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Birth / Established: July 27, 1877
Death / Dissolved: Unknown

Biography

Robinson Greene was an architect who appears in Cleveland City Directories from 1918 to 1920, with offices in the Williamson Building and a residence on Woodland Avenue.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence for J. H. Nesbitt Akron, OH 1917 Unknown
Residence for V. Emmons Akron, OH 1917 Unknown
Twelve service stations for Lubric Oil Company Cleveland, OH 1917 Unknown
Cronwell Residence Remodeling Chardon, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for Cedar Coventry Land Company Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for F.G. Marsh Akron, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence for William Voss Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of H.A. Stall Shaker Heights, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of H.J. Paumier Canton, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of J.P. Kaiser Elyria, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of L.A. Corlett Lakewood, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of P.H. Palmer Lakewood, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of R.W. Griswold Ashtabula, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of S. C. Kerr Steubenville, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of S.E. Tucker Oil City, PA 1918 Unknown
Residence of T. Corrigan Manor Park, Lakewood, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of T. Ward Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of W.C. Grayell Noble Road, Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of W.C. Schroeder Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Residence of W.N. Perrin Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown
Three family for Mrs. R.A. Delamater Akron, OH 1918 Unknown
Two dwellings 11613 Locust, Cleveland, OH 1918 Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: 1834
Death / Dissolved: Unknown

Biography

Alfred Green was born in England. He was active in Cleveland as a builder and architect in the late 1860's until 1873 when his name disappears from Cleveland City Directories. He was the architect of several major local churches, both Catholic and Protestant. According to the 1880 Census, he was living in Philadelphia.

Building Name Address Built Status
Holy Innocents and All Saints Chapel Trinity Church, Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
Second Baptist Church Euclid and Huntington, Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
St. Malachi Roman Catholic Church Washington Street, Cleveland, OH 1868 Demolished
St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church 3602 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1871 Standing

Sources

Cleveland City Directories

Birth / Established: December 5, 1873
Death / Dissolved: February 22, 1963

Biography

Charles Greco was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts of Italian parentage. He practiced in Boston and lived in Winchester, Massachusetts. He studied architecture at the Lawrence Scientific School. From 1893 until 1899 he worked in the office of Wair & Cutter. He was later employed by Peabody & Stern. In 1907 he started his own practice. He opened a Cleveland office in the 1920's. His most notable local work was Temple Tifereth Israel on Ansel Road. He also designed the Temple on the Heights and several residences in Cleveland suburbs and in Akron. He was a member of the Boston Society of Architects, the Boston Rotary Club, the Catholic Union, and the Knights of Columbus.

Building Name Address Built Status
Church Painesville, OH 1917 Unknown
Eugene K. Hayes Residence Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Montefiore Home for Aged 3151 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for J. B. Livingston Lake Avenue and Webb, Lakewood, OH 1917 Demolished
Residence for Mr. Corso Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Demolished
St. Mary's School Painesville, OH 1917 Demolished
Mandlebaum Residence 2219 Chestnut Hills Drive, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
Residence 2236 Harcourt Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1920 Standing
Residence 2244 Harcourt Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1922 Standing
Residence 2243 Elandon Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Residence 2248 Harcourt Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1923 Standing
Temple Tifereth Israel 1855 Ansel Road, Cleveland, OH 1923-4 Standing
David G. Skall Residence 2236 Demington Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1924 Standing
Residence 2839 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1924 Standing
St. Catherine School 3437 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1924 Standing
Mt. Sinal Hospital Nurses Residence East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH 1925 Demolished
Residence 2012 Denton, Cleveland Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Residence 2901 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Temple on the Heights 3130 Mayfield Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Harvey Firestone Residence 50 Twin Oaks Road, Akron, OH 1926 Standing
E. J. Kulas Residence West Hill Drive, Gates Mills, OH n.d. Standing
Residence 3021 Attleboro Road, Shaker Heights, OH n.d. Standing

Sources

Image Source(s): Donn R. Nottage, City of Cleveland, Craig Bobby

Birth / Established: May 31, 1867
Death / Dissolved: December 3, 1939

Biography

Alfred Hoyt Granger was born in Zanesville, Ohio and was the great grandnephew of General William Tecumseh Sherman and Secretary of State John Sherman. He graduated from Kenyon College and studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and abroad. He lived in Cleveland from 1893 to 1898, where he originally was in business by himself and later formed a partnership with Frank Meade. While in Cleveland he designed the Euclid Heights development. In 1898 he moved to Chicago and began the firm of Frost and Granger. In Chicago that firm designed the Northwestern Railroad Terminal, and the Northern Trust Bank Building. They also designed the Union Station at Omaha, Nebraska and the Milwaukee Road station in Minneapolis. He was a captain of engineers in World War I and served as chairman of a construction committee for the war industry board. In 1919 he became a member in the firm of Granger and Bollenbacher. He was the author of several books and served as Chairman of the jury that chose the design for the Chicago Tribune Tower.

Building Name Address Built Status
Henry Dalton Residence 1887 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for David J. Norton 1940 East 71st Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Residence for Mrs. M. J. Kline 1752 East 63rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Alfred Granger Residence 2141 Overlook Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH 1895 Standing
Alton Dustin Residence 1833 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Barn for H. G. Dalton 1887 East 82nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Commercial Building for J.H. Brown and W.L. Rice 922 Superior/1681 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
F. E. Abbott Residence 1870 East 97th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Samuel Mather Coachman's Cottage Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Robert H. Clark Residence 3450 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895-6 Demolished
Residence for Luther Allen 7609 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished

Sources

Chicago Daily Tribune December 4, 1939, p. 16

Birth / Established: 1896
Death / Dissolved: 1897

Biography

Granger and Meade was formed in 1896. The firm principles were Alfred Hoyt Granger and Frank Meade. The firm was dissolved when Alfred Hoyt Granger moved to Chicago. The firm specialized in residential architecture.

Building Name Address Built Status
A. C. Dustin Residence 14800 Grand View, East Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Alterations to Mary Himes Residence 2403 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Charles Cheney Residence 11125 Bellflower, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Country Residence for Hal Morris Wickliffe, OH 1896 Demolished
G. Cady Residence Ridge at Bishop, Wickliffe, OH 1896 Demolished
Henry M. Fisher Residence 682 East Buchtel, Akron, OH 1896 Standing
John May Residence 2044 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Kenyon Painter Residence 2432 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
O. F. Gordon residence 2155 Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1896 Demolished
Residence for Ernest Pflueger 144 East Market, Akron, OH 1896 Demolished
W. R. Lincoln Residence 2485 Overlook Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1896 Demolished
German American Clubhouse 14711 Lake Shore Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1896-7 Demolished
Harry L. Vail Residence 1952 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH 1896-7 Demolished
Alexander Taylor Residence 2171 Overlook Road, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Apartment House for T. T. Seelye 2130 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Arthur Brown Residence 8411 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Luther Allen Residence 7609 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Myron T. Herrick Residence 2187 Overlook Road, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
S. R. Calloway Residence 3436 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Werner Building 109 North Union Street, Akron, OH 1897 Standing
Harrison J. Uhl Residence 2682 Berkshire Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1898 Demolished
Otto Germer Residence 538 West 6th Street, Erie, PA n.d. Demolished

Sources

Chicago Daily Tribune December 4, 1939, p. 16
History of Cleveland p 870-3
In Our Day - Cleveland Heights Its People, Its Places, Its Past
Obituary - Plain Dealer 3.23.1947
Town Topics

Birth / Established: September 11, 1880
Death / Dissolved: July 8, 1954

Biography

John H. Graham was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and received a B. A. and an M. A. in Architecture form Cornell University. He was married to Jessie Orton in 1910. He was listed as an architect beginning in the 1916 Cleveland City Directory. He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Athletic Club, the Lakewood Elks Club and Acacia County Club. In 1927 his office was located at 1610 Euclid Avenue and he lived at 3025 Fairfax in Cleveland Heights.

Building Name Address Built Status
Residence 1097 East 98th Street, Cleveland, OH 1912 Standing
Fairmount Presbyterian Church Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Laurel School Kindergarten Building 1 Lyman Circle, Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Laurel School Main Building 1 Lyman Circle, Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Laurel School Residence Hall 1 Lyman Circle, Shaker Heights, OH 1917 Standing
Residence for Clark Adams Fairfield and Stratford, Cleveland Heights, OH 1918 Standing
Residence for N. S. Lewis 3026 Brighton Road, Shaker Heights, OH 1918 Standing
Pompeian Manufacturing Company 2400-02 Payne Ave, Cleveland, OH 1919 Demolished
Film Exchange Building 2100 Payne Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1920 Standing
H. C. Haight Residence Canton, OH 1920 Standing
M. D. Building Remodeling 3912 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1922 Standing
Atlas Savings and Loan Co. 5642-44 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1923 Standing
Coventry Library 1925 Coventry Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1926 Standing
Canterbury School 2530 Canterbury Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 1928 Standing
Solon Center Block SOM Center and South Miles, Solon, OH 1929 Standing
Sam Slothky Residence 1276 Oakridge, Cleveland Heights, OH 1931 Standing
Remodeling of St. James AME Church 8401 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1938 Standing
John H. Graham Residence Cleveland, OH n.d. Unknown

Sources

Cleveland City Directories
Ohio Architect November 1940
Representative Clevelanders, (1927) p. 147
Image Source(s): Donald Petit

Birth / Established: February 2, 1872
Death / Dissolved: September 3, 1964

Biography

Edward T. P. Graham was a Boston-born architect who remained living in Cambridge. He graduated from Harvard College in 1900 and studied in Europe for two years. He opened a Boston office in 1904. He maintained a Cleveland office and was associated with the F. Stillman Fish Company.

Building Name Address Built Status
Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Church 270 Eliot Street, Newton, MA 1909 Standing
Hagerty School 110 Cushing Street, Cambridge, MA 1910 Standing
Forsythe Dental School 140 The Fenway, Boston, MA 1912 Standing
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church 750 South Main Street, Akron, OH 1915-6 Standing
St. Paul's Church 29  Mt. Auburn, Cambridge, MA 1916 Standing
Cathedral Latin High School 2042 East 107th Street, Cleveland, OH 1917 Demolished
St. Joseph's Catholic Church 2427 Tuscarawas Street West , Canton, OH 1921-32 Standing
Our Lady of Peace School 12411 Shaker Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 1922 Standing
St. Patrick's Church 1420 Oak Hill, Youngstown, OH 1923-5 Standing
St. James Church 17514 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1925-34 Standing
St. Ignatius Parish Church West Boulevard and Lorain, Cleveland, OH 1925-30 Standing
St. Rose Lower Church 11405 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1927 Standing
St. Cyril and Methodius Church 12608 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1931 Standing
Our Lady of Lourdes Church 45 Brook Street, Jamaica Plain, NY 1931-2 Standing
Church of the Holy Name West Roxbury, MA, MA 1938-9 Standing
St. James Rectory 17514 Detroit Avenue, Lakewood, OH 1952 Standing
St. Margaret's Church 109 Winn Street, Burlington, MA 1955-8 Standing
Blessed Sacrement Church 1689 Centre Street, Quincy, MA n.d. Standing
Boston City Hall Annex Boston, MA n.d. Standing
Boston City Hospital Boston, MA n.d. Standing
Brusch Medical Center Boston, MA n.d. Standing
Holy Ghost Church 518 Washington Street, Whitman, MA n.d. Standing
Holy Name Church and Rectory 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury, MA n.d. Standing
Jefferson Park Housing Project Cambridge, MA n.d. Standing
Mercy Hospital Portland, ME n.d. Standing
Mt. St. Joseph Academy Brighton, MA n.d. Standing
Registry of Motor Vehicles Boston, MA n.d. Standing
St. Elizabeth's Hospital Brighton, MA n.d. Standing
St. James Church and Rectory 779 Fellsway, Medford, MA n.d. Standing
St. Joseph's Hospital Lowell, MA n.d. Standing
St. Paul's Church and Rectory 29 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA n.d. Standing

Sources

Boston Globe September 4, 1964, p. 21
Wikipedia

Birth / Established: 1783
Death / Dissolved: September 27, 1847

Biography

Jonathan Goldsmith was born in Milford, Connecticut and moved to Ohio in 1811. He was a master builder active in Lake County and Cleveland between 1819 and 1843. He designed over thirty houses in Painesville and ten houses in Cleveland in the late Federal and early Greek Revival style. He was the father-in-law of architect Charles Heard. He died in Painesville and is buried in the Painesville Township Cemetery.

Building Name Address Built Status
Dr. Everett Denton 55 Mentor Avenue, Painesville, OH 1816 Standing
Robert Moody Residence 172 East 2nd Street, Painesville, OH 1819 Demolished
Eber D. Howe Residence 215 Mentor Avenue, Painesville, OH 1822 Standing
Judge Aaron Wilcox Residence Painesville, OH 1826-7 Standing
Dr. John Matthews Residence 309 West Washington Street, Painesville, OH 1829 Standing
Peter Weddell Residence 3333 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1832-3 Demolished
Samuel Cowles Residence 622 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1833-4 Demolished
Thomas Kelley Residence 1723 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1834-5 Demolished
Ashbel & Mary Ann Walworth 1836 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1836 Demolished
Lewis - Morley House North State and East Jackson, Painesville, OH 1836 Standing
Truman Handy Residence 800 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1837 Demolished
John M. Woolsey Residence 1211 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1837-8 Demolished
Joseph Sawyer Residence 9364 Forsythe Road, Mentor, OH 1820 Standing
Dr. Charles Livingston Residence Painesville, OH 1827 Demolished
Isaac Gilbert Residence Painesville, OH 1827 Standing
Heard - Minch House 9647 Mentor Avenue, Mentor, OH 1830 Demolished
Nathan Corning Residence 8353 Mentor Avenue, Mentor, OH 1830 Standing
Nathan Perry Residence 2157 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1830 Demolished
Robinson Elwell House 3742 Erie Avenue, Willougby, OH 1833 Standing
Sherlock J. Andrews Residence 400 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1833-5 Demolished
Lyman Kendall Residence 540 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1833-7 Demolished
Charles Hickox Residence 1201 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1835 Demolished

Sources

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

Birth / Established: April 10, 1866
Death / Dissolved: December 15, 1931

Biography

Morris Gleichmann was born in Austria-Hungary and came to the United States with his parents at the age of six. He was educated in the Cleveland public schools. He is listed as a draftsman in the 1884 Cleveland City Directory, eventually working for the architect Edward Ruprect. In 1889 he moved to Seattle, Washington Territory, where he formed the partnership Gleichmann, Lane and Mendel with former Clevelander Samuel Lane. They returned to Cleveland by 1892. Upon his return, Gleichmann formed a partnership with Charles S. Pennington, initially living with relatives at 77 Bridge Street. He later formed a partnership with W. R. Chestney. His building designs reflected progressive designs that were prevalent in the west as practiced by Bernard Maybeck and Greene and Greene. He was the architect and designer of a one-thousand foot high Tower of Babel for the Paris Exposition of 1900. He was a member of the Forest City Blue Lodge Masons and the Scottish Rite, and politically he was a Republican. He lived in Cleveland at 866 East 105th Street until 1914. He moved on to New York City where he practiced architecture until 1930. He died in 1931 and is buried in New York.

Building Name Address Built Status
Commercial Building for estate of Aaron Trather 2147-59 Ontario, Cleveland, OH 1893 Demolished
West Cleveland Banking Center 10101 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1893 Standing
Store and Apartments for Matthew Burrick 1219 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Brick, Stone and Steel Business Block for James Benda Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Clubhouse for Utopian Club 3112 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Commercial Building for Sandrowitz Brothers 587 Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Commercial-Residential Building for John Kehres 1209-11 Scovill Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Factory for Joe Bendan 726 Johnson Court, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Fred Elsasser Residence 1408-12 West 84th Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
Horace Rossitter Residence 1440 West 81st Street, Cleveland, OH 1895 Standing
William Young Residence 11114 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
William Young Residence 11114 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1895 Demolished
Bernard Huebschman Residence 2364 East 43rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Cigar Box Factory for Rickersburg Brothers 1607 Marion, Cleveland, OH 1896 Demolished
Ignatz Koblitz Residence 3601 Beyerle Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1896 Standing
Residence for Joseph Koblitz 2348 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Store and Tenement for David Grossman 4417-23 Payne Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1897 Demolished
Fire Station #18 3409 Orange, Cleveland, OH 1898 Demolished
Parkwood School 1171 Parkwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Commercial building for Diebolt Brewing 4239-41 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for the Dieboldt Brewing Company 4239  Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Standing
Mayflower Flats 3106 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1899 Demolished
Dwelling for A. Kohn Case near Woodland (Case SL 37), Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Hazeldell School East 123rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1900 Demolished
Addition to J. L. Goodman Furniture Store Broadway, Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
Addition to Warehouse for S. Kohn & Son - 390 Woodland Cleveland, OH 1901 Demolished
L. & J. Wohl's Hungarian Restaurant 1280 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, OH 1903 Standing
Fire Station #16 Abbey and Gehring, Cleveland, OH 1904 Demolished
Commercial Building for B.C. Elsamer Lake & Salisbury, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
Majestic Theatre 1775-83 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 1907 Demolished
S. Kohn and Sons Commercial Building 10503 St. Clair Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1907-8 Demolished
Apartments 1274 East 102nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Store and Apartment Building Superior and Payne, Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Walnut Avenue Business Block Cleveland, OH 1909 Demolished
Penn Square Motion Picture Theater for Joseph J. Klein 5409-15 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Keith's Prospect Theatre Cleveland, OH 1911 Demolished
Livestock Exchange Building 3200 West 65th Street, Cleveland, OH 1911 Standing
Commercial-Residential Building for the United Realty Construction Company 10402 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1914 Demolished
Empire Theatre Prospect Avenue (extensively altered), Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished
Lafayette Theatre Cleveland, OH n.d. Demolished

Sources

Architecture and Building v. 23, no. 14, p.164
Cleveland and Its Germans, p. 145
Cleveland City Directories
Men of Ohio in 1900, p. 70
Plain Dealer July 14, 1892
Progressive Men of Northern Ohio, p. 216
Ward, James Architects in Practice in New York City 1900-1940 for the Committee of Architectural Records
Image Source(s): Nikki Gaebelein

Birth / Established: 1894
Death / Dissolved: 1894

Biography

After Morris Gleichman returned to Cleveland from Seattle he formed a partnership with W. R. Chestney, it was listed in the 1894 Cleveland City Directory.

Building Name Address Built Status
Dr. W.J. Armstrong Residence 7413 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished
Ohavei Emuna Anshe Russian Jewish Synagogue Addition 2530 East 22nd Street, Cleveland, OH 1894 Demolished

Sources

Architecture and Building v. 23, no. 14, p. 164
Architecture and Building v. 23, no. 14, p. 164
Cleveland and Its Germans, p. 145
Cleveland City Directories
Men of Ohio in 1900, p. 70
Plain Dealer July 14, 1892
Progressive Men of Northern Ohio, p. 216
Ward, James Architects in Practice in New York City 1900 - 1940 for the Committee of Architectural Records

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