Category: Architecture

The CAXTON BUILDING, erected in 1901-03, is one of the finest expressions of the tall steel-framed office building in Cleveland. The president of the Caxton Bldg. Co. was AMBROSE SWASEY, a promoter of the benefits of engineering to mankind.

The CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING stood opposite the northeast corner of Public Square from 1898-1955. The president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1897 was Worcester B. Warner, and the building committee consisted of representative Cleveland businessmen. Anticipating the design and erection of several new public buildings in the area that would become the Mall, the committee intended that the Chamber of Commerce Bldg.

The CHARLES SCHWEINFURTH RESIDENCE, located at 1951 E 75th St., was built in 1894 by architect CHARLES FREDERICK SCHWEINFURTH as his private home. Schweinfurth was initially commissioned by railroad tycoon, William K.

The CITY BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT was a reform philosophy of North American architecture and urban planning that occurred during the 1890s and 1900s with the intent of introducing beautification and monumental grandeur in cities.

CITY PLANNING. Like most American cities, Cleveland began as a speculative venture in real estate. Conceived as the capital of New Connecticut, the city was laid out in 1796 by surveyors with the original Moses Cleaveland expedition. The plat, a faithful reproduction of a New England town, with its characteristic commons, failed to treat either river or lakefront as a public amenity.

The CLEVELAND ADVOCATE was an African American newspaper that flourished during the period of World War I and the great migration from the South. It was established on 15 May 1914 by ORMOND ADOLPHUS FORTE, a native of Barbados, British West Indies. According to Forte, who began working for the M. A. HANNA CO.

The CLEVELAND ARCHITECTURAL CLUB was first formed in the early 1880s, but on 7 Apr. 1887 it was reorganized as the AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, CLEVELAND CHAPTER. In 1894 a second Cleveland Architectural Club was formed by the leading architects of the day, among them CHAS. F. SCHWEINFURTH, Frank A.

CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM, erected on the same site as Cleveland Municipal Stadium, was completed in August 1999 - ensuring that Cleveland would be granted an expansion football team. Plans to build the stadium were quickly set into motion following Art Modell's announcement that he was moving the CLEVELAND BROWNS football team to Baltimore in November 1995.

CLEVELAND CITY HALL, dedicated in 1916, was the first such structure specifically built for and owned by the city. The earliest township government met in 1803 in a log cabin belonging to JAS. KINGSBURY. When the village was incorporated in 1815, a small frame building on Superior Ave. erected by Jas. Walworth was used as the village hall.

CLEVELAND LANDMARK STRUCTURES, those structures of especial historic or architectural merit, fall into two categories. There are those buildings and neighborhoods listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings, this designation being maintained at the federal level by the National Park Service. At the local level, there are Cleveland Landmark buildings and neighborhoods.

The CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY- BROADWAY BRANCH or Broadway Free Carnegie Library is a designated CLEVELAND LANDMARK STRUCTURE located at 5437 Broadway Ave. or 3328 East 55th St.

The CLEVELAND RESTORATION SOCIETY (CRS) is one of the country's leading historic preservation organizations and a partner of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Formerly known as the Downtown Restoration Society, CRS was founded by Maxine Goodman Levin, Dr.

THE CLEVELAND TRUST BUILDING at E. 9th and Euclid was built from 1907 to 1908 by GEORGE B. POST AND SONS. THE CLEVELAND TRUST is an example of the Beaux Arts style of architecture, introduced to the United States by architects such as Richard M. Hunt, George B. Post’s mentor.

COBURN & BARNUM was an architectural firm active in Cleveland from 1878-97. Forrest A. Coburn (1848-l Dec. 1897) and FRANK SEYMOUR BARNUM formed a partnership in 1878. The Furniture Block and the Blackstone Bldg. were 2 of their most important commercial buildings, built in 1881-82.

The CUYAHOGA BUILDING was one of 3 office buildings in Cleveland (the others being the Society for Savings Bldg. and the WESTERN RESERVE BLDG.) designed by Burnham & Root or Daniel H. Burnham & Co. of Chicago.

The CUYAHOGA COUNTY COURTHOUSE, located at Lakeside and Ontario streets, is the fifth such structure serving that purpose. The first was a 2-story log building constructed in 1813. Containing jail cells, a living room for the sheriff, and a 2nd-floor courtroom, it was replaced in 1830.

DAISY HILL was the country estate and farm of O. P. AND M. J. VAN SWERINGEN, developers of SHAKER HTS. and the CLEVELAND UNION TERMINAL complex.

DYER, J. MILTON (22 April 1870-27 May 1957), a prominent architect who designed Cleveland's CLEVELAND CITY HALL (1916) on Lakeside Avenue, was born in Middletown, Pennsylvania, to Cyrus and Eliza Dyer. He moved with his family to Cleveland in 1881.

The ELOISE FLAGLER VAIL-KNIGHT RESIDENCE, located at 2193 Harcourt Dr.

The ENGINEERS BUILDING (formally the BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS Bldg.) was the first major office building in the U.S. to be built and owned by a labor union. It was declared a Cleveland landmark in March 1977.