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Architect/Firm: Frederick Baird
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Name: Frederick Baird

Birth/Established: September 23, 1867 Death/Dissolved: February 16, 1920

Biography:

Frederick Baird was born in Bangor, Maine and came to Cleveland with his family at the age of three. He was a graduate of West High School in Cleveland. After graduation he went to work in the office of Charles Schweinfurth, as he pursued his studies, for three and a half years. He later went to work for Coburn & Barnum and then became foreman and designer for Lehman and Schmitt. While with that firm he designed many residences, courthouses, and other buildings throughout the country. He married Mamie Zangerle, the sister of county auditor John A. Zangerle. In 1898 he set up an office in the American Trust Building. A motto taken from Longfellow hung over his desk:

"In the older days of art / Builders wrought with greatest care / Each minute and unseen part / For the gods see everywhere."

He designed a wide variety of structures, including houses, terraces, apartments, and commercial buildings. He designed the Salvation Army Citadel Building, the first reinforced concrete constructed building in Ohio. He submitted two drawings for the proposed Forest City Savings Bank Building on the corner of West 25th Street and Detroit Avenue, although neither of his designs was chosen. Steffens, Searles & Hirsh eventually won the contract. His most famous building is St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral in the Tremont neighborhood. He was a member of the Cleveland Architectural Club.

In 1917, he announced his retirement and traveled to Japan, China, Hong Kong, Korea and Manchuria. He died on February 16, 1920 of cancer and is buried in Lake View Cemetery.

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Building Name	Date	Address	Status
Residence for W. F. Gehri...	1896	1298 West 111th Street Cleveland	Standing
Residence for Fred W. Geh...	1896-7	1299 West 111th Street Cleveland	Standing
Residence for Fred W. Geh...	1896-7	1437 West 114th Street Cleveland	Standing
Residence for Mathilde Ju...	1897	1437 West 81st Street Cleveland	Standing
William Schiffel Residenc...	1897	1990 West 54th Street Cleveland	Standing
John Gehring Residence	1898	32972 Lake Avenue Avon Lake	Demolished
Residence for J. R. Ingra...	1898	1798 West 47th Street Cleveland	Standing
Residence for John Gehrin...	1898	1279 West 112th Street Cleveland	Standing
Sargent Residence	1898	11021 Detroit Avenue Cleveland	Standing
W. J. Krause Residence	1898	7320 Clinton Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Biscuit Factory for Robin...	1899	2516 Carroll Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Brick addition for D. C. ...	1899	Cleveland	Demolished
Commercial Building for J...	1899	5800 Detroit Avenue Cleveland	Standing
F. M. Leick Residence	1899	1457 Clarence Avenue Lakewood	Standing
Samuel Mintz Residence	1899	1479 Clarence Avenue Lakewood	Standing
Wilmer A. Neill Residence	1899	1490 Grace Avenue Lakewood	Standing
Cleveland & Sandusky Brew...	1900	Cleveland	Demolished
Commercial Building for J...	1900	Bridge to Fulton mps Cleveland	Demolished
Isaac Leisy Brewing Compa...	1900	ns Vega Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Pollner Residence	1900	1823 West 50th Street Cleveland	Standing
Residence for William Kue...	1900	1283 West 112th Street Cleveland	Standing
Residence for William Kue...	1900	1303 West 112th Street Cleveland	Standing
West Side Turn Hall	1900	3907 Lorain Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Apartment Building	1901	Henry near Scovill Cleveland	Demolished
Apartment Building for Fr...	1901	Kinsman Road Cleveland	Demolished
J. F. Doyle Residence	1901	1901 West 58th Street Cleveland	Standing
Leo Mayer Residence	1901	8806 Detroit Street Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for Martha Robi...	1901	7312 West Clinton Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Residence for W. H. Blank	1901	7316 Clinton Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Seager Residence	1901	3002 Clinton Avenue Cleveland	Standing
YMCA Addition	1901	3204 Franklin Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Commercial Building for J...	1902	3830 St. Clair Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Eastman Apartments	1902	11014-24 Detroit Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Helen Starke Residence	1902	7206 Franklin Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Salvation Army Citadel	1902	2300-6 East 9th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Turnbull Terraces	1902	7702-12 Franklin Avenue Cleveland	Standing
W. J. Ingram Residence	1902	1422 Grace Avenue Lakewood	Standing
G. W. Gehring Residence	1902-3	south side of Chagrin Blvd, west of Richmond Orange Township	Demolished
F. W. Gehring Residence	1903	8358 Broadway Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for Carl Schuel...	1903	1485-7 Clarence Avenue Lakewood	Standing
Residence for E. H. Putt	1903	1548 Clarence Avenue Lakewood	Standing
Residence for John Doe	1903	Marcelline Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Augustus Loew Residence	1903-	12598 Clifton Boulevard Lakewood	Standing
C. H. Jaite Country Resid...	1904	1403 Hines Hill Road Boston Mills	Standing
Church of the Ascension E...	1904	Detroit & Nicholson Lakewood	Demolished
Frank Mares Residence	1904	1440 Cohassett Avenue Lakewood	Standing
Jay Curran Residence	1904	Clifton Boulevard Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for H. B. Towns...	1904	1351 Beach Street Lakewood	Standing
Albert Hart Residence	1905	8419 Lake Avenue moved to 1293 West 85th Street Cleveland	Standing
Apartment Building for D....	1905	West Madison Cleveland	Demolished
Apartment Building for P....	1905	Detroit Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Bolton Manor Apartments	1905	1779-81 East 89th Street Cleveland	Standing
Charles Polster Building	1905	7528 Harvard Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Cleveland & Sandusky Brew...	1905	Hamilton Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Detroit M. E. Church	1905	Detroit and Winchester Lakewood	Demolished
Henry Born Residence	1905	12902 Detroit Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Newburgh Heights Public H...	1905	Harvard and Independence Newburgh Heights	Standing
Salvation Army Rescue Hom...	1905	5905 Kinsman Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
Frederick Baird Residence	1906	2057Abington Road Cleveland	Demolished
Terrace	1906	10409-17 Westchester Avenue Cleveland	Demolished
J. W. Juenglin Residence	1906-7	14213 Detroit Avenue Lakewood	Demolished
Apartment building for In...	1907	Cleveland	Demolished
Concrete Terrace for M. F...	1907	West 115th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Inverness Apartment House	1907	1523 East Boulevard Cleveland	Demolished
Residence	1907	1508 East 106th Street Cleveland	Demolished
Residence for J. K. Webst...	1907	Thoreau Avenue Lakewood	Demolished
Residence for Louis Koehl	1907	1497 East 108th Street Cleveland	Standing
Store and apartment for D...	1907	Cleveland	Demolished
William Wooters Residence	1907-8	1241 Thoreau Avenue Lakewood	Standing
Residence for D. R. Davie...	1909	1567 East 108th Street Cleveland	Standing
St. Theodosius Russian Or...	1911	733 Starkweather Avenue Cleveland	Standing
Residence	1914	3090 Fairmount Cleveland Heights	Standing
West Steel Casting	1915	811 East 70th Street Cleveland	Demolished
J. Sullivan Residence Add...	1916	1947 East 105th Street Cleveland	Demolished
McGuire Residence	nd	16125 Clifton Boulevard Lakewood	Demolished

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Cleveland Public Library - Fine Arts Department Vertical File - The Critic

Obituary - Plain Dealer He passed away at his home 11200 Lake Avenue February 18, 1920

Ohio Architect and Builder January 1905 p54-98

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