| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Walker and Weeks |
| Title: | Walker and Weeks Photographs |
| Dates: | 1920-1950 |
| Extent: | 1.40 linear feet (4 containers) |
| Abstract: | Walker and Weeks was the foremost architectural firm in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1920s. The firm specialized in bank buildings, religious structures in classical revival styles, and major commercial and public buildings. The collection consists of photographs and negatives of the buildings, arches, memorials, and proposed plans designed by the Cleveland, Ohio architectural firm of Walker and Weeks. Buildings and structures depicted include Cuyahoga County Hospital; Allen Memorial Library; the American Legion statue; the Burton Memorial; Broadway Savings and Trust Co.; Cleveland Board of Education; Case Observatory; Citizens Savings and Trust Co.; Cleveland Discount Co.; Cleveland Heights High School; Cleveland Post Office; several branches of the Cleveland Public Library; the Cleveland Mall plan; Collinwood Neighborhood Center; Columbus Memorial Lighthouse competition; Commerce National Bank of Toledo, Ohio; proposed plans of Fairmount Presbyterian Church; First Church of Christ Scientist; Foster Mausoleum; Garfield Bank; Gates Mills Town Hall; Cleveland Museum of Art; Guaranty Savings and Loan Co.; Guardian Bank Building; Hanna family headstones; Harrison County, W. Va. Courthouse; Hathaway Brown School; Hattonchata Arch, Hatlonchatel, Belgium; Lincoln Memorial in Cleveland; Lorain County Savings and Trust Co.; Merchants Bank; Metcalf family headstones; Midland Bank; Montfaucon Clock Tower, Montfaucon, Belgium; Mount Union College; Oberlin College swimming pool; Ohio Wesleyan College; Public Auditorium; Street Light Standard; Severance Hall; United Banking and Trust Co.; Central National Bank; Providence Memorial, Providence, Rhode Island; University Circle; University School; Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia; and various unidentified photographs and negatives. |
| PG Number | PG 109 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
Historical sketch courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
Walker and Weeks was the foremost architectural firm of the 1920s in Cleveland, Ohio. It was was founded by Frank R. Walker (1877-1949) and Harry E. Weeks (1871-1935). Both were Massachusetts natives and arrived in Cleveland at the suggestion of John M. Carrere, a member of the Cleveland Group Plan Commission. Both men joined the firm of J. Milton Dyer before establishing their own practice in 1911.
Walker & Weeks were known as specialists in bank buildings, completing sixty throughout Ohio. In Cleveland, however, they were better known for their design of major commercial, public, and religious structures in classical revival styles. A partial list of their major projects includes the Bingham Co. Warehouse (1915); the Guardian (National City Bank) Building renovation (1915); Public Auditorium (1922); the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (1923); the Cleveland Public Library (1925); the United Banking and Trust Coompany at West 25th and Lorain (1926); Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church, with architect Bertram Goodhue (1928); First Baptist Church in Shaker Heights (1929); St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights (1929); Pearl Street Savings and Trust at West 25th and Clark (1929); and the Cleveland Municipal Stadium with the Osborn Engineering Company (1931). From 1926 on, the firm occupied a building of their own design at 2341 Carnegie Avenue. After Walker's death, the firm, headed by Howard F. Horn and Frank E. Rhinehart, briefly continued under its original name. Horn & Rhinehart then became the successor firm ca. 1953.
The Walker and Weeks Photographs, ca. 1920-1950, consist of photographs and negatives of the buildings, arches, memorials, and proposed plans designed by the Cleveland, Ohio architectural firm of Walker and Weeks. Buildings and structures depicted include Cuyahoga County Hospital; Allen Memorial Library; the American Legion statue; the Burton Memorial; Broadway Savings and Trust Co.; Cleveland Board of Education; Case Observatory; Citizens Savings and Trust Co.; Cleveland Discount Co.; Cleveland Heights High School; Cleveland Post Office; several branches of the Cleveland Public Library; the Cleveland Mall plan; Collinwood Neighborhood Center; Columbus Memorial Lighthouse competition; Commerce National Bank of Toledo, Ohio; proposed plans of Fairmount Presbyterian Church; First Church of Christ Scientist; Foster Mausoleum; Garfield Bank; Gates Mills Town Hall; Cleveland Museum of Art; Guaranty Savings and Loan Co.; Guardian Bank Building; Hanna family headstones; Harrison County, W. Va. Courthouse; Hathaway Brown School; Hattonchata Arch, Hatlonchatel, Belgium; Lincoln Memorial in Cleveland; Lorain County Savings and Trust Co.; Merchants Bank; Metcalf family headstones; Midland Bank; Montfaucon Clock Tower, Montfaucon, Belgium; Mount Union College; Oberlin College swimming pool; Ohio Wesleyan College; Public Auditorium; Street Light Standard; Severance Hall; United Banking and Trust Co.; Central National Bank; Providence Memorial, Providence, Rhode Island; University Circle; University School; Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia; and various unidentified photographs and negatives. The collection includes approximately 500 black and white photographs measuring 10 x 13 inches and smaller.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of commercial, public, and religious architecture in Cleveland and northeast Ohio in the first half of the twentieth century, particularly the structures designed by Walker and Weeks.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 109 Walker and Weeks Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Walker and Weeks Photographs ca. 1920-1950 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Allen Memorial Library, exterior views dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Allen Memorial Library, interior views dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | American Legion Statue dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Burton Memorial dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Broadway Savings and Trust Company Building dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Cleveland Board of Education Building, interior and exterior views dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Case Observatory dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Citizens Savings and Trust Company Building, interior and exterior views dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Citizens Savings and Trust Company Building, proposed plan dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Cleveland Discount Company Building dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Cleveland Heights High School dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Cleveland Post Office dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Cleveland Public Library, various branches dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Cleveland Mall Plan dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Collinwood Neighborhood Center dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Columbus Memorial Lighthouse Competition dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Commerce National Bank Building, Toledo dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Fairmount Presbyterian Church, proposed plans dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | First Church of Christ Scientist dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Foster Mausoleum dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Garfield Bank dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Gates Mills Town Hall dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Cleveland Museum of Art dates vary | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Guaranty Savings and Loan Company Building dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Guardian Bank Building dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Guardian Bank, multiple branches dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Hanna family headstones dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Harrison County Courthouse, Clarksburg, West Virginia dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 6-8 | Hathaway Brown School dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Hattonchate Arch, Hatlonchatel, Belgium dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Lincoln Memorial, Cleveland, Ohio dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Lorain County Savings and Trust Company dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Merchants Bank dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | Metcalf family headstones dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Midland Bank dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 15 | Montfaucon Clock Tower, Montfaucon, Belgium dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 16 | Mount Union College dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 17 | Oberlin College Swimming Pool dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 18 | Ohio Wesleyan College dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 19 | Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 20 | Street Light Standard dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 21 | Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio dates vary | |||||||||
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| 3 | 1 | United Banking and Trust Company and Central National Bank dates vary | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | Providence Memorial, Providence, Rhode Island dates vary | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | University Circle, Cleveland, Ohio dates vary | |||||||||
| 3 | 4-9 | University School, Ohio dates vary | |||||||||
| 3 | 10-11 | Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia dates vary | |||||||||
| 3 | 12 | Unidentified photographs dates vary | |||||||||
| 3 | 13 | Identified negatives dates vary | |||||||||
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| 4 | Cuyahoga County Hospital, interior and exterior views dates vary | ||||||||||