Pennington

Architect/Firm: Charles Pennington
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Name: Charles S Pennington

Birth/Established: 1863 Death/Dissolved: January 9, 1961

Biography:

Charles S. Pennington was born in Rochester, New York, moving to Cleveland with his parents in 1873. He was educated in the public schools of Rochester and Cleveland. He worked for his father, contractor Alexander Pennington for fifteen years. In 1892 he went into business with Morris M. Gleichmann, who had recently returned to Cleveland from Seattle. That partnership lasted one year, after which he went into business for himself. His office was at Detroit and St. Charles in Lakewood, the oldest house in that community. He designed many houses, apartments, churches, and commercial buildings. He was an early zoning board member in Lakewood. He was one of the founders of Lakewood Presbyterian Church and was a member of the West Side Chamber of Industry. He lived at 16806 Delaware in Lakewood. He retired in 1934. His final years were spent at the Mount Royal Nursing Home in North Royalton. He lived to the age of ninety-seven. He was buried in Lakewood Park Cemetery.

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Building Name	Date	Address	Status
Frederick Harrington Resi...	1898	1915 East 84th Street Cleveland	Demolished
The Cyrano	1899	7219 Carnegie Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Terrace	1903	1425-33 West 84th Street Cleveland	Standing
Commercial Storeroom for ...	1907	Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for F. W. Schwe...	1907	Cleveland	Demolished
Salon and apartment for J...	1907	Cleveland	Demolished
Terrace for William Bahlh...	1907	Cleveland	Demolished
William Gordon House	1909	6904 Franklin Boulevard Cleveland	Standing
W.F. & F.H. Meyer Residen...	1910	2110 West Boulevard Cleveland	Standing
Commercial-Residential Bu...	1911	873 Orange Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for Ephraim Aad...	1911	6215-7 Franklin Boulevard Cleveland	Standing
Mohler Building	1912	9825-9 Lorain Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Detroit Savings Bank	1913-4	6501-21 Detroit Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Commercial-Residential Bu...	1914	5716 Broadway Cleveland	Standing
Apartment Building for He...	1915	7409 Franklin Boulevard Cleveland	Standing
Maureen Apartments	1915	7009 Franklin Boulevard Cleveland	Standing
Commercial Building for I...	1916	12000-2 Detroit Avenue Lakewood	Standing
Commercial Building for D...	1917	8401-7 Detroit Avenue Cleveland	Standing

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Cleveland Plain Dealer "Lakewood's Pennington Dead at 97" January 10, 1961

Orth, Samuel; History of Cleveland, p. 865-6

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• CLEVELAND CITY PLANNING COMMISSION •