Braverman

Architect/Firm: Sigmund Braverman
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Name: Sigmund Braverman

Birth/Established: May 22, 1894 Death/Dissolved: March 27, 1960

Firm Affiliation:

Braverman & Halperin

Biography:

Sigmund Braverman was a prominent Jewish architect who designed forty synagogues in the United States and Canada. He was born in Csepe, Austria-Hungary and came to the United States at age ten, settling in Pittsburgh. He became a naturalized citizen in 1915. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1917 and served in the military in World War I. He came to Cleveland in 1920 and opened an architectural practice. His work included shopping centers, schools, and hospitals. From 1932 to 1935, he was assistant, then acting Cleveland city architect. From 1948 until his death, he was associated with Moses P. Halperin in the firm of Braverman & Halperin. He was a leader in Cleveland's Zionist movement. He was the director of the Bureau of Jewish Education, trustee of the Cleveland Jewish Fund, and vice president and director of the Jewish Community Center.

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Building Name	Date	Address	Status
Muriel Apartments	1924	7001 Detroit Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Apartments	1935	2374 Euclid Heights Boulevard Cleveland Heights	Standing
Brantley Apartments	1937	2378 Euclid Heights Boulevard Cleveland Heights	Standing
Shaker Kinsman Branch	1951	Cleveland	Unknown
Bureau of Jewish Educatio...	1952	Cleveland	Unknown
Fairmount Temple	1957	23737 Fairmount Boulevard Beachwood	Standing
Warrensville Center Synag...	1958	1508 Warrensville Center Road Cleveland Heights	Standing

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Van Tassel, David D. and Grabowski, John J., Editors; The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography; Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana Press, 1996

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