Garfield

Architect/Firm: Abram Garfield
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Name: Abram Garfield

Birth/Established: November 21, 1872 Death/Dissolved: October 16, 1958

Firm Affiliation:

Garfield, Harris, Robinson, Schafer

Biography:

Abram Garfield was born in Washington, D.C., the youngest son of President James Abram Garfield. He was educated at Williams College and the Massachusetts Institution of Technology. He practiced architecture in Cleveland, beginning in 1898. He was a member of the firm of Meade and Garfield from 1898 until 1905, when he went into business for himself. In 1936 the firm became known as Garfield, Harris, Robinson & Schafer, and in 1957 Garfield, Harris, Schafer, Flynn & Williams. He served on the Cleveland City Planning Commission from 1928 to 1942. He was appointed to the National Council of Fine Arts in 1909, and served on the National Commission on Fine Arts from 1925 to 1930. He was one of the original sponsors of the Cleveland School of Architecture at Western Reserve University. He was a member of the Union, Tavern, Rowfant, Chagrin Valley Hunt Clubs and the Country Club of Cleveland. His office was in the National City Bank Building and he lived on 9718 Lake Shore Boulevard in Bratenahl.

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Building Name	Date	Address	Status
Lakewood City Hall		Cleveland	Standing
Garfield Library	1903	7300 Center Street Mentor	Standing
W.D.B. Alexander House	1903	2348 Overlook Drive Cleveland	Standing
Residence for Mary Crowel...	1906	1865 East 93rd Street Cleveland	Standing
Babies Dispensary & Hospi...	1908	13415 Shaker Boulevard Cleveland	Demolished
John Oliver Residence (Wi...	1908	7645 Little Mountain Road Mentor	Standing
Higbee Department Store (...	1910	1225 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Mrs. John Hay Residence	1910	10915 East Boulevard Cleveland	Standing
YMCA	1911	2053 East 105th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Babies Dispensary & Hospi...	1917	Woodland and East 35th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Babies Dispensary & Hospi...	1917	13415 Shaker Boulevard Cleveland	Demolished
Lake Erie College Dormito...	1917	Painesville	Unknown
250 dwellings for the U.S...	1918	Lorain	Unknown
Clifford Neff Residence	1918	343 East 105th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Storehouse for American R...	1918	Chester and East 21st Cleveland	Demolished
Residence	1919	1300 South Ocean Drive Palm Beach	Standing
Leonard Hall	1924	Kenyon College Gambier	Standing
Residence	1924	2879 Fontenay Road Shaker Heights	Standing
Samuel Mather Hall	1925	Kenyon College Gambier	Standing
Stern & Mann Department S...	1925	Canton	Standing
F.E. :House Residence	1928	1379 Yellowstone Cleveland Heights	Standing
Blossom Recreation Center	1930	24400 Cedar Road Beachwood	Standing
Pebble Hill Plantation	1936	1251 US 319 Thomasville	Standing
Country Club	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Diagonistic Laboratory Bu...	Nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Dormitory and Science Bui...	Nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Faxon Thomas Residence	nd	10 Bluff View Chattanooga	Unknown
Hiram College Dormitory a...	Nd	Hiram	Unknown
Kenyon College	nd	Cleveland	Unknown
Lake Erie College Gymnasi...	nd	Painesville	Unknown
Maternity Hospital	Nd	Cleveland	Demolished
National Union Fire Insur...	nd	Pittsburgh	Unknown
Tuberculosis Preventorium...	Nd	Warrensville	Demolished
Western Reserve Universit...	Nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Western Reserve Universit...	Nd	Cleveland	Demolished

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Van Tassel, David and Grabowski, John J. Editors The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography; Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 1996

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