Cleveland Architect Database
The Cleveland Architects Database is a listing of architects and master builders that have worked in Cleveland, since the 1820s and the buildings they designed here and abroad up to and including the 1970s. Sources include City of Cleveland Building Permits, professional publications including American Architect and Builder News, Inland Architect, Interstate Architect, the Ohio Architect and Builder, the Annals of Cleveland, the Plain Dealer, the Leader, the Press, Material Facts, the Bystander, and Cleveland Town Topics. Additional source material reviewed at the Cleveland Public Library Fine Arts Department, various books on Cleveland architecture, the American Institute of Architects Guide to Cleveland Architecture and a catalogue of architectural drawings maintained by the Western Reserve Historical Society were consulted. The Cleveland Necrology file maintained by the Cleveland Public Library, the United States Census, and Cleveland City Directories were reviewed in compiling accompanying biographies.
For this database, an architect is defined as anyone that identified himself or herself as an architect. Generally, these people had an office in the city or designed multiple structures here or in the immediate surrounding cities. This project began as a hobby by Robert Keiser over several years. Craig Bobby has researched many of the entries and donated photographs of those buildings. This is an ongoing project and will be updated on a regular basis. PLEASE NOTE: All entries have not been fully researched and require citations. Please confirm any unsourced entry
Architects
Albrecht, Herman (architect)
Biography
Herman Albrecht graduated from the Ohio State University School of Architecture in 1908. His career began when he worked as a draftsman for the firm of Howell & Thomas. He formed the firm of Albrecht, Wilhelm & Kelly in 1918 with Karl Wilhelm of Massillon and John S. Kelly of Cleveland. John Kelly left the firm in 1925 and it was known as Albrecht & Wilhelm from 1925 until 1947. It was later known as Albrecht, Wilhelm, Nosek & Frazen. Herman Albrecht was a native of Massillon. The firm, which maintained offices in both Cleveland and Massillon, was responsible for 700 commissions that are found in Cleveland suburbs of Lakewood, Rocky River, Shaker Heights; and in Massillon, Canton, Alliance, Dover, New Philadelphia, Mansfield, Wooster, and Warren, Ohio.
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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Baldwin (Massillon) Museum Rotunda and Wing | 121 Lincoln Way East, Massillon, OH | 1937 | Standing |
Sources
Plain Dealer, January 11, 1961
Albrecht, Wilhelm & Kelly (firm)
Biography
The firm Albrecht, Wilhelm & Kelly was formed in 1918 with Herman Albrecht of Cleveland, Karl Wilhelm of Massillon, and John S. Kelly of Cleveland. John Kelly left the firm in 1925 and it was known as Albrecht & Wilhelm from 1925 until 1933. It was later known as Albrecht, Wilhelm, Nosek & Franzen. The firm maintained offices in both Cleveland and Massillon.
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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William H. Pacell Residence | South Union Street, Alliance, OH | 1919 | Standing |
Cherry Street School | Cherry Street, Massillon, OH | 1920 | Unknown |
Commercial Building for C. P. L. McLain Grocers | Massillon, OH | 1920 | Unknown |
J.E. Healy residence | 3360 Lansmere Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1920 | Standing |
John M. Graham Residence | 3509 Lynnfield Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1920 | Standing |
State Street School | State Street, Massillon, OH | 1920 | Unknown |
Virginia A. Cameron Residence | 16827 Kenyon Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1920 | Standing |
Wilhelm Bohnert Residence | 17012 Lomond Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH | 1921 | Standing |
Quinn Residence | Canton, OH | 1925 | Standing |
T. K. Harris Residence | Canton, OH | 1926 | Standing |
First Baptist Church | 250 6th Street, Barberton, OH | 1931 | Standing |
Koch Building | 436 East Main Street, Alliance, OH | n.d. | Demolished |
Sources
http://histoircridgewood.com
Obituary Ohio Architect January 1961, p. 14
Allen, Albert M. & Company (firm)
Biography
Albert M. Allen & Company Architects and Engineers: Albert M. Allen, Consulting Engineer; Andrew J. Park, Heating Engineer; Arthur Cobb, Architectural Engineer; Emile M. Uhlrich, Architect; Charles W. Henn, Architect. The firm occupied offices at 1900 Euclid Avenue. From 1911-1916, Emile Uhlrich was the most notable member of this firm. The Allen Co. and Uhlrich were at the same address in 1910.
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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F. Zimmernam Co. Factory | 2040 West 110 St., Cleveland, OH | 1913-4 | Standing |
School and Club House with Auditorium for Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary Parish | 9514 Aetna Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1915 | Standing |
Sources
Cleveland City Directories, 1911-12 through 1915-16.
Allen-Osborn Company (firm)
Biography
Principals: Virgil D. Allen and Irwin S. Osborn.
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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Astrup Awning Company Garage | 2937 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1920 | Standing |
Astrup Awning Company Warehouse | 2937 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1920 | Standing |
Warehouse Addition for Astrup Awning Co. | 2937 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1924 | Standing |
Temporary Gym for YWCA | 3117 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH | 1925 | Demolished |
Third Story Addition to Warehouse | 2937 West 25th St, Cleveland, OH | 1928 | Standing |
Altshuld, Meyer (architect)
Biography
Meyer Altschuld was Polish-born, Yiddish speaking, and came to the United States in 1904. He was active as a Cleveland architect from 1914 to 1951. He is listed as a carpenter in city directories beginning in 1909. Originally he lived in the Central neighborhood, moving to 10914 Grantwood Avenue in Glenville, and maintained an office at 750 Prospect. He designed two synagogues on the city's southeast side and was the architect of several apartment buildings in that area. He last appears in the 1951 Cleveland City Directory. He died in Baltimore, Maryland.
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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Apartment building for W. Gross | 5808 Linwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1914 | Standing |
Apartment building for W. Gross | 5812 Linwood Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1914 | Standing |
Residence for M. Goldstein | 2422 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1915 | Demolished |
"Lincoln" Apartment Building | 3141 East 93rd Street, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Demolished |
Apartment Building | East 78th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Demolished |
Apartment Building | East 78th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Demolished |
Apartment Building | Lexington and East 78th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Demolished |
Apartment Building | 11806 Union Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Demolished |
Apartment Building | 1622 East 78th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Demolished |
Apartment Building | 955-61 Lakeview Road, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Demolished |
Apartment Building | 10321 Barrett Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Standing |
Apartment Building | 3421 East 119th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Standing |
Apartment Building | Union Avenue (Lot 17), Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Unknown |
Apartment Building | 2830 East 61st Street, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Unknown |
Apartment building for M. Lifshitz | 10900 Earle Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Demolished |
Apartment building for M. Lifshitz | 10900 Gooding Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Demolished |
Apartment Building for M. Walensky | Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Unknown |
Apartment Building for Mrs. R Savitsky and T. Moskowitz | 11408 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Standing |
Apartment building for Rosen Alpiner | 1844 East 90th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Standing |
Apartment for M. Walinsky | Clifton Boulevard, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Unknown |
Commercial - residential building for J. Novograder | 594 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Standing |
Commercial Building | Kinsman Road, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Unknown |
Four family apartment building | 3377 East 117th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Standing |
Porches and alteration to dwelling | 2210 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Standing |
Residence | 3446 East 118th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Demolished |
Residence | 3299 East 116th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Standing |
Apartment Building | 934 Lakeview Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Demolished |
Apartment Building | East 116th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Unknown |
Apartment Building | 3364 East 116th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Unknown |
Commercial - Residential Building | 10320 Miles Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Demolished |
Residence for B. Benjamin | East 141st Street, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Unknown |
Residence for B. Benjamin | East 149th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Unknown |
Residence for B. Benjamin | 2355 East 116th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Unknown |
Residence for Celia Adams | 3597 East 118th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Unknown |
Residence for Congregation Chibas | 8324 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Unknown |
Residence for D. Winikur | 9305 Pierpont Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Demolished |
Residence for H. Kaplan | 3464 East 116th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Unknown |
Residence for Isaac Shendaroff | 3655 East 131st Street, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Demolished |
Residence for J. Shenderoff | 3598 East 138th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Standing |
Residence for M. Dunner | 869 Royal Road, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Unknown |
Residences for N. Sablowsky | 3068 West 112th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Standing |
Sophia Beman Residence | 13202 Union Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Standing |
Two dwellings for J. Welensky | West 116th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Unknown |
Residence for F. Goodman | 10513 Earle Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1919 | Unknown |
Residence for J. Roodman | 11200 Earle Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1919 | Unknown |
Apartments for H.N. Fine | 12400 Union Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1920 | Demolished |
Furniture Storge Building for Jeplitz Z. Heldmann | 2549-53 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1920 | Demolished |
Mt. Pleasant Niveh Zedek Synagogue | 11901 Union Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1920 | Standing |
Residence for Breen & Deitch | 12008 Kinsman Road, Cleveland, OH | 1920 | Standing |
Residence for Freedman and Seaman | 980 Lakeview Road, Cleveland, OH | 1920 | Demolished |
Synagogue for Knesseth Israel Congregation | 934 East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1920 | Standing |
Store & Apartment Building for M. Beglin | 12100 Union Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1921 | Demolished |
Apartment Building for W. Yelsky | 15610 Pythias Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1923 | Standing |
Commercial Building for West Side Realty | Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1923 | Standing |
Aparments for J. Winer | 11400 Temblett Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1924 | Demolished |
Aparments for J. Winer | 11404 Temblett Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1924 | Demolished |
Apartments for S. Borstein | 12817 Brackland Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1924 | Demolished |
Arissomo Residence | 3459 Sutton Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1924 | Demolished |
Duplex for J. Reimer | 3531 Chelton Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1924 | Standing |
Residence for K. Geller | 3646 Hildana Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1924 | Standing |
Residence for Sam Lifshitz | 3634 Hildana Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1924 | Standing |
Bath House for the Jewish Communal Bath Association | 10606 Morison Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1924-5 | Standing |
Apartments for Santonocito | 3412 East 147th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1925 | Unknown |
Commercial - Residential Building for Joseph Schmulowitz | 7934 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1925 | Unknown |
Commercial Building for Forman & Wilkosky | East 105th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1925 | Unknown |
Residence for Israel Weinburg | 3581 East 153rd Street, Cleveland, OH | 1925 | Standing |
Residence for Sam Lifshitz | 3606 Hildana Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1925 | Standing |
Uzel Jacob Temple | 3487 East 140th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1925 | Standing |
Commercial Building for Max Kuskin and Morris Levine | Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1926 | Standing |
Residence for J. Silverstein | 3673 Chelton Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1926 | Standing |
Duplex for Stoer Road Improvement Company | 3666 Tolland Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1927 | Standing |
Duplex for Stoer Road Improvement Company | 3667 Stoer Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1927 | Standing |
Residence for Celia Lessovitz | 3681 Chelton Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1939 | Standing |
Sally J. Lubin Residence | 3608 Rolliston Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1940 | Standing |
Single Dwelling and Garage for Lerman and Son | 3557 Daleford Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1940 | Standing |
Sources
1920 U.S. Census
Cleveland City Directories
Image Source(s): Donald Petit
Andrews, Earl (architect)
Biography
Earl John Andrews was born in Wilmington, Ohio on November 16, 1882. A Quaker, he was a graduate of Wilmington High School and Ohio State University class of 1904. While at Ohio State he spent summers apprenticing as a carpenter. He then went on to New York Technical School. He worked for the firm of Andrews and White in New York City for eighteen months. In late 1905 he established a business in Cleveland. According to his biography in "Avery," he was the first Cleveland architect to dispense with sub-contractors. He built 100 high-grade homes in the Wade Park allotment. He was a member of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, the Cleveland Builder's Exchange, the Civic League, the Shaker Heights Country Club, the Willowick Country Club, the Cleveland Athletic Club, the Cleveland Manufacturer's Club, and the Cleveland Automobile Club, and was an honorary member of the Tippecanoe Club. He was also a member of the Woodward Lodge of the Masons. He lived at 2170 South Overlook in Cleveland Heights, and later at 1878 East 90th Street. He died on January 12, 1938 and is buried at Acadia Park Cemetery in Mayfield Heights.
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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E. W. Biggs Residence | South Boulevard, Cleveland, OH | 1907 | Demolished |
Residence | 1477 East 106th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1908 | Standing |
Residence | 1492 East 107th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1908 | Standing |
Residence | 1496 East 107th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1908 | Standing |
Residence | 1522 East 107th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1908 | Standing |
Residence | 10824 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1910 | Standing |
Residence | 11107 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1910 | Standing |
Apartment Building | 1337 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH | 1911 | Standing |
Apartment Building | 1341 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH | 1911 | Standing |
Residence for Henrietta Orthoff | 1563 East 115th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1911 | Demolished |
Second United Presbyterian Church | 10917 Miles Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1911 | Standing |
George H. Gansen Residence | 2916 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1913 | Standing |
Residence | 11201 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1914 | Standing |
Residence | 10903 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1915 | Standing |
Residence | 11015 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1915 | Standing |
Residence | 11115 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1915 | Standing |
Residence | 11125 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1915 | Standing |
Residence | 2169 South Overlook, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1917 | Demolished |
Residence | 2159 Delaware, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1917 | Standing |
Residence | 2171 Delaware, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1917 | Standing |
Residence | 2185 South Overlook, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1917 | Standing |
Residence | 2215 Harcourt Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1917 | Standing |
Residence | 2733 Endicott Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1917 | Standing |
Residence for D. T. Perry | South Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH | 1918 | Standing |
Residence for F. Weinhauser | 2340 Tudor Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1918 | Standing |
Residence for Nellie M. Raxeler | 2222 Delaware, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1918 | Standing |
George W. Richardson Residence | 2805 Fairmount Boulevard, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1919 | Standing |
Henry C. Wick Residence | 2221 Harcourt Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1919 | Standing |
Drake T. Perry Residence | 16980 South Park, Shaker Heights, OH | 1920 | Standing |
Hascal Residence | 2215 Chestnut Hills, Cleveland, OH | 1920 | Demolished |
Residence | 10610 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1922 | Standing |
Residence for E.J. Andrews | 2920 Broxton Road, Shaker Heights, OH | 1922 | Standing |
S.M. Bond Residence | 16800 South Park Boulevard, Shaker Heights, OH | 1922 | Standing |
Albert W. Henn Residence | 23131 Lake Shore Boulevard, Euclid, OH | 1923 | Standing |
Residence | 2241 Harcourt Drive, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1923 | Standing |
George C. Haskall Residence | 2275 Chestnut Hills, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1924 | Standing |
Residence | 2517 North Park, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1924 | Standing |
Residence | 2531 North Park, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1924 | Standing |
Residence | 2557 North Park, Cleveland Heights, OH | 1924 | Standing |
Sources
Avery, Elroy McKendree; A History of Cleveland and its environs v. 2, p. 363
Cleveland City Directories
Image Source(s): Karl A. Brunjes
Arey, Clarence (architect)
Biography
Clarence O. Arey was a Victorian-era architect born in Buffalo, New York who had successful careers in both architecture and medicine. He graduated from the University of Michigan in Civil Engineering and settled in Cleveland as an architect by 1881, with an office in the Blackstone Block. He lived in a home he designed at 1854 East 79th Street. As an architect he had several major commissions including the Case School Gymnasium and School of Applied Science. He also designed two Euclid Avenue mansions. Three of his commissions were featured in the "Inland Architect," a notable architectural periodical of the time. His career occurred prior to the issuance of building permits by the City of Cleveland, thus much of his work remains unidentified. Upon the death of a son from diphtheria, he pursued a course in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He returned to Cleveland, studying the different forms and causes of diptheria. He died at the age of thirty-nine, leaving a widow and two small children. He is buried in Lakeview Cemetery.
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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Congregational Church | 4431 Franklin Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1883 | Demolished |
Double Residence for Henry Wick | 1529 - 37 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1883 | Demolished |
Jimmel Building | 1221 West 6th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1883 | Standing |
Warehouse for Mr. Foster | Huron Road, Cleveland, OH | 1883 | Demolished |
Eben J. Cutler Residence | 4107-9 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH | 1884 | Standing |
William F. and Mary C. Thornton Residence | 4420 Franklin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH | 1884 | Standing |
Joseph Shields Residence | 11210 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1884-5 | Demolished |
O. A. Meech Residence | Cleveland, OH | 1884-5 | Demolished |
Residence for Henry Wick | 1604-12 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1884-5 | Demolished |
Residence for Mrs. Cole | 1880 East 18th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1885 | Demolished |
Case School Gymnasium | 2138 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, OH | 1888 | Standing |
Gladstone Flats | 1833 East 12th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1888 | Demolished |
Margaret Johnston Residence | 2025 East 81st Street, Cleveland, OH | 1888 | Demolished |
Remodeling of Case School of Applied Science | Cleveland, OH | 1888 | Demolished |
Residence for Clarence O. Arey | 1845 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1888 | Demolished |
Residence for Irving Baldwin | Kennard Street near Cedar, Cleveland, OH | 1888 | Demolished |
Residence for Mrs. Lucy Galbraith | 2411 East 43rd Street, Cleveland, OH | 1888 | Demolished |
Residence for O. A. Coltman | 11415 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH | 1888 | Demolished |
Residence for Valentine Morris | 7307 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1888 | Demolished |
Additions & Alterations to Edwin Cowles Residence | 2612 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
Alterations & Additions to Miss Mittleberger's Boarding School for Young Ladies | 4002 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
Charles Titcomb Residence | 1954 East 69th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
Commercial & Residential Building for Fred Haines | 2022-26 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
F. J. Duty Residence | 2407 East 49th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
George H. Taylor Residence | 1588 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
Herman Kelley Residence | 2049 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
James H. Worley Residence | 1928 East 70th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
Ora Coltman Residence | 11415 Mayfield Road, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
Residence for David J. Powers | 3118 Clinton Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
Residence for Frederick Haines | East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
Residence for G. H. Taylor | 3231 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
Residence for George H. Taylor | 1583 Tree Court, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
Residence for George H. Taylor | 1584 Tree Court, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
Residence for George H. Taylor | 1587 Tree Court, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
Residence for George H. Taylor | 2605 Tree Court, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
Van Tine Residence | 8114 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1889 | Demolished |
Barn for Mrs. Edwin Cowles | ss Prospect near Sterling, Cleveland, OH | 1890 | Demolished |
D. Leuty Residence | 3900 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1890 | Demolished |
J. W. Cobb Residence | 1819 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1890 | Demolished |
Residence for Charles A. Preston | 1955 East 75th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1890 | Demolished |
Residence for Jane Reyan | 2170 East 70th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1890 | Demolished |
William L. Rice Residence | 7503 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1890 | Demolished |
John Burry Residence | 1910 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1891 | Demolished |
Commercial Building for James Tracy | 305 West Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1892 | Demolished |
Sources
Cleveland City Directories
History of Cleveland p. 742 & 745
Inland Architect Oct. 1885, Feb. 1886, Sept 1884, Oct. 1885, May 1891
Image Source(s): Craig Bobby
Austin Company (firm)
Biography
The Austin Company was founded by English-born Samuel J. Austin (1850-1936). Samuel Austin finished his apprenticeship in 1871 settling in Cleveland where he became a house carpenter. The company started as Samuel Austin, Carpenter-Contractor with offices at 4401 Broadway. The company would later become Samuel Austin and Son Company when son Wilbert Austin (1878-1940) joined the company. The company would move its operations to 14230 Euclid in East Cleveland. It expanded into one of the nation's largest building concerns, designing and constructing huge industrial buildings. They brought important energy-saving innovations into factory plans. Austin Company was hired by the Soviet government to build a large industrial plant and housing for the Nijni auto plant in Novogorod, Russia. By 1931 the company had designed over 5,000 industrial plants and had over 17 branch offices. The company remains based in Metropolitan Cleveland, with offices in Mayfield Heights. It became a part of Kajima USA Group in 2005.
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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Laidlow Works | Cincinnati, OH | 1917 | Unknown |
Reliance Manufacturing | Massillon, OH | 1917 | Unknown |
Standard Equipment | Lorain Avenue & West 106th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Unknown |
Barker Asphalt Company | Madison, IL | 1918 | Unknown |
CAS Products | Columbus, OH | 1918 | Unknown |
Cleveland Automoatic Machine Company | Cleveland, OH | 1918 | Unknown |
Dayton Metal Pro Ducts | Dayton, OH | 1918 | Unknown |
Engine Machine Company | Matoon, IL | 1918 | Unknown |
Factory | Buffalo, NY | 1918 | Unknown |
United States Automatic | Amherst, OH | 1918 | Unknown |
Sunny Point Packing Company | Ketchikan, AK | 1927 | Unknown |
W. F. Schlothan Shipyards | Ketchikan, AK | 1927 | Unknown |
Chase Brass and Copper | Babbit Road, Euclid, OH | 1929 | Unknown |
Geometric Stamping Company | St. Clair and East 200th, Euclid, OH | 1929 | Unknown |
Gorky Auto Plant | Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | 1931 | Unknown |
Kettering Hall of Science | 130 West Loarain Street, Oberlin, OH | 1961 | Standing |
Langston Hall (North Hall) | 95 Union Street, Oberlin, OH | 1963 | Standing |
Williams Ice Rink | 200 Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH | 1963 | Standing |
Canton Steel Foundry | Canton, OH | n.d. | Unknown |
Cape Town Explosives | Cape Town, OH | n.d. | Unknown |
Chase Brass and Copper | Cleveland, OH | n.d. | Unknown |
Edgewater Steel Company | Oakmont, PA | n.d. | Unknown |
Frantz-Premier Company | Cleveland, OH | n.d. | Unknown |
Geometric Stamping | Cleveland, OH | n.d. | Unknown |
Gram-Bernstein Company Factory | Lima, OH | n.d. | Unknown |
Musterole Company | Cleveland, OH | n.d. | Unknown |
Nela Park | East Cleveland, OH | n.d. | Standing |
Ordinance Engineering Company | Baldwin, NY | n.d. | Unknown |
West End Chemical Company | Death Valley, CA | n.d. | Unknown |
Sources
Bystander February 27, 1932
Austin, Samuel (architect)
Biography
Samuel Austin was the founder of the Austin Company. He was born in the village of Orton, England where he became a carpenter and joiner. In 1872 he immigrated to the United States settling in Cleveland, where he became an independent carpenter-contractor. He was naturalized as an American citizen in 1880. He lived and worked at 4401 Broadway, later moving to Willoughby.
Sources
Bystander February 27, 1932
Azzarelli, Frank (architect)
Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
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Lodge and Auditorium Addition for the Sons of Italy | 7218 Euclid Avenue (rear), Cleveland, OH | 1934-5 | Standing |