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Name: George Horatio Smith

Birth/Established: July 28, 1848 Death/Dissolved: April 8, 1924

Firm Affiliation:

Heard & Smith

Biography:

George Horatio Smith was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Cleveland in 1879. He went into business with L. Allen Heard, son of Charles Heard. He went into business for himself when Heard left Cleveland in 1881. He was the architect of several Euclid Avenue mansions, including the residence of Charles F. Brush. His most significant work was in conjunction with John Eisenmann, the Old Arcade. The Colonial Arcade and Hotel, completed in 1898 followed it, and the Rose Building, the largest office building in Ohio, was completed in 1900. George H. Smith was a 32nd degree Mason and a past grand commander of the Knights Templar. He died of appoplexy on April 8, 1924 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania at the home of his friend, William J. Thomas. A son in Chicago and a daughter in Cleveland survived him. He was buried in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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Building Name	Date	Address	Status
Charles Sheffield House	1881	4803 Prospect Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
John D. Rockefeller Stabl...	1881	3920 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Stewart Chisholm Residenc...	1881	3730 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Andrews Residence	1882-3	3033 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Charles F. Brush Residenc...	1883	3725 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Frame Dwelling for Andrew...	1883	Sibley	Demolished
Johnson House	1885	216 South Professor Street Oberlin	Standing
Globe Iron Works office	1888	1242 Spruce Cleveland	Demolished
Hickox Building	1890	805-13 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Nottingham Building addit...	1890	419-29 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
The Arcade	1890	401 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Crawford Block for King a...	1890-1	725-801 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Double residence for Robe...	1892	1916-8 East 82nd Street Cleveland	Demolished
Dr. Henderson Residence	1892	1924 East 66th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Barn for T. H. Brooks	1894	4312 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Cleveland Faucet Company	1894	706-8 Frankfort Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Lakeside Hospital	1895	1241 Lakeside Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Addition to Store and Off...	1896	520-32 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Colonial Hotel	1896	501-607 Prospect Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Storefront Addition to Re...	1896	700-2 Huron Road Cleveland	Demolished
Commercial Building for J...	1897	510-514 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Howell Hinds Residence	1897-8	2188 Overlook Cleveland Heights	Demolished
Colonial Arcade	1898	530 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Residence for Grace Prote...	1898	2163 East 19th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Storefront Alteration to ...	1898	241 Euclid Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
White Tool Building addit...	1899	1239 West 6th Street Cleveland	Standing
Rose Building	1900	2079 East 9th Street Cleveland	Standing
Addition to residence for...	1901	1929 East 107th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Residence of J. L. Brooks	1901	Salem	Demolished
Three Story Commercial Bu...	1904	East 9th and Bolivar Cleveland	Demolished
Terrace	1905	East Madison and Morse Cleveland	Demolished
D. O. Summers Carpet Clea...	1906	East Prospect Cleveland	Demolished
White Sewing Machine Comp...	1906	St. Clair near Gordon Pk Cleveland	Demolished
Commercial Building for R...	1908	633 Prospect Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Plain Dealer Building	1910	Superior Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Reliance Electric & Engin...	1910	Collamer Avenue Cleveland	Demolished

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"Architect for Arcade Dies"; Plain Dealer; April 9, 1924

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