Coburn & Barnum

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Name: Coburn & Barnum

Birth/Established: 1878 Death/Dissolved: 1897

Biography:

Coburn and Barnum was one of the most important architectural firms in late 19th century in Cleveland. They designed over twenty houses along Euclid Avenue's Millionaires Row, several buildings for Case Institute of Technology, Western Reserve University, and Oberlin College, and large commercial buildings including the Blackstone Power Block. They designed several churches including the Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, the Franklin Avenue Congregational Church, the Olivet Baptist Church, and Trinity Baptist Church. Beyond Cleveland they had commissions in Oberlin, Delaware, and Ashland, Ohio, and Palm Beach, Florida. The office staff included Benjamin Hubbell, W. Dominck Benes, John Edelmann, Albert Skeel, Frank Hall, and Herbert Briggs. The firm would become Coburn, Barnum and Benes, when W. Dominick Benes was made partner, and became Coburn, Barnum, Benes, and Hubbell when Benjamin Hubbell became a partner. The firm dissolved when Forrest Coburn died in 1897. Several of the firm's architectural plans can be found at the Western Reserve Historical Society Library.

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Building Name	Date	Address	Status
C. M. Spitzer Residence	1879	2830 Franklin Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Celian M. Spitzer Residen...	1879	2830 Franklin Cleveland	Demolished
East Rockport School	1879	1456 Warren Road Lakewood	Standing
A. A. Wright Residence	1880	123 Forest Street Oberlin	Standing
Double Residence for Geor...	1880	4906 - 8 Franklin Cleveland	Standing
E. J. Blandin Residence	1880	2200 East 46th Street Cleveland	Standing
eleven frame dwellings fo...	1880	Perry and Payne Cleveland	Demolished
L. A. Hall Residence	1880	1941 East 66th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for Thomas Axwo...	1880	3802 Clinton Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Residence for Thomas Axwo...	1880	3806 Clinton Avenue Cleveland	Standing
W. H. Little Residence	1880	Delaware	Unknown
William H. Brown Residenc...	1880	4811 Scoville Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Henry C. Hawkins Residenc...	1880 -1	1933 East 66th Street Cleveland	Demolished
N. W. Cutter Residence	1880-1	1946 East 59th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Rawson Collins Residence	1880-1	2183 East 46th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Dr. N. Schneider Residenc...	1881	3125 Prospect Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
F. A. Wyman Residence	1881	5914 Longfellow Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Four frame tenements for ...	1881	Arlington Court Cleveland	Demolished
George McKay Residence	1881	1915 Prospect Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Hiram Little Residence	1881	7615 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
J. H. McBride Residence	1881	6111 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Lee McBride Residence	1881	6107 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Three frame tenements for...	1881	Jennings Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Building for Henry Perkin...	1882	1144-72 West 11th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Business block on River S...	1882	Cleveland	Unknown
Cesar Grasseli Residence	1882	2275 East 55th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Double Residence for Will...	1882	3702 - 8 Cedar Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Furniture Block	1882	1431 West 3rd Street Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for John W. Hei...	1882	2411 Baldwin Road Cleveland	Demolished
Third Evangelical Reforme...	1882	1567 East 36th Street Cleveland	Standing
Bousfield Residence	1883	3804-6 Franklin Cleveland	Standing
Brick block for L.E. Hold...	1883	Bond Street Cleveland	Demolished
Business block on Huron R...	1883	Cleveland	Demolished
Dr. Beckwith (Double) Res...	1883	2116-22 Prospect Cleveland	Demolished
First Congregational Chur...	1883	4425 Franklin Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
House on Sibley Street fo...	1883	Cleveland	Demolished
House on Sibley Street fo...	1883	Cleveland	Demolished
S. T. Wellman Residence	1883	Cedar and Case Cleveland	Demolished
Two dwellings on Case for...	1883	Cleveland	Demolished
Sturges Hall	1883-4	23 S. Professor Street Oberlin	Demolished 1963
Willson Avenue Riding Sch...	1884-5	1919 East 55th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Garfield Residence Librar...	1886	8095 Mentor Avenue Mentor	Standing
Warren Opera House	1886	High Street Warren	Demolished
North Presbyterian Church	1886-7	4001 Superior Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Euclid Avenue Congregatio...	1887	9606 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Western Reserve Medical S...	1887	1355 East 9th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Assembly Hall for St. Fra...	1888	7111 Superior Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Double Residence for S. D...	1888	1762-6 East 17th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Forest Coburn Residence	1888	6100 Franklin Boulevard Cleveland	Standing
Franklin Block	1888	1213 West 6th Street Cleveland	Demolished
George H. Warmington Resi...	1888	6603 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Peter Kipp Residence	1888	2205 East 46th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for A. G. Harba...	1888	2022 East 89th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for John Pankhu...	1888	3206-8 Clinton Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Residence for Mrs. A. M. ...	1888	1763 East 17th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for the Church ...	1888	3502 Woodland Cleveland	Demolished
Sargent Block	1888	1708-10 West 25th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Tenement for J. H. Wigman	1888	2160 E.38th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Caspar W. Hiatt Residence	1889	1704 Crawford Road Cleveland	Demolished
Greiner Block	1889	2600 - 14 Lorain Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Hermann Block	1889	2526 Market Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Irving W. Metcalf Residen...	1889	1700 Crawford Road Cleveland	Demolished
James H. Hutchins Residen...	1889	3751 Cedar Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
John and Martha Pankin Re...	1889	1443 West 85th Street Cleveland	Standing
Otis Block addition for E...	1889	225-31 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Remodelling of George Vai...	1889	5211 Prospect Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Store and office building...	1889	314 - 8 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Crittenden Building addit...	1889-90	1376-82 West 9th Street Cleveland	Demolished
(Bishop) William A. Leona...	1890	3054 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Bible Readers School for ...	1890	5111 Fowler Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Charles Bernard Residence	1890	1930 East 75th Street Cleveland	Standing
Double Residence for John...	1890	4509-15 Prospect Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Double Residence for John...	1890	4519-25 Prospect Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Dr. Albert J. Cook Reside...	1890	3290 East 55th Street Cleveland	Standing
Exchange Building (Commer...	1890	1756-70 West 25th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Helen Gale Residence	1890	4400 Carnegie Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Margaret Oerl Residence	1890	2443 East 55th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Nursery building for the ...	1890	5030 St. Clair Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for Bertram Bow...	1890	2175 East 84th Street Cleveland	Standing
Residence for Buckland Bo...	1890	2167 East 84th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for Buckland Bo...	1890	2175 East 84th Street Cleveland	Standing
W. J. Morgan Residence	1890	8615 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
William Alcott Residence	1890	1970 East 69th Street Cleveland	Demolished
William G. & Amanda M. Sm...	1890	5719 Hawthorne Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Addition to Andrew Squire...	1891	4106 Franklin Boulevard Cleveland	Demolished
Commercial Building for W...	1891	4744-50 Lorain Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Residence for Titus Ingra...	1891	6110 West Clinton Avenue Cleveland	Standing
William Turreff Residence	1891	1867 East 75th Street Cleveland	Standing
Case Institute of Technol...	1891-2	Adelbert Road Cleveland	Standing
Commercial Building for H...	1891-2	1390-04 West 3rd Street Cleveland	Demolished
Commercial Building for J...	1891-2	2562-72 West 14th Street Cleveland	Standing
Case Institute of Technol...	1892	2090 Adelbert Road Cleveland	Demolished
Charles Bolton Barn	1892	7016 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Charles H. Benjamin Resid...	1892	2093 Adelbert Road Cleveland	Demolished
Clevleand Medical College...	1892	717 - 21 Bolivar Road Cleveland	Demolished
Commercial Building for J...	1892	4431 Lorain Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Congregational Church	1892	209 Center Street Ashland	Standing
Double Residence for Davi...	1892	1839-41 East 63rd Street Cleveland	Demolished
Guilford Cottage - CWRU	1892	11112 Bellflower Road Cleveland	Standing
Interior remodelling of E...	1892	2611 Prospect Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Jay D. Fuller Residence	1892	1847 East 63rd Street Cleveland	Demolished
John Roemer Residence	1892	1915-7 East 79th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Julius Lamprecht Residenc...	1892	1856 East 89th Street Cleveland	Standing
Mizpah Bohemian Congregat...	1892	3736 East 59th Street Cleveland	Standing
Olney Gallery	1892	2241 West 14th Street Cleveland	Standing
Residence for Western Res...	1892	11109 Bellflower Cleveland	Demolished
Thomas Larter Residence	1892	1898 East 82nd Street Cleveland	Demolished
D. H. Beckwith Drug Store	1892-3	Cleveland	Demolished
E. M. Stover Residence	1892-3	Cleveland	Demolished
George W. Howe Residence	1892-4	2248 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Standing
First Congregational Chur...	1893	4425 Franklin Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Henry Becker Residence	1893	7211 Woodland Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Joshua Gregg Residence	1893	9409 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Merrell Block	1893	1900 West 25th Street Cleveland	Standing
P.J. McMyler Residence	1893	18091 Detroit Avenue Lakewood Lakewood	Demolished
Patrick Donovan Residence...	1893	1822-4 East 55th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Prof. F. M. Comstock Resi...	1893	2085 Cornell Road Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for David Gries...	1893	1760 East 19th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Block for George Evans	1893-4	6902-8 Cedar Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Edson Cass Residence	1893-4	11459 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
William H. Silverthorn Re...	1893-4	1945 East 75th Street Cleveland	Demolished
William Starkweather Resi...	1893-4	17868 Lake Avenue Lakewood Lakewood	Demolished
C. W. Bingham Residence	1894	Jungle Road Palm Beach	Demolished
Church for Cleveland Bapt...	1894	5701 White Avenue Cleveland	Standing
CWRU - Guilford Cottage A...	1894	11112 Bellflower Cleveland	Standing
Double residence for P. J...	1894	1822-4 East 55th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Factory and Warehouse for...	1894	326-40 Frankfort Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Henry C. Studley Residenc...	1894	2159 East 46th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Immanuel Baptist Church	1894	1285 Parkwood Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Olivet Baptist Church	1894	5022 Bridge Avenue Cleveland	Standing
YMCA	1894	8303 Broadway Cleveland	Demolished
Calvary Baptist Church	1894-5	3550 West 25th Street Cleveland	Demolished
George Christian Residenc...	1894-5	7341 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
E. W. Waller Residence	1895	250 South Prospect Ravenna	Standing
Frederick Sears Residence	1895	1941 East 75th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Frontenac Apartments for ...	1895	719 - 23 Prospect Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Office building for Henry...	1895	Superior bet W.3rd and W.6th Cleveland	Demolished
Samuel Burrows Residence	1895	2061 Cornell Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Washington H. Lawrence Re...	1895	23200 Lake Road Bay Village	Standing
Two family residence for...	1896	4312 Bridge Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Case Institute of Technol...	1897	2104 Adelbert Road Cleveland	Demolished
John and Martha Parkin Re...	1897	1443-5 West 85th Street Cleveland	Standing
Residence for Harriet Tur...	1897	1903 East 75th Street Cleveland	Standing
William Wright Residence	1897	8612 Carnegie Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Double House	1899	Cleveland	Demolished
Mary Perkins Lawton Offic...	nd	411 Mahoning Warren	Demolished

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Cigliano, Jan Showplace of America: Cleveland's Euclid Avenue, 1850-1910

Leader December 2, 1897

Plain Dealer December 2, 1897

Some Selections from the Work of Coburn & Barnum (1897)

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