolished
YMCA 214 North 4th Street, Steubenville, OH 1906-8 Demolished
Captain R. E. Burdick Residence 1945 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Commercial Building Park & Tombe, Ashtabula, OH 1907 Demolished
E. W. Haines Residence 1567 Mistletoe Drive, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Frank W. Whiting Residence 10317 Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Terrace for Crockett and Diag 7507-13 Lawnview Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Universalist Church Parsonage Bryan, OH 1907 Demolished
Apartment Building for Dr. Wilbur Crowell 1809 Fulton Road, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Dr. and Mrs. Harry Upson Residence 10908 Magnolia, Cleveland, OH 1908 Demolished
J. E. McClure Residence Warren, OH 1908 Demolished
University of Akron Chem Lab (with F.S. Barnum) Akron, OH 1908 Demolished
Malcolm McBride Residence 1583 Mistletoe Drive, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
McClymonds Residence 8510 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Young Peoples Society Hall 1433 West 57th Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Standing
Otto Miller Residence Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Thomas Howell Residence Coit Avenue, Bratenahl, OH 1909 Demolished
YMCA Lorain, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
A. L Boyden Garage Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Columbus Citizen Building Columbus, OH 1910 Demolished
Dr. A. L. Parsons Residence Nottingham, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Goodrich Settlement House 1406-16 East 31st Street, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Louis Moses Collinwood, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
Mrs. A. S. Parsons Residence Nottingham, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
YMCA Franklin, PA 1910 Demolished
YMCA Marion, OH 1910 Demolished
YMCA alterations Marietta, OH 1910 Demolished
Central Patrol Barn Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Cleveland Press Buidling East 9th and Rockwell, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Cuyahoga Falls Library Cuyahoga Falls, OH 1911 Demolished
H. G. Rowe Bungalow Medina, OH 1911 Demolished
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Humphrey Residence 1592 Arthur, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
YMCA Parkersburg, WV 1911 Demolished
St. John's Church Rectory Clinton & West 32nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1911-2 Demolished
E. T. Scovill Residence 10528 Park Lane, Cleveland, OH 1911-3 Demolished
Addition to Residence for Mrs. A.A. Stearns 1697 East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Demolished
Irving Metcalf Residence Oberlin, OH 1912 Demolished
Mrs. Jennie Poehl Residence Western Reserve Historical Drawings, Cleveland, OH 1912 Demolished
Shaker Heights Grammar School (with Fox & Gale) Boston, Shaker Heights, OH 1912 Demolished
Comey & Johnson 1426 Superior, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Goodrich Farm Farmers Cottage, Girls Cottage, Stone House, Water and Pump House Summit County, OH 1913 Demolished
S. P. Fenn Garage alterations 2061 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Century Building Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
First Presbyterian Parsonage 264 Mahoning Avenue, Warren, OH 1914 Demolished
Imperial Hotel 1931 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
William Hilton Residence 1486 Waterbury Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1914 Standing
Le Roy Board of Education Auditorium Leroy, OH 1915 Demolished
Nile Opera House 90 State Street, Niles, OH 1915 Demolished
Parsch Lumber Company Elyria, OH 1916 Demolished
S. S. Searles Residence 1, 2, 3 Geneva, OH 1916 Demolished
A. M. Ford Residence Geneva, OH 1917 Demolished
Diamond Glass Company alterations Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
E. T. Scovill Factory and Office Hamilton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Geneva Hospital Geneva, OH 1917 Demolished
McClellan Tile Company 3444 Hamilton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Samuel C. Bailey Residence 1567 Mistletoe, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Brooks Company 715 Superior, Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist (Pentecostal Church of Christ) 10515 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Standing
Ohio Farmers Insurance Company Garage, House #1, House #3, House #4, Print shop and office Leroy, OH 1918 Unknown
YMCA Washington, Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
KSU Normal School Administration Building Locker Room, Cleveland, OH 1919 Unknown
Louis A. Moses Residence 2416 Derbyshire Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1919 Standing
Geneva Commercial Association Cleveland, OH 1919-20 Unknown
Bethany Baptist Church 334 17th Street, Elyria, OH 1920 Standing
L. W. Boyden Cottage Chippewa Lake, OH 1920 Unknown
Fine Arts Building and Annex 3226 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1921-2 Standing
Cresswell Building Cleveland, OH 1922-3 Unknown
Commercial building for A.A. Kalish 2612 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1923 Unknown
Perkins Memorial Warren, OH 1923 Unknown
A. B. Stewart Residence 3035 Lincoln Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH n.d. Standing
Bijou Dream Theatre 410-2 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Climax Buidling 1440 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Coyne Furniture alterations Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Dr. and Mrs. G.C. Lathrop Residence Dover Center, OH n.d. Unknown
E.W. Haines Residence 1567 Mistletoe, Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
First Baptist Church Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
H. B. Perkins Estate 128 Mahoning Avenue, Warren, OH n.d. Unknown
Hall - Vargorder Company 1382 West 9th Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
Hudson Youth Developement Hudson, OH n.d. Unknown
Knight Chemical Lavratory Buchtel College, Akron, OH n.d. Unknown
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Association Ashtabula, OH n.d. Unknown
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Association Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Association Steubenville, OH n.d. Unknown
Malcolm L. McBride Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Monroe School Monroe, MI n.d. Unknown
Mrs. W.A. Jenkins Residence Ravenna, OH n.d. Unknown
Nickoldeon Theatre 7th Between Washington & Boliver, Oakland, CA n.d. Unknown
Railroad and City Mens Association Bellevue, OH n.d. Unknown
Riverside Cemetery Office Building Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
S. S. Wilson Residence Willoughby, OH n.d. Unknown
W.H. Albro Storefront Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
F. V. Whiting Residence Clifton Boulevard, Lakewood, OH n.d.. Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Orth, Samuel A History of Cleveland v. 2 p. 573
Withey & Withey Biographical Dictionary of American Architects Los Angeles : Hennessey & Ingalls - 1970, p 75

Birth / Established: May 22, 1894
Death / Dissolved: March 27, 1960

Biography

Sigmund Braverman was a prominent Jewish architect who designed forty synagogues in the United States and Canada. He was born in Csepe, Austria-Hungary and came to the United States at age ten, settling in Pittsburgh. He became a naturalized citizen in 1915. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1917 and served in the military in World War I. He came to Cleveland in 1920 and opened an architectural practice. His work included shopping centers, schools, and hospitals. From 1932 to 1935, he was assistant, then acting Cleveland city architect. From 1948 until his death, he was associated with Moses P. Halperin in the firm of Braverman & Halperin. He was a leader in Cleveland's Zionist movement. He was the director of the Bureau of Jewish Education, trustee of the Cleveland Jewish Fund, and vice president and director of the Jewish Community Center.

Building Name Address Built Status
Muriel Apartments 7001 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Apartments 2374 Euclid Heights Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1935 Standing
Brantley Apartments 2378 Euclid Heights Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1937 Standing
Shaker Kinsman Branch Cleveland, OH 1951 Unknown
Bureau of Jewish Education Cleveland, OH 1952 Unknown
Fairmount Temple 23737 Fairmount Boulevard, Beachwood, OH 1957 Standing
Warrensville Center Synagogue 1508 Warrensville Center Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1958 Standing

Sources

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

Biography

Sigmund Braverman and Moses P. Halperin.

Building Name Address Built Status
Warren Terrace Apartments 3310 Warrensville Center Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1950 Standing
Cleveland Hebrew Institute 3654 Lee Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1951 Standing
Apartments for Sam Pedone & T. Immorimo 3255 Warrensville Center Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1952 Standing
North Park Terrace 20550 University Blvd, Shaker Heights, OH 1952 Standing
Van Aken Villas 16207 Van Aken Blvd, Shaker Heights, OH 1952 Standing
Adath Jeshurun Synagogue 2401 Woodbourne Ave, Louisville, KY 1957 Standing
Jewish Community Center 3505 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1960 Demolished