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Architect/Firm: Charles Schweinfurth
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Name: Charles Schweinfurth

Birth/Established: September 3, 1856 Death/Dissolved: November 8, 1919

Biography:

Charles Schweinfurth was Cleveland's preeminent architect of the 1880's and 1890's. He was born, attended public schools, and graduated from high school in Auburn, New York. He worked in architectural offices in New York City from 1872 to 1874 and at the office of the supervising architect of the U.S. Treasury in Washington, D.C. from 1874 to 1880. (Hubbell's obituary says that he came from Boston.) He moved to Cleveland to work on a house for Sylvester Everett, and remained throughout the rest of his life. From 1883 to 1886 he maintained an office with his brother Julius until Julius returned to practice in Boston. In Cleveland he was the architect of many of the Euclid Avenue mansions and was also noted for interior designs that included Old Stone Church and the Cuyahoga County Courthouse. In addition, he was the architect of several buildings for Western Reserve and Kenyon colleges. He was a founder and member of the Cleveland and Brooklyn Chapters of the American Institute of Architects, a fellow in the AIA, and a member of the Architect's League of New York. His architectural work was often featured in the pages of the "Inland Architect" and "American Architect and Building News". He had an honorary M.A. degree from Kenyon College and was a member of the Union Club. Initially his office was in the Blackstone Building however he moved to the New England Building upon its completion in 1896. He first resided on Cedar Avenue and then at 96 Arlington Street (now 2269 East 49th Street). He built a home that he designed in 1894 at 1951 East 75th Street. His brothers Julius and H. G. Schweinfurth owned a firm in Boston. Another brother, Albert, was active in Denver, and later, San Francisco. Charles Schweinfurth is buried in Auburn, New York.

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Building Name	Date	Address	Status
Lennox Building	1886	1947-83 East 9th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Peter Hitchcock Residence	1886	3411 Prospect Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
George Pack Residence Rem...	1887-89	3307 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Calvary Presbyterian Chur...	1888	7850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Edward Haines Residence	1888	1820 E. 65th Street Cleveland	Demolished
J. R. Owens Residence	1888	1956 East 75th Street Cleveland	Standing
Marcus Hanna Residence	1888	10400 Lake Road Cleveland	Demolished
Addition to Christopher E...	1889	2172 East 40th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Ralph Cobb Residence	1889	6203 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for Julius E. F...	1889	2525 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Richard Coleman Residence	1889	3050 West 14th Street Cleveland	Standing
Samuel Mather Summer Resi...	1889	12023 Lakeshore Boulevard Bratenahl	Standing
William Chisholm Residenc...	1889	2827 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Young Mens Christian Asso...	1889	2111-55 East 9th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Double Residence for Dr. ...	1890	3612-8 Prospect Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
H. B. Nye Residence	1890	1906 East 75th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Interior National Bank of...	1890	816-24 Superior Avenue NW Cleveland	Demolished
John S. Culley Residence	1890	1810 East 19th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Ralph Gray Residence	1890	6812 Carnegie Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Roadside Club House	1890	9100 St. Clair Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
University School	1890	7115 Hough Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Addition to the Unon Club	1891	716 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Charles B. Parker Residen...	1891	1521 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Gibbons - Pickett & Compa...	1891	105 Prospect Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Horace Corner Residence	1891	1895 East 105th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Infants Rest (Inner City ...	1891	9014 Cedar Avenue Cleveland	Standing
People's Savings and Loan	1891	1700 West 25th Street Cleveland	Demolished
William H. Boardman Resid...	1891-2	3608 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
H. R. Hatch Residence	1892	8415 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Homer Osborn Residence	1892	7017 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
St. Joseph Seminary	1892	17307 Lake Shore Boulevard Cleveland	Demolished
Ursuline Convent	1892	2444 East 55th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Samuel F. Haserot Residen...	1892-3	7224 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Charles F. Schweinfurth H...	1894	1951 East 75th Street Cleveland	Standing
Cleveland Telephone Compa...	1894	235-43 Champlain Cleveland	Demolished
J. W. McClymonds Residenc...	1894	210 4th Street, NE Massillon	Standing
Telephone Exchange Buildi...	1894	5601 Carnegie Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Western Reserve College P...	1894	2060 Adelbert Cleveland	Demolished
Albert Withington Residen...	1895	7111 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Lewis Bailey Residence	1895	1926 East 89th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Library for Adelbert Coll...	1895	2010 Adelbert Road Cleveland	Demolished
McAllister Dall Building	1895	23-45 Public Square Cleveland	Demolished
Trinity Church Home	1895	2227 Prospect Avenue Cleveland	Standing
D. R. Hanna Residence	1895-6	7404 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Addition to University Sc...	1896	7213 Hough Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Backus Law School	1896	2145 Adelbert Road Cleveland	Standing
L. S. & M. S. Railroad Br...	1896	West Boulevard Cleveland	Standing
Biology Building - Case W...	1897	2080 Adelbert Road Cleveland	Standing
David Norton Residence	1898	7301 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Double dwelling for Jacob...	1898	3407-11 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Bridges over Martin Luthe...	1899-1900	Rockefeller Park Cleveland	Standing
Cleveland Country Club	1899-1900	90 Eddy Road Bratenahl	Demolished
Allen Residence	1900	8811 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
First Presbyterian (Old S...	1900	91 Public Square Cleveland	Standing
Florence Harkness Chapel	1900-02	11200 Bellflower Road Cleveland	Standing
Trinity Cathedral	1901-7	2200 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Hanna Hall (Kenyon Colleg...	1902	204 College Road Gambier	Standing
Haydn Hall	1902	11106 Bellflower Road CWRU Cleveland	Standing
Mary Chisholm Painter Gat...	1904	11211 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Store for Dr. Allen	1904	1244 - 60 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Railroad Arch Bridge over...	1905	Cleveland	Demolished
Union Club	1905	1201 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Charles L. Pack Residence...	1906	3307 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Samuel Mather Residence	1907-10	2605 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Cuyahoga County Courthous...	1907-12	1 Lakeside Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Morley Chemistry Laborato...	1908-10	2090 Adelbert Road Cleveland	Standing
Alumni Library at Kenyon ...	1910	Gambier	Standing
Dr. W. T. Corlett Residen...	1910	3618 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Morrills Residence	1911	11025 Magnolia Drive Cleveland	Standing
Slippery Rock Pavilion	1911	Mill Creek Park Youngstown	Standing
Glen Allen (Estate of Mrs...	1913	3505 Mayfield Road Cleveland Heights	Demolished
Florence Harkness Chapel ...	1917	11200 Bellflower Road Cleveland	Standing
Rebuilding of John Severa...	1917	3616 Mayfield Road Cleveland	Demolished

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"A Review of the Works of Charles F. Schweinfurth" Architectural Reviewer, v. 1 , September 30, 1897.

Encyclopedia of Cleveland History p 874

Hubbell, Benjamin S. "A Great Architect"; Cleveland Topics 11.15.19

Inland Dec 1895

Leading Manufacturers and Merchants of the City of Cleveland (1886), p. 109

Member AIA - 1894 Directory

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