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
Uhlrich, Emile (architect)
Biography
Emile Uhlrich was born in Epinal, France. He was educated at the Ecole Fenelon, the Lycee St. Nicholas, and the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He came to the United States in 1891 at the age of eighteen. He was active as an architect in Cleveland from 1898 to 1923. In 1900 he was a lodger in the Charles Stanley Residence, 2150 East 22nd Street. He was naturalized on January 23, 1900. Initally he was a partner with Godfrey Fugman from 1899 to 1903 and then formed a short-lived partnership with Harry Cone in 1905. He left Cleveland after 1923. He would later live in the Hotel Maryland in New York City. He died in France and is buried in Cemetery of Villefranche near the Mediterranean.
| Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Des Jardins & Hayward | Cincinnati, OH | 1894 | Unknown |
| Basillica of St. Mary of the Assumption | 506 4th Street, Marietta, OH | 1903-1909 | Standing |
| Parsonage and Hall | 8021-3 Rawlings Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1904 | Standing |
| St. Ladislaus Church | 2908 Wood Street, Lorain, OH | 1904-7 | Standing |
| St. Paul and Peter's Church | 227 South New York St, Wellston, NY | 1905-6 | Standing |
| National Hall for the Slovanian Association | 8802 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, OH | 1906 | Standing |
| Our Lady of Lourdes School | 3398 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1906 | Standing |
| St. Michael School | 3146 Scranton Road, Cleveland, OH | 1906 | Standing |
| St. Andrew's Church | Superior Near Asylum, Cleveland, OH | 1907 | Demolished |
| St. Barbara's Church and School | 4007 Valley Road, Brooklyn, OH | 1907 | Demolished |
| St. John the Baptist School | 9508 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, OH | 1907 | Demolished |
| St. Peter Roman Catholic Church | 425 North 4th Street, Steubenville, OH | 1908 | Standing |
| St. Paul's School | 1375 East 40th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1909 | Standing |
| Weizer Block | 8937 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, OH | 1913 | Demolished |
| Bascillica of St. Mary of the Angels | 202 South Union, Olean, NY | 1913-9 | Standing |
| Nativity BVM Catholic School and Hall | 9514 Aetna Road, Cleveland, OH | 1915 | Standing |
| St. Barbara Rectory | 1599 Denison Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1916 | Standing |
| St. Elizabeth's Hall | 9016 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, OH | 1917 | Standing |
| St. Joseph Orphan Home | 1200 Fifteenth Avenue E., Superior, WI | 1917 | Standing |
| St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church | 9016 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, OH | 1918-22 | Standing |
| Our Lady of Victory Basilica Church | 767 Ridge Road, Lackawanna, NY | 1922-6 | Standing |
| Our Lady of Consolation Church | 315 Clay Street, Carey, OH | n.d. | Standing |
Sources
American Foreign Service - Report of the Death of an American Citizen - Dated December 30,1947
Book of Clevelanders p.270
Cleveland City Directories
Downtown and the University: Youngstown, Ohio William A. Brenner March 1976
Ohio Architect and Builder September 1904
The Jubilee Edition of the Cleveland Wachter und Anzeiger 1902
Uthe, Charles (architect)
Biography
Charles Uthe was born in North Amherst, Ohio and was educated in Cleveland Public Schools. He began work as an architect in 1898 at the National Electric Lamp Company. He worked for Granger & Meade for five years, Meade & Garfield for four years, two years for W. R. Watterson, and with contractor J. A. Reaugh & Son. In 1916 he became supervising engineer with William Sly & Company. Later he was employed with the Northern Blower Company. In 1935 he was appointed construction engineer at the Parsons Engineering Company. Later in life he was associated with I. T. Frary, staff member of the Cleveland Museum of Art. He supervised the drawing and sketches of old homes and monuments throughout Ohio. He was a member of the Cleveland Architectural Club, a member of First Congregational Church, and a Republican. He resided at 1252 East 80th Street. He died in 1948 at St. Vincent Charity Hospital and is buried in Youngstown.
| Building Name | Address | Built | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Building | Lorain and Root, Cleveland, OH | 1904 | Demolished |
| West Park Congregational Church | 3909 Rocky River Drive, Cleveland, OH | 1905 | Demolished |
| Neal Terrace | 8811 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH | 1906 | Standing |
| Building for Dean Hutchcroft | 1318 West 78th Street, Cleveland, OH | 1907 | Standing |
Sources
Cleveland City Directories 1905, 1906, 1907, 1938
Obituary, Catholic Universe Bulletin 17 December 1948
Progressive Men of Northern Ohio p. 222