| Manuscript Collection | Save | 2 | Title: | Joseph Ceruti Papers
| | | Creator: | Ceruti, Joseph | | | Dates: | 1923-1993 | | | Abstract: | Joseph Ceruti (1912-1993) was a prominent architect and member of the Italian-American community in Cleveland. He graduated from East Technical High School in 1929, and earned a degree in architecture at Western Reserve University in 1934. After working for Warner & Swasey during World War II, he went into private practice in 1947. Some of his clients included Case Institute of Technology (later Case Western Reserve University), Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA), Fenn College (later Cleveland State University), Cleveland Public Library, the Cleveland Board of Education (Adlai Stevenson School), Warner & Swasey, and Motch & Merryweather. He was active in the American Institute of Architects, and was a member of many organizations including the board of directors of Alta Social Settlement House and the Fine Arts Advisory Committee of the City of Cleveland. The collection consists of architectural drawings and specifications, clippings, contracts, correspondence, general office files, photographs, and slides. | | | Call #: | MS 5391 | | | Extent: | 186.01 linear feet (77 containers, 456 rolled architectural drawings, and 1 oversize folder) | | | Subjects: | Architects -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Italian Americans -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History. | Warner & Swasey. | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buildings -- Designs and plans.
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Photograph Collection | Save | 5 | Title: | Historic American Buildings Survey, Cleveland, Ohio, Photographs
| | | Creator: | Linsey, Martin | | | Dates: | 1965 | | | Abstract: | The Historic American Buildings Survey, Cleveland, Ohio, Photographs, 1965, consist of 45 photographs taken as part of a joint program of the Western Reserve Historical Society and the Historic American Buildings Survey. The photographer for the project was Martin Linsey. The buildings depicted are the Cleveland Arcade; Elwell House, Willoughby, Ohio; the Garfield Monument, Lake View Cemetery; the Old Federal Building; Old Stone Church; Peerless Motor Car Company Building; Pomeroy House, Strongsville, Ohio; the Rockefeller Building; St. John's Episcopal Church; St. Michael's Catholic Church; Society National Bank Building; Tremaine-Gallagher-Watts House; Trinity Cathedral; Wade Park Avenue Bridge; and the Society National Bank Building. The corresponding text for these photographs is located in a book entitled The Architecture of Cleveland : twelve buildings, 1836-1912. | | | Call #: | PG 033 | | | Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) | | | Subjects: | Architecture -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Buildings -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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