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Name: Frank Seymour Barnum

Birth/Established: November 25, 1850 Death/Dissolved: December 17, 1927

Biography:

Frank Seymour Barnum was born in Norwalk, Ohio, and educated in Norwalk public schools. He was the assistant engineer with the Morris Run Coal Company in Pennsylvania. He came to Cleveland in 1871. He worked in the office of Joseph Ireland for four years prior to entering into a partnership with Forrest A. Coburn in 1877. After Coburn's death in 1897 the firm became known as the F.S. Barnum Company. He became Superintendent of Buildings for the Cleveland Board of Education in 1895. During his twenty years at the school board he designed forty-five schools and forty-nine annexes or additions. Barnum was also the architect of the Commercial style Caxton and Park Buildings, several churches and houses. In 1904 Briggs and Nelson purchased Frank Barnum's interest in the firm and formed the firm of Briggs and Nelson. Barnum was a Charter member of the American Institute of Architects. He retired as architect for the school board in 1914. He continued to act as a consultant for Cleveland and for any school. He died in Miami, Florida and is buried in Lakeview Cemetery.

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Building Name	Date	Address	Status
P. S. Jennings Residence	1877	2163 East 40th Street Cleveland	Demolished
R. P. Cattral Residence	1877	2172 East 40th Street Cleveland	Demolished
W. H. Huntington Residenc...	1877	2163 East 46th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Woodland Avenue Presbyter...	1878	2591 East 46th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Waring School	1884	Cleveland	Demolished
First Baptist Church	1887	East 46th and Prospect Cleveland	Demolished
Hough School	1887	8915 Hough Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Additions and Alterations...	1890	4429 Franklin Boulevard Cleveland	Demolished
Bolton School Annex	1895	2101 East 89th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Brandon (Murray Hill) Sch...	1895	12015 Paul Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Clark School Annex	1895	5511 Kidder Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Landon School Annex	1895	1965 W. 96th Cleveland	Demolished
Oakland School	1895	1414 East 120th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Rosedale Relief School	1895	Cleveland	Demolished
Sowinski School	1895	8005 Sowinski Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Willard School	1895	2220 West 93rd Street Cleveland	Standing
Barkwill School	1896	5215 Barkwill Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Bolton School Annex	1896	2101 East 89th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Marion School	1896	2525 Marion Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Buhrer School Annex	1897	1610 Buhrer Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Fullerton School	1897	5810 Fullerton Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Quincy School	1897	7612 Quincy Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Union School	1897	6701 Union Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Gilbert School	1898	3274-88 West 58th Street Cleveland	Standing
Woodland Hills School Ann...	1898	East 93 & Union Cleveland	Demolished
Frank S. Barnum Residence	1899	1905 East 71st Street Cleveland	Demolished
Lincoln High School	1899	3001 Scranton Road Cleveland	Demolished
Sowinski School Annex	1899	7927 Sowinski Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Wade Park School Annex	1899	Wade Park & Addison Cleveland	Demolished
East High School	1900	1380 East 82nd Street Cleveland	Demolished
Lincoln School	1900	1380 East 83rd Street Cleveland	Demolished
Denison School Annex	1901	3100 Denison Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Lake School	1901	Cleveland	Demolished
Oak School Annex	1901	Cleveland	Demolished
Old Miles School	1901	Cleveland	Demolished
Orchard School Annex	1901	4115 Orchard Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Tod School	1901	3028 East 65th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Waring School	1901	East 31 & Payne Cleveland	Demolished
Commercial Building for W...	1902	215-23 St. Clair Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
East Denison School	1902	1700 Denison Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Granger Methodist Episcop...	1902	Granger Township Cleveland	Demolished
H. F. Lyman Residence	1902	11427 Bellflower Drive Cleveland	Standing
John Glenn Residence	1902	572 East 82nd Street Cleveland	Standing
Lawn School	1902	7412 Lawn Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Milford School	1902	Cleveland	Demolished
Warner School	1902	4455 Warner Road Cleveland	Demolished
West High School	1902	6807 Franklin Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Wooldridge School	1902	Cleveland	Demolished
Brandon (Murray Hill) Sch...	1903	2036 Murray Hill Road Cleveland	Standing
Brownell School annex	1903	1308 Sumner Court Cleveland	Standing
Fruitland School	1903	1441 West 116th Street Cleveland	Standing
G.A. Dodge Residence	1903	Cleveland	Demolished
Geneva Savings Bank	1903	Cleveland	Demolished
George Fischer Hotel	1903	Vermilion	Demolished
Granger Township School	1903	Cleveland	Demolished
Harvard School	1903	6900 Harvard Avenue Cleveland	Standing
N. S. Keller Residence	1903	Euclid and Strathmore East Cleveland	Demolished
Sackett School addition	1903	3349 Sackett Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Sibley (Jane Addams) Scho...	1903	Cleveland	Demolished
Willson School	1903	Cleveland	Standing
Park Building	1903-4	140 Public Square Cleveland	Standing
A. B. Hart School	1904	East 76 & Broadway Cleveland	Demolished
A.M. Ford Residence	1904	Cleveland	Demolished
August Schuyle Residence	1904	Cleveland	Demolished
Bartlett Residence	1904	Clifton Boulevard Cleveland	Demolished
Frame residence for H.A. ...	1904	Cedar Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Glenville High School	1904	Englewood & Parkwood Cleveland	Demolished
Halle School	1904	7901 Halle Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Harvey Rice School	1904	Buckeye & East Boulevard Cleveland	Demolished
Hodge School	1904	Cleveland	Standing
Mound School	1904	5405 Mound Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Otto Miller Residence	1904	Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Otto Mueller Residence	1904	6916 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Quincy School Annex	1904	Cleveland	Demolished
South Presbyterian Church	1904	3170 Scranton Road Cleveland	Standing
Tod School Annex	1904	East 65 & Waterman Cleveland	Demolished
Unity Church	1904	8125 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
W. F. Gage Residence	1904	2472 Kenilworth Road Cleveland Heights	Standing
William Beasden Residence	1904	1947 East 70th Cleveland	Demolished
YMCA	1904	Cleveland	Demolished
Case Woodland School	1904-5	East 40 & Woodland - Cleveland	Demolished
Barkwill School Annex	1905	Cleveland	Demolished
Cleveland Trade West	1905	Cleveland	Demolished
Detroit School addition	1905	Cleveland	Demolished
Kentucky School Remodelli...	1905	West 38 & Terrell Cleveland	Demolished
Kinsman School Addition	1905	East 79 & Kinsman Cleveland	Demolished
Tremont School Annex	1906	2455 West 10th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Watterson School	1906	1422 West 74th Street Cleveland	Standing
Central Friendly Inn	1906 -7	Cleveland	Demolished
Collinwood High School	1907	Cleveland	Demolished
East Tech	1907 8	East 55 & Scovill Cleveland	Demolished
Buhrer School	1907-9	West 16 & Buhrer - Cleveland	Demolished
Harvard School Annex	1908	6900 Harvard Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Harvey Rice School Annex	1908	11529 Buckeye Road Cleveland	Standing
John Hay High School	1908	East 107th Street Cleveland	Standing
Summer Residence of Dr. L...	1908	Cedar Road Cleveland Cleveland	Demolished
Willard School Annex	1908	Cleveland	Standing
Woodland School Annex	1908	Woodland & Woodhill Cleveland	Demolished
Milford School Annex	1908 -	Cleveland	Demolished
Longwood School	1909	2525 East 35th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Mayflower School addition	1909	2640 East 31st Street Cleveland	Demolished
Murray Hill School Annex	1909	Cleveland	Standing
Old Miles School Annex	1909	Cleveland	Demolished
Franklin D. Roosevelt Sch...	1910	Cleveland	Demolished
Tremont School	1910 3	West 10 & Tremont - Cleveland	Standing
Boulevard School	1911	9700 Kinsman Road Cleveland	Demolished
Case School	1911	Cleveland	Demolished
Central (John Burroughs) ...	1911	Cleveland	Demolished
Clara Morris School	1911	Cleveland	Demolished
Dike School	1911	Cleveland	Demolished
Dike School Annex	1911	Cleveland	Demolished
East Denison School	1911	1700 Denison Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Glenville High School Ann...	1911	Cleveland	Demolished
Hodge School Annex	1911	Cleveland	Standing
Outhwaite School Annex	1911	Cleveland	Demolished
Parkwood School Annex	1911	1171 Parkwood Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Rockwell Headquarters Ann...	1911	Cleveland	Demolished
Warner School Annex	1912	4433 Warner Road Cleveland	Demolished
West Tech High School	1912	West 93rd Street Cleveland	Standing
Bolton School	1913	East 89th near Cedar Cleveland	Demolished
Clara Morris School addit...	1913	Cleveland	Demolished
Cleveland Trade West addi...	1913	Cleveland	Demolished
Dawning School Annex	1913	4430 State Road Cleveland	Standing
Fairmount Junior High Sch...	1913	Cleveland	Demolished
Memphis School	1913	4103 Memphis Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Mt. Pleasant School	1913	11617 Union Cleveland	Demolished
Scranton School Annex	1913	Scranton cor vega Cleveland	Demolished
Warren School	1913	Warren near Dille Cleveland	Demolished
Warren School Rebuild	1913	Warren near Dille Cleveland	Demolished
Washington Park School	1913	4000 Washington Park Boulevard Newburgh Heights	Standing
Warner School Annex	1921	Warner near Jeffries Cleveland	Demolished
Marion School	c 1906	East 24 & Central - Cleveland	Demolished
Clark School addition	c 1907	West 53 & Clark - Cleveland	Demolished
East High of Commerce	c 1911	Cleveland	Demolished
Warehouse Annex	c 1911-3	Cleveland	Demolished
Harmon School	c1899	East 22 & Woodland Cleveland	Demolished
Hicks School	c1899	1900 West 24th Street Cleveland	Demolished
West Manual School	c1909	Cleveland	Demolished
Eagle Avenue Storage	ca 1900	Cleveland	Demolished
Plymouth School	ca 1900	Cleveland	Demolished
A. W. Barber Store and Ap...	nd	334 Woodland Cleveland	Demolished
A. W. Chamberlain Residen...	Nd	196 South Broadway Geneva	Standing
A. W. Kilbourne Residence	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Brainard Block	nd	either Public Square or West 25th Cleveland	Demolished
Brooks Company	nd	715 Superior Cleveland	Demolished
Claflin Building	nd	191 9 Seneca Cleveland	Demolished
Comey and Johnson Buildin...	nd	1426 Superior Cleveland	Demolished
Corwin Building	nd	157 Euclid Cleveland	Demolished
E. H. Baker Residence	nd	East 97th Cleveland	Demolished
E. J. Holmden Apartment	nd	868 Scranton Cleveland	Demolished
First Presbyterian Church	nd	East 71st Street and Carnegie Cleveland	Demolished
Forman Bassett Hatch Co	nd	West 3rd and Frankfort Cleveland	Demolished
George Hoyt Residence	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Glenville Country Club	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Goodrich Farm	nd	Summit County	Demolished
Grace Church	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Hiram House Camp	nd	Chagrin Falls Chagrin Falls	Demolished
Independence School	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
J. J. Date Residence	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
John Glenn Residence	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Mrs Crowell Residence	nd	2626 Prospect Cleveland	Demolished
Mrs. O. F. Gordon Residen...	nd	Euclid Heights Cleveland Heights	Demolished
Rockefeller Park Stables	nd	690 East 88th Street Cleveland	Demolished
S. P. Fenn Residence Addi...	nd	2061 East 89th Cleveland	Demolished
Mrs. Hubbard Cooke Reside...	nd -	Cleveland	Demolished
Cherry Street School	Unbuilt	Cleveland	Unbuilt

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Barnum, Frank Seymour; The Ohio Architect and Builder v. 3 n. 4 April 1904; "Improvement in School Building in the City of Cleveland"

Cleveland Necrology file 12.17.1927 died in Florida

Cleveland Plain Dealer 2 December 1897

Cleveland Press 2 December 1897

Ohio Architect and Builder May 1914, p63

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