Cahill, Paul (architect)
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 |
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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
Burrows, George (architect)
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 |
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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
Burdick, Harold (architect)
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
Brooke, Philo (architect)
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
Brooke & Burrows (firm)
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
Broida, Leonard (architect)
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
Briggs, Herbert (architect)
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
Briggs & Nelson (firm)
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
Braverman, Sigmund (architect)
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 |
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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
Braverman & Halperin (firm)
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 |