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Birth / Established: 1870
Death / Dissolved: Unknown

Biography

James M. Bostick was listed as an architect in Cleveland City Directories from 1914 to 1917, when he was a partner in the firm Kaufmann-Bostick. In 1901 he opened an office in Massillon. 1910 Census living in Canton.

Building Name Address Built Status
Theatre, store and apartments for the Opera House Company Lorain, OH 1907 Unknown
Residence for M. M. Scott 7709 Vineyard Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for George Wadsworth Silver Lake, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for M. S. Sammons Silver Lake, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for Michael Austgen Silver Lake, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for P. H. Schneider Sunset View Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
William A. Rose Residence 2737 Endicott Road, Cleveland, OH 1919 Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Interstate Architect 1.16.1901
WW I Draft Registration

Birth / Established: February 3, 1874
Death / Dissolved: December 24, 1955

Biography

Frederick F. Book was a Canadian-born architect. He came to the United States in 1903 and was naturalized as a citizen in 1905. He was active as an architect in Cleveland from 1908 throughout the 1920's according to City Directories. In 1909 he lived in the Tremont neighborhood. The 1910 Census lists him as a farmer in Hartsgrove Township, Ashtabula County. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Thompson Block 3101-7 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Residence 9708-10 Parkgate Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Apartment Building 1408 Ridgewood Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1916 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building Cedar and East 30th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for Samuel Gurss Shaw and Hayden Avenues, East Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Hotel East 90th and Euclid, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for Samuel Koslen Parkgate Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for Samuel Koslen 1077 East 97th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Standing
Commercial Building 12401-5 Detroit, Lakewood, OH 1918 Standing
Residence for Harry J. Reibe 3270 Ardmore Rd, Shaker Heights, OH 1922 Standing
O.C. Eckert Residence 3666 Strathavon Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing

Sources

1910 US Census, Hartsgrove Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio - SD #18, ED #31, Sheet 4a, Line 4
1920 U.S. Census - Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio SD #9, ED #611, Sheet 4A, Line 28
Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: July 2, 1877
Death / Dissolved: November 1945

Biography

William A. Bohnard was born in Cleveland, educated in the public schools, and attended the Cleveland School of Art. In 1896 he completed the illustrations for the Century Architectural Company's Modern Homes publication. He formed his own architectural firm at the age of twenty-two in 1899 and was later joined by Raymond Parsson. Their office was in the 1900 Euclid Building. The firm's business was largely residential, but they also designed some downtown commercial buildings and Lake Avenue apartment buildings. Bohnard was one of the founders of the Cleveland School of Architecture, later associated with Western Reserve University. He was a long time resident of 9815 Newton Avenue. He is buried in Acacia Park Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
F. M. Douglas Residence Euclid Avenue at East 86th Street, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
J. R. McQuigg Residence 1901 Idlewood Street, East Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
Southworth Residence 11901 Carlton Road, Cleveland, OH 1904 Standing
E. V. Hale Residence Willoughby, OH 1905 Demolished
A. S. Ingalls Residence 11808 Lake Shore Boulevard, Bratenahl, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

Architectural Record Sept 1918 p.187-198
Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights 19921909 Cleveland Architectural Club Catalogue
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file
Obituary - Plain Dealer November 28, 1945

Birth / Established: 1905
Death / Dissolved: 1932

Biography

Bohnard and Parsson was active between 1905 and 1932, with principles William A. Bohnard and Raymond Parsson. Initially there offices were in the Chamber of Commerce Building, later moving to 1900 Euclid. The firm was mainly known for residential architecture in the Cleveland suburbs of Lakewood and Cleveland Heights.

Building Name Address Built Status
George Holloway Residence 715 East Main Street, Ravenna, OH 1905 Standing
Allen Electric Building 2120 East 19th Street, Cleveland, OH 1906 Demolished
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church 1754 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Grandin Residence 10723 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Residence for Mrs. George Strauss 1406 East 109th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Standing
Peter Fisher Residence 1490 East 108th Street, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Zahnheiser Residence 18101 Clifton Boulevard, Lakewood, OH 1909 Standing
Adella Hughes Residence 2400 Kenilworth, Cleveland Heights, OH 1910 Standing
Rockport Village School addition 15149 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
W. H. Marlatt Residence 3052 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1910 Standing
Mary Goldman Residence 2283 Chestnut Hills, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Milo Evans Residence 13932 Clifton Boulevard, Lakewood, OH 1911 Standing
M. B. Villas Residence 2289 Stillman Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1912 Standing
A. W. Murfey Residence 2239 Elandon Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1913 Standing
West Park Town Hall 15619 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1913 Demolished
Charles Beardslee Residence 2232 Elandon Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1913-4 Standing
Apartment Building for Peter Hamilton 5702-4 Diamond, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church 10305 Garfielld Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Residence for Robert & Libbie M. Beck 11527 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
Louis Englander Residence 2289 Chatfield Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1915 Standing
Office addition 14025 Aspinwall, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for D. W. Teachout 2465 Arlington Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Residence for I. Grossman 2481 Statford Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Apartments for Harry Lallen and James Hinslea 15103 & 15105 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Standing
Delrose Brockley Residence Cleveland, OH 1918 Demolished
Kendal Building 214-6 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1918 Standing
Residence 2481 Stratford, Cleveland, OH 1918 Standing
Swathwont Residence 11401 Harborview Drive, Cleveland, OH 1919 Standing
Soldiers and Sailor"s Memorial Lakewood, OH 1920 Never built
Frank Maurer Residence 10017 Edgewater, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing
William Spang Residence 10309 Edgewater Drive, Cleveland, OH 1921 Standing
Hamilton Lindsay Residence 16210 Shaker Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH 1923 Standing
St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church 2124 West 85th Street, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Mary H. Duncan Residence Cleveland, OH 1925 Unknown
James E. Plant Residence 1050 Homewood Drive, Lakewood, OH 1927 Standing
Residence Shaker and Sedgewick, Shaker Heights, OH 1927 Standing
Arthur E. and Ada E. Spang Residence 8808 Elsmere Drive, Parma, OH 1929 Standing
Residence for Klein-Lampl Brookview Development 1215 Brookview Boulevard, Parma, OH 1929 Standing
A. W. Foote Residence Gates Mills, OH n.d. Unknown
C. E. Stamp Residence 2401 Kenilworth, Cleveland Heights, OH n.d. Standing
C. J. Ranney Residence 18124 West Clifton, Lakewood, OH n.d. Standing
Canterbury Club House 22000 South Woodland Road, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Unknown
Claiborne Pritle Residence - 298  Corning, Bratenahl, OH n.d. Standing
D. Upson Residence Gates Mills, OH n.d. Unknown
Halfrad Farms Hunting Valley, OH n.d. Unknown
Hamilton Lindsay Residence 1055 East 98th Street, Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Liberty Holden Residence Bratenahl, OH n.d. Unknown
Morton Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown
Paul Lamperly Residence 13995 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH n.d. Standing
Residence of C. C. Shanklin 1842 Roxbury Road, East Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing
Stable, Garage, Quarters for E.V. Hale Country Residence Willoughby, OH n.d. Unknown
Tracy Duncan Residence 2799 Courtland Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Unknown
W. P. Wightman Residence 2228 Elandon Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH n.d. Standing
William Newbury Residence 18900 Shelburne Road, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Architectural Record Sept 1918 p. 187-198
Campen, Richard - Distinguished Homes of Shaker Heights, 1992;
Cleveland Architectural Club Catalogue, 1909.
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file
Obituary Plain Dealer November 28, 1945
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby, William Morgan

Birth / Established: July 31, 1874
Death / Dissolved: April 15, 1934

Biography

Gustave B. Bohm attended West High School in Cleveland and graduated from Columbia University. His brother Max Bohm was a well-known artist who lived in Paris. He was mostly noted as a residential architect with most commissions on the west side of Cleveland and Lakewood. He lived at 8912 Detroit Avenue, where his parents had lived, later moving to 19429 Frazier in Rocky River. He wrote the article "The American Adaption of A Swiss Chalet" for the September 1908 Ohio Architect and Builder, and "How the Architect Helps the Home Builder" in Material Facts, May 1915. He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for Henry E. and Emily Bohm 1353 West 91st Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Standing
Henry C. Bohm Residence 1345 West 91st Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Standing
Thomas Sloan Residence 1809 East 20th Street, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Thomas Sloan Residence 1801-05 East 20th Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Albert A. Hart Residence East 85th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
George Bruechler Residence East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
W.H. Ford Residence 10017 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Apartment House for the Verne Apartment House Company 7905-13 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1902-3 Demolished
Parsonage for the United German Evangelical Protestant congregation 3814 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1903 Demolished
George Ellsasser Residence 16715 Lake Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1904 Standing
Residence for H.B. Votteler 2801 Clark Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1905 Demolished
Residence for Wm. Votteler 9919 South Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1905 Standing
R. Hassler Residence South Boulevard near Hampden, Cleveland, OH 1905-6 Demolished
Federal Knitting Mill 2888 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1906 Standing
Apartment house for Jesse Nichol Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Albert Junge Residence 6905 West Clinton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Residence for Albert Junge 6905 West Clinton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1908 Standing
Henry Slatmyer Residence 11005 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1910 Demolished
George Faerber Residence 13405 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Krause Building 2042 East 4th Street, Cleveland, OH 1912-3 Standing
Christian Schuele Residence 10498 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Standing
William C. Fischer Residence 11605 Lake Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1916 Demolished
Residence for Mrs. Frederick Baird Rocky River, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
Depositors Savings and Loan Detroit Avenue and West 110th Street, Cleveland, OH 1920 Demolished
Commercial Building 9334 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1926 Standing
Rocky River Public Library 1600 Hampton Road, Cleveland, OH 1927-8 Standing
Murlan Murphy Residence 2243 Tudor Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1916 Standing
Junge Monument in Riverside Cemetery 3607 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

"How the Architect helps the Home Builder" Material Facts, April 1915
Cleveland City Directories
Obituary Press, 16 April 1932
The Critic and Amusement Gazette Dec. 1895 p. 32 por 31
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: April 3, 1906
Death / Dissolved: January 28, 1974
Building Name Address Built Status
St. Rocco Roman Catholic Church 3201 Fulton Road, Cleveland, OH 1949-52 Standing
Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church 3389 Fulton Rd, Cleveland, OH 1953 Standing

Sources

"Cleveland Architect Michael Boccia Dies," Plain Dealer 1.29.1974.
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: February 27, 1827
Death / Dissolved: August 17, 1884

Biography

Walter Blythe was born in Leeds, England. He came to America at the age of thirteen in 1849 and located in Cleveland one year later. He married Florida Geneva Heard, the daughter of architect Charles Heard. He learned the avocation of stone-cutter from his father-in-law. He later became a draftsman and then an architect. He was a veteran of the Forty-first Ohio Volunteers regiment during the Civil War. Immediately after the war, from 1866 to 1871, he was a partner in the firm of Heard and Blythe. In 1871 he went into business for himself. He was the president of the Board of Water Works. All of his work was built before the issuance of building permits by the City of Cleveland (1888), thus making it unidentifiable. He lived at the edge of the city at Kinsman Road and East 40th Street. He was the architect of many important commercial and governmental buildings built during the High Victorian era.

Building Name Address Built Status
Oberlin College Council Hall Lorain Street, Oberlin, OH 1871-4 Demolished
Colonel Frank Lynch Residence 2913 Clinton Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1872 Standing
Lewis Kies Residence 4208 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1872 Standing
Tremont School West 10th and Tremont, Cleveland, OH 1872 Demolished
Cleveland Fire Station #9 East 55th south of Woodland, Cleveland, OH 1873 Demolished
Euclid Avenue Block 206-16 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1873 Demolished
Mary Groh Residence 3043 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1873 Standing
Standard Oil Block 43-55 Euclid (1885), Cleveland, OH 1873 Demolished
Striebinger House 62 Michigan Street, Cleveland, OH 1873 Demolished
Union School House 39 South Main Street, Oberlin, OH 1873-4 Standing
Clark Block 331-3 West Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1874 Demolished
Cleveland Fire Station #4 1455 West 29th Street, Cleveland, OH 1874 Standing
Hoyt Block 700 St. Clair Avenue NW, Cleveland, OH 1874 Standing
Outhwaite School Outhwaite near Willson, Cleveland, OH 1874 Demolished
Paine Block 1350-98 Ontario Street, Cleveland, OH 1874 Demolished
Brainard Block 322-6 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1876 Demolished
Cleveland Fire Station #11 4090 East 91st Street, Cleveland, OH 1876 Standing
Windsor Block 340 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1876 Standing
E. M. McMillan Store 210 Federal Street, Youngstown, OH 1880 Demolished
Marsh and Harwood Acid Works factory addition Independence and E. 26th, Cleveland, OH 1880 Demolished
Block for Oscar Townsend 721-711 West St. Clair, Cleveland, OH 1881 Demolished
Block of stores Broadway and Hamlet, Cleveland, OH 1881 Demolished
Fred Dieboldt Residence 2429 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1881 Demolished
George Warrington House 2613 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1881 Demolished
H.P. McIntosh Residence 1071 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1881 Demolished
Masonic Temple Superior and East 6th Street, Cleveland, OH 1881 Demolished
S. Brainard and Sons East 4th Street, Cleveland, OH 1881 Demolished
Block of Blair and Bros. on Public Square Cleveland, OH 1882 Demolished
Building for Jno Vincent Frankfort Street, Cleveland, OH 1882 Demolished
Commercial Building College and Main, Oberlin, OH 1882 Standing
Business block on Ontario for E.M. McGillin Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
Phil Morris Residence 2075 East 96th Street, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
Pipe foundry for Silas Merchant Lake Shore RR near Case Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
Evangelical Association Building 1903-23 Woodland, Cleveland, OH 1884 Demolished
Payne Building 701-33 St. Clair Avenue NW, Cleveland, OH 1884 Demolished
White Elephant Building 2303-7 East 4th Street, Cleveland, OH 1884 Demolished
Monroe Street Cemetery Gatehouse Cleveland, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

Inland Architect and Builder, September 1884
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: November 25, 1823
Death / Dissolved: February 25, 1891

Biography

Joseph M. Blackburn was born in Cudworth, Yorkshire, England. In England he served a seven year apprenticeship to William and Thomas Topam at Ackworth, Yorkshire. Blackburn worked as an architect at Ackworth for an additional four years. He came to the United States and to Cleveland in 1850. As an architect from 1850 to 1891, he worked in Cleveland throughout the Victorian era designing buildings in the Second Empire, Gothic and Italianate styles of his day. He received many significant commissions during his career including the St. Vincent's Charity Hospital, the Ohio Deaf and Dumb Asylum in Columbus, the Central Ohio Insane Asylum in Columbus, and the remodeling of Presidential candidate James Garfield's Mentor home. He was the architect of private and public buildings in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia. During his career he formed many partnerships. From 1861 to 1864 he was a member of the firm of Blackburn and Fuller. About 1865 he moved to 471 Euclid Avenue. From 1866 to 1868 he was a member of the firm of Blackburn and Koehler; from 1879 to 1880 he was a member of the firm of Blackburn and Charlot; and finally he was with the firm of Blackburn and Daniels. When not in partnership he was listed as working alone. J. N. Richardson and Andrew Mitermiler worked in his office before they went into business in their own firms. Most of his buildings were constructed before building permits were required in Cleveland (1888) and remain unidentified. He was a member of the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church. He is buried in Woodland Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Clinton French Building 318-24 Superior Avenue, N. W., Cleveland, OH 1857 Demolished
Cleveland City Prison and Police Court 420 Champlain Street, Cleveland, OH 1860 Demolished
Dr. Worthy S. Streator Residence 9803 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1864 Demolished
St. Vincent's Charity Hospital 2315 East 22nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1865 Demolished
University Heights Congregational Church (St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church) 2460 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH 1865 Standing
First Presbyterian Church 201 Wick Avenue, Youngstown, OH 1866-8 Demolished
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church 1746 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
Parshall Opera House 201-7 West Spring Street, Titusville, PA 1870 Demolished
Second National Bank Enlargement 202-8 Spring Street, Titusville, PA 1871 Standing
Winslow Block 1228-44 Old River Road, Cleveland, OH 1872 Standing
McKenzie House Prospect Street, Ashtabula, OH 1874 Unknown
Caine-Miller House 9135 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1878 Demolished
6 residences for I. Reynolds Sibley Street, Cleveland, OH 1882 Demolished
Southworth Building 2013-9 Ontario, Cleveland, OH 1882 Standing
Dr. Joseph Lewis Residence 2340 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
Four dwellings for Price Brothers Sibley corner of Cedar, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
Frame dwelling on Sibley for C.B. Couch Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
G.H. Chandler Residence 2230 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
Leader Sewing Machine Factory 1791-1807 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
Remington Arnold Residence 1646 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1883 Demolished
Residence for William McFarland 1877 East 59th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for William McFarland 1881 East 59th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished

Sources

Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio of the 19th Century
Brenner, William A. Downtown and the University: Youngstown, Ohio, March 1976
Cleveland City Directories
Cleveland Necrology file

Birth / Established: 1866
Death / Dissolved: 1868

Biography

The principles of this architectural firm were Joseph Blackburn and Alexander Koehler. It was in existence between 1866 and 1868.

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial Building for James Howland 1278 West 6th Street, Cleveland, OH 1865 Standing
St. Mary's Church 684 South Third Street, Columbus, OH 1866-8 Standing
Elyria Town Hall 131 Court Street, Elyria, OH 1867 Standing
Franklin Methodist Episcopal Church 3116 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1867 Demolished
Chester Bullock Residence 571 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 1868 Demolished
Gideon Mosier Residence 557 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 1868 Demolished

Sources

Image Source(s): Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: 1888
Death / Dissolved: 1893
Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for McFarland 1877 East 59th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Residence for McFarland 1881 East 59th Street, Cleveland, OH 1888 Demolished
Commercial Building for Benjamin Rose 2060-74 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Gordon School 2136 West 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Jacob Steinfeld Barn 2357 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
William Sprague Residence 2025 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH 1889 Demolished
Work Shop, Storage Room, and Tenements for Joshua E. Hall 1148 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1889 Standing
Clement Apartment House for M. B. Clark 500 Rockwell Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
Residence for Travis Dempsey 1674 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH 1890 Demolished
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