Meade

Architect/Firm: Frank Meade
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Name: Frank B Meade

Birth/Established: January 6, 1867 Death/Dissolved: March 1947

Biography:

Frank B. Meade was born in Norwalk, Ohio and educated in the Cleveland public schools, graduating from Central High School. He graduated from Wesleyan College and Boston Tech (later known as Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in 1888. He spent four years in Chicago working for the firm of Jenney and Mundie before returning to Cleveland in 1893 where he worked in the offices of Charles Schweinfurth and George H. Smith. He opened an office in 1895. From 1896-7 he was in partnership with Alfred Hoyt Granger; from 1898 to 1905 he was in partnership with Abram Garfield; and from 1911 to 1941 his was associated with James M. Hamilton. Throughout his career, no matter the makeup of the firm, he was known as the architect of some of the city's finest residential projects built in the early 20th century, including numerous residences in the Euclid Heights development and Shaker Heights. He was known for the English domestic style of architecture. He designed houses for wealthy patrons throughout his career. He also designed several clubhouses and commercial buildings. He was appointed a member of the Cleveland Group Plan Commission after the death of Daniel Burnham.

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Building Name	Date	Address	Status
Albert R. Jeavons Residen...	1894	2285 East 89th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Deforest Lillis Residence	1894	1934 East 81st Street Cleveland	Demolished
Capt F. A. Kendall Reside...	1895	2044 Cornell Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Charles Evans Residence	1895	2035 East 100th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Henry C. Corson Residence	1895	578 East Market Street Akron	Demolished
Residence for Mrs. Cline	1895	61 West Main Street Norwalk	Standing
Residence for William Cle...	1895	1809 East 70th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for William Cle...	1895	1908 East 70th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for William Cle...	1895	1913 East 70th Street Cleveland	Demolished
T. T. Seelye Residence	1895	1916 East 75th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Henry Barren Residence	1905	1861 East 93rd Street Cleveland	Standing
Edward Brown Residence	1906	2208 Harcourt Cleveland Heights	Standing
George I. Vail Residence	1906	2197 Harcourt Cleveland Heights	Standing
Oakwood Club	1906	1516 Warrensville Center Cleveland Heights	Standing
Residence of Fred M. Nich...	1906	7927 Middle Ridge Unionville	Standing
A. A. Augustus Residence	1907	11455 Juniper Road Cleveland	Demolished
Albert E. Cummer Residenc...	1907	1621 Magnolia Cleveland Heights	Demolished
Albert E. Henn Residence	1907	2656 Berkshire Cleveland Heights	Standing
Anthony J. Diebolt Reside...	1907	2656 East Overlook Cleveland Heights	Standing
Charles S. Reed Residence	1907	2207 Harcourt Cleveland Heights	Standing
D. Jay Collver Residence	1907	2201 Harcourt Road Cleveland Heights	Standing
Private school for Miss A...	1907	Cleveland	Demolished
Remodeling of Waldheim & ...	1907	Cleveland	Demolished
Rollin C. White Residence	1907	3196 Fairmount Boulevard Cleveland Heights	Demolished
Alfred Kronke Residence	1908	17820 Lake Avenue Lakewood	Standing
Arthur S. Wright Residenc...	1908	1669 East 115th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Herman A. Harris Residenc...	1908	11027 Magnolia Cleveland	Standing
John C. McHannan Residenc...	1908	1561 Mistletoe Cleveland	Demolished
Maurice B. Grover Residen...	1908	1706 Magnolia Cleveland	Demolished
Ralph Fuller Residence	1908	27350 Lake Shore Boulevard Euclid	Demolished
H. P. Eels Residence	1909	2725 Overlook Drive Cleveland Heights	Demolished
James Sheets Residence	1909	1520 East 108th Street Cleveland	Standing
Paul Lawrence Residence	1909	11130 Magnolia Drive Cleveland	Standing
William McLauchlan Reside...	1909	13900 Bennett Road North Royalton	Demolished
East Cleveland Township C...	1910	1621 East 118th Street Cleveland	Standing
Ellen M. White Residence	1910	11006 Edgewater Drive Cleveland	Standing
Herman Harris Residence	1910	11027 Magnolia Drive Cleveland	Standing
Louis H. Kittredge Reside...	1910	2648 East Overlook Cleveland Heights	Standing
Remodeling of Johnson Res...	1910	11210 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Baker Motor (Carpenter Pr...	1911	7100 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Standing

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Obituary - Plain Dealer 3.23.1947

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