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Architect/Firm: William Lougee
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Name: William Samuel Lougee

Birth/Established: January 29, 1867 Death/Dissolved: February 5, 1935

Biography:

William S. Lougee was born in Buckfield, Maine and received his education in Boston. In 1884, at the age of seventeen, he went to work for architect Tristam Griffin and remained in that office for six years before moving to Cleveland. He was associated with Adolphus Sprackling in 1892 as the Cleveland Architectural Company. He had his own office in Cleveland in 1893. In 1895 he was working with George Steffens. He was associated with architect John Eisenmann until 1900. From 1901 to 1905 he was assistant architect for the Board of Education. On April 4, 1905 during the Mayoral administration of Tom L. Johnson he was appointed deputy inspector of buildings and on March 4, 1907 he was made the chief building inspector. He resigned his City position at the end of 1909 when Johnson left office, and he resumed a private practice. During the administration of Newton D. Baker (1912-5), he supervised the construction of Cleveland City Hall. He later became City Architect and Building Commissioner under the administration of Mayor Ray T. Miller (1932-3) .

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Building Name	Date	Address	Status
William Edwards Company W...	1910-1	1326-30 West 9th Street Cleveland	Standing
Cleveland Fire Department...	1911	10128-34 Lorain Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Loyal Order of Moose	1912	942 Walnut Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Marshall Building	1912-3	1 Public Square Cleveland	Demolished
Cleveland & Buffalo and D...	1914	701-725 Erieside Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Commercial Building for M...	1914	2007 - 11 West 25th Street Cleveland	Demolished
St. John's Hospital	1914-5	7811-7911 Detroit Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Commercial Building for M...	1915	3838 West 25th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Harborview (Residence for...	1915	11320 Harborview Drive Cleveland	Standing
Weideman Company Warehous...	1915	960-8 Mandrake Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Woodland Recreation Cente...	1915	9206 Woodland Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Cuyahoga County Detention...	1915-6	2905 Franklin Boulevard Cleveland	Standing
Cleveland Cadillac Servic...	1916	1845 East 30th Street Cleveland	Standing
Colonial Woolen Mill	1917	6501 - 6523 Barberton Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Commercial Building	1917	Euclid near E. 107th Cleveland	Demolished
Commercial Building addit...	1917	West 9th and St. Clair Cleveland	Demolished
Dance Hall	1917	Woodhill and Woodland Cleveland	Demolished
Templar Motor Car Company	1917	Cleveland	Demolished
Morgan Lithograph Studio	1918	1601 Payne Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Frey - Fisher Furniture C...	1920	12511 St. Clair Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Union Paper and Twine Com...	1920	116-8 St. Clair Avenue, NW Cleveland	Demolished
Elgraves Realty Company	1921	417 - 25 Prospect Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Lutheran Hospital	1922	2605 Franklin Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Warehouse for Fisher Brot...	1923-4	2343-2401 Lakeside Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Commercial Building (Lorr...	1924	6502 Lorain Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Brooks Company	1925-6	1241 Superior Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Colonial Woolen Mill Buil...	1926	6501-23 Barberton Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Office Building for Josep...	1926	3328 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Commercial Building	1932	1701 - 35 Lakeside Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Albert Strauss Warehouse	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Clarke Kessler Chemical F...	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Cleveland Bronze and Bras...	nd	4606 - 26 Hamilton Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Cuyahoga County Criminal ...	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
D. C. Hutchcroft Factory	nd	1312-8 West 78th Street Cleveland	Standing
Engine House	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Luna Park Dancing Pavilio...	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Luna Park Skating Pavilio...	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Park Theatre	nd	21-27 South Champion Youngstown	Demolished
Royal Motor Car Building	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Russell Hall Apartments	nd	1921 East 70th Street Cleveland	Demolished
St. Philomena's Parish Ho...	nd	Cleveland	Unknown
Summit - Cherry Market H...	nd	616 - 34 Summit Street Toledo	Demolished
Tacoma Garage	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Vlehek Tool Company	nd	10709 Quincy Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
William Edwards Canning F...	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
William Edwards Factory a...	nd	Cleveland	Demolished

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A History of Cleveland and its Environs Lewis Publishing : Chicago and New York, 1918, v. II, p 20-1

Cleveland Press February 6, 1935

Obituary - Plain Dealer February 6, 1935, p. 3

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