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Architect/Firm: Charles Schneider
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Name: Charles Sumner Schneider

Birth/Established: March 14, 1874 Death/Dissolved: March 10, 1932

Biography:

Charles Sumner Schneider was born and educated in Cleveland at Outhwaite and Central High Schools. He was trained in architecture in the office of Granger and Meade, later Meade and Garfield, where he rose from chief draftsman to designer. He won several prizes awarded by the Cleveland Architectural Club. He studied under Gustav Umbenstock and Mr. Deglane at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Upon his return to Cleveland he formed a partnership with William S. Watterson, known as Watterson & Schneider. He later worked for the local office of George B. Post, as the superintendent of the Statler Hotel project. He then carried on an independent practice that specialized in residential architecture, designing several large estates for wealthy Ohioans. He was the architect of Stan Hywet Hall in Akron, the largest home built in Ohio. He was listed in the registered architect in the November 1940. He was a member of Plymouth Congregational Church. He was made a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects. His brothers Arthur and E.G. were well known artists, the former was appointed artist to the Sultan of Morocco.

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Building Name	Date	Address	Status
Younglove Building	1908	5518 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Frank Sieberling Residenc...	1912-5	714 North Portage Path Akron	Standing
St. Andrews Episcopal Chu...	1915	2171 East 49th Street Cleveland	Standing
Dodge Brothers Motor Car	1916	2107 Chester Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Junior High School	1917	East Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for E. J. Kulas	1917	Fairmount Boulevard Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for Mrs. S. S. ...	1918	193 Bratenahl Road Bratenahl	Standing
J. A. Webb Residence	1919	11215 Edgewater Drive Cleveland	Standing
James Sprankle Residence	1919	17817 Lake Road Lakewood	Standing
Plymouth Congregational C...	1920-3	2860 Coventry Road Cleveland	Standing
Brotherhood of Railroad T...	1921	820 Superior Cleveland	Standing
F. C. Mills Residence	1922	2603 Fairmount Cleveland Heights	Standing
George H. Layng Residence	1922	2885 Lee Road Cleveland Heights	Standing
Malvern School	1922	19910 Malvern Road Shaker Heights	Standing
Austin Hall Ohio Wesleyan...	1923	95 Elizabeth Street Delaware	Standing
Ernest Barkwill Residence	1923	2189 Harcourt Cleveland Heights	Standing
Francis E. Drury Residenc...	1924	SOM Center Road and Cedar Road - Pepper Pike Cleveland	Demolished
William W. Kelly Residenc...	1924	2829 North Park - Cleveland Heights Cleveland	Standing
Quad Hall	1924-5	7501 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Ernest Barkwill Residence	1925	2189 Harcourt Cleveland Heights	Standing
Frank Stranahan Residence	1925	29917 East River Drive Perrysburg	Standing
Lucretia Prentiss Residen...	1925	1255 Oakridge Cleveland Heights	Standing
Fernway School	1926	17420 Fernway Road Shaker Heights	Standing
Ludlow School	1926	Shaker Heights	Standing
Lomond School	1928	17917 Lomond Boulevard Shaker Heights	Standing
W. King White Residence	1928	19513 Shaker Boulevard Cleveland	Standing
Shaker Heights City Hall	1930	3400 Lee Road Shaker Heights	Standing
Cleaveland Cross Residenc...	nd	1114 West Forest Lakewood	Standing
E. R. Motch Residence	nd	1578 East 115th Street Cleveland	Demolished

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A Selection of Photographs illustrating the work of Charles S. Schneider

Bystander Mar 26, 1932

Cleveland City Directories

Cleveland Town Topics Apr 2, 1932

Representative Clevelanders p.321

Topics June 5, 1926

Withey, Henry and Elsie Biographical Dictionary of American Architects 1970: Los Angeles - Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc.

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