McGeorge

Architect/Firm: Ernest McGeorge
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Name: Ernest McGeorge

Birth/Established: May 19, 1877 Death/Dissolved: October 29, 1961

Biography:

Ernest McGeorge was an engineer who mainly designed industrial buildings. He was born in England, came to the United States with his family in 1883, was naturalized as an American citizen in 1884, and settled in Cleveland in 1896. He was educated in Cleveland Public Schools. He worked at Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Company for nine years, where his father was a consulting engineer. He later worked for the Peerless Motor Car Company and the Ferro Machine and Foundry Company. As an engineer in the office of J. Milton Dyer he supervised the construction of the new heating system for the tuberculosis hospital on the Cooley Farm in Warrensville, Ohio. He opened an office in 1913. He specialized in the design, construction and supervision of manufacturing plants, warehouses, and commercial buildings. His principal clients were the Peerless Motor Car Company, the Ferro Machine and Foundry Company, the Parrish & Bingham Company, the Winton Engine Works, the Chandler Motor Car Company, the H.J. Walker Company, the Briggs Manufacturing Company, the Elyria Iron & Steel Company, and the Cleveland Switchboard. He was a member of Hough Congregational Church. He was a contributing member of the Ohio National Guard, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Cleveland Engineering Society, and the Cleveland Athletic Club.

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Building Name	Date	Address	Status
Briggs Manufacturing		Cleveland	Demolished
Elyria Iron and Steel Com...		Cleveland	Unknown
Ferro Machine and Foundry...		Cleveland	Demolished
H.J. Walker Company		Cleveland	Demolished
Winton Engine Works		Cleveland	Demolished
Brown Hoisting Machinery ...	1918	Cleveland	Standing
Chandler Motor Car Compan...	1918	275 - 85 East 131st Street Cleveland	Standing
Machine Shop for Roderick...	1918	Mansfield	Unknown
Ohio Blower Company Facto...	1918	Orville	Demolished
Parish and Bingham Compan...	1918	10615 - 10815 Madison Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Chandler Motor Car Compan...	1919	275 - 85 East 131st Street Cleveland	Standing
Cleveland Automobile Comp...	1919	17325 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Ohio Body and Blower Comp...	1919	9201 Detroit Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Bank Building for the Oul...	1926	5620 Broadway Cleveland	Standing
Chandler Motor Car Compan...	nd	Cleveland	Demolished
Lang Body Company	nd	3088 West 106th Street Cleveland	Demolished

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Avery History of Cleveland v. 2, p 520

Cleveland Necrology file 11.1.1961

Ohio Deaths c. 16696 #77294 - died October 29, 1961

World War I draft

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