Coburn & Barnum
Coburn & Barnum was a Cleveland, Ohio architectural firm from 1878 to 1897. It was established by Forrest A. Coburn (1848 – December 1, 1897) and Frank Seymour Barnum (November 25, 1850 - December 17, 1927).[1] The firm also included W. Dominick Benes and Benjamin S. Hubbell for one year and was known as Coburn, Barnum, Benes & Hubbell until 1897, when Benes and Hubell departed to establish their own firm Hubbell & Benes. After their departure and Coburn's death, Barnum formed F. S. Barnum & Co. with , , , and . Barnum also served as consulting architect to the Cleveland Board of Education. He retired in 1915 having designed more than 75 school buildings, the Caxton Building[2] (1903) and the Park Building (1904) (in Cleveland's Public Square), an early example of reinforced concrete floor slabs. The firm continued after his 1915 retirement under the name of Briggs & Nelson.[3]
Several of its works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Projects (Coburn & Barnum)[]
- ca. 1881-82 [3]
- ca. 1881-82[3] (burned in 1897)[4]
- on Franklin Avenue [3]
- on East 96th Street and Euclid Avenue.[3] It was gutted by fire in 2010 and demolished.[5]
- [3]
- George Howe residence (1893) at 2258 Euclid Avenue, also used as the Vixseboxse gallery,[3][6] was acquired by Cleveland State University in 1982 and is now known as Parker Hannifin Hall, it is one of the few remaining homes from Millionaire's Row on Euclid Avenue.[7][8][9][10][11]
- (1898) on Lake Avenue, in 1947 the 24-room mansion was purchased for $75,000 and $350,000 worth of renovations completed for the Bay View Hospital osteopathic section complete with 75 beds. It was dedicated on October 3, 1948.[3][12]
- Western Reserve University:
- on W. 14th Street (1893).,[3] also known as , 2241–2255 W. Fourteenth St. Cleveland, Ohio (Coburn & Barnum), NRHP-listed
- North Presbyterian Church (1886–1887) listed on the NRHP (1974)[13]
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church of East Cleveland, 15837 Euclid Ave. East Cleveland, Ohio (Coburn, Barnum, & Benes)
- One or more works in NRHP-listed , 3202–5730 Lorain Ave. Cleveland, Ohio (Coburn and Barnum)
Projects (Coburn, Barnum, Benes & Hubbell, Betsch, Edward)[]
- St. Thomas Episcopal Church (1896), 214 E. Second St. Port Clinton, Ohio (Coburn, Barnum, Benes & Hubbell), NRHP-listed
- St. Thomas Episcopal Church, also known as St. Thomas Guild Hall, at 214 East Second Street in Port Clinton, Ohio.[14]
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church of East Cleveland
References[]
- ^ BARNUM, FRANK SEYMOUR The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
- ^ Caxton Building Encyclopedia of CLeveland History
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k COBURN & BARNUM Archived 2009-11-22 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
- ^ Big Fire in Cleveland December 24, 1897 The New York Times
- ^ Michael O'Malley Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, gutted by fire, has storied history March 23, 2010 Cleveland Plain Dealer
- ^ "Preservation Sans Politics: March 2008". Preservationsanspolitics.blogspot.com. 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ^ Cleveland Area History December 2011
- ^ Video about Parker Hannifin Hall history on YouTube
- ^ George Howe mansion photo Flikr
- ^ [1]
- ^ George Howe Mansion historical photos Cleveland Memory
- ^ Bay View Hospital Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
- ^ North Presbyterian Church Archived 2010-10-18 at the Wayback Machine 4100 Superior Avenue, Cleveland
- ^ listing[permanent dead link] added to the NRHP in 1999 as listing #99000845
- Architecture firms based in Ohio
- Defunct companies based in Cleveland
- Companies established in 1878
- Design companies disestablished in 1897
- 19th-century American architects
- 1878 establishments in Ohio
- 1897 disestablishments in Ohio