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The Garfield architectural firm.
In 1926 Garfield formed the partnership of Garfield, Stanley-Brown, Harris & Robinson with Rudolph Stanley-Brown AIA, George R. Harris AIA and Alexander C. Robinson III FAIA. Rudolph Stanley-Brown was the son of Joseph Stanley-Brown, Garfield's brother-in-law, and had been with Garfield since 1914. Harris and Robinson had been in the office since 1909 and 1920, respectively.[1]
In 1936 the partnership was reorganized as Garfield, Harris, Robinson & Schafer with the withdrawl of Stanley-Brown and the admission of Gilbert P. Schafer AIA, who had been with the firm since 1923. In 1951 two associates, Edward A. Flynn and John A. Williams, were added.[1] In 1955 Garfield's firm celebrated fifty years in practice, and their work was honored in a special issue of Ohio Architect, the publication of the Architects Society of Ohio.[2]
In 1957 the partnership was reorganized as Garfield, Harris, Schafer, Flynn & Williams with the withdrawl of Robinson and the admission of Flynn and Williams to full partnership. Garfield remained senior partner of the firm until his death at the age of 85 on October 16, 1958.[3] Garfield's name was retained until 1959, when the firm was reorganized as Schafer, Flynn & Williams with the withdrawl of Harris.
Architectural works
editAbram Garfield, 1905–1926
edit- 1911 – Clara Hay residence,[a] 10825 East Blvd, Cleveland[2]
- 1915 – Mather House, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland[2]
- 1919 – Casa Apava, 1300 S Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, Florida
- 1923 – National Union Fire Insurance Company Building,[b] 139 University Pl, Pittsburgh[4]
- 1924 – Leonard Hall, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio[5]
- 1924 – Stern & Mann Company department store, 101 Cleveland Ave NW, Canton, Ohio[2]
- 1926 – Samuel Mather Hall, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio[5]
Garfield, Stanley-Brown, Harris & Robinson, 1926–1936
edit- 1927 – Helen Rockwell Morley Memorial Music Building, Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio[5]
- 1929 – Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland[2]
- 1930 – Dormitory, Western Reserve University, Cleveland[6]
- 1936 – Pebble Hill Plantation, 1251 US-319, Thomasville, Georgia
- 1938 – Ketchikan Federal Building, 648 Mission St, Ketchikan, Alaska[7]
Garfield, Harris, Robinson & Schafer, 1936–1957
edit- 1944 – Beverly Terrace Apartments, East Cleveland, Ohio[8]
- 1946 – Prince station, 5034 Stanaford Rd, Prince, West Virginia[9]
- 1952 – Heights Libraries University Heights branch, 13866 Cedar Rd, University Heights, Ohio[2]
- 1954 – Pepper Pike City Hall, 28000 Shaker Blvd, Pepper Pike, Ohio[2]
- Robert Livingston Ireland Jr. residence, Cleveland[10]
Garfield, Harris, Schafer, Flynn & Williams, 1957–1959
editSchafer, Flynn & Williams, 1959–
edit- 1951 – School of Applied Social Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland[12]
- 1953 – Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center, Cleveland[12]
- 1953 – Leavitt Homes, Lorain, Ohio[12]
Notes
edit- ^ Built for the widow of John Hay, who never lived in the house. Later owned by Price McKinney whose family donated it to Western Reserve Historical Society.
- ^ A seven-story rear annex was completed in 1930 from designs by Garfield, Stanley-Brown, Harris & Robinson. Now Thackeray Hall of the University of Pittsburgh.
References
edit- ^ a b Alexander C. Robinson III, "Abram Garfield FAIA" in Ohio Architect 13, no. 1 (January, 1955): 8-9.
- ^ a b c d e f g "The Work of Garfield, Harris, Robinson & Schafer, Cleveland Architects, Celebrating Their Fiftieth Year in Continuous Business" in Ohio Architect 13, no. 2 (February, 1955): 7-17.
- ^ "Abram Garfield Dies" in Ohio Architect 16, no. 11 (November, 1958): 22.
- ^ "Home Office Buildings of Distinction" in Spectator 130, no. 26 (June 29, 1933): 14.
- ^ a b c "Architects for Educational Buildings" in American School and University 5 (1932): 418.
- ^ Engineering News-Record 105, no. 16 (October 16, 1930): 60.
- ^ Alison K. Hoagland, Buildings of Alaska (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993): 204.
- ^ "Prescription for Housing Troubles" in Architectural Record 99, no. 5 (May, 1946): 80-81.
- ^ "Small Town Station Goes Ultra-Modern" in Railway Age 121, no. 2 (July 14, 1946): 48-50.
- ^ Better Homes and Gardens 15, no. 4 (December, 1936): 44.
- ^ "Garfield, Abram" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956): 190.
- ^ a b c d "Robinson, Alexander C(ochrane), III" in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956): 465.