Cleveland Masterworks: The Steamship William G. Mather is an icon on Cleveland's shoreline—with a marvelous history on the Great Lakes from 1925 to 1980.
Cleveland Masterworks: John Eisenmann was a prolific architect, designing dozens of Cleveland buildings in the late 1800s. But perhaps what he is best known for is the Arcade on Euclid Avenue.
Zenas King first came to Cleveland to become a building contractor. He went on to construct three innovative bridges and create the country's largest manufacturer of highway bridges.
Cleveland Masterworks: Charles Platt was an accomplished artist before he launched into architecture to design some of Cleveland's historic buildings—which still stand today in Playhouse Square.
Cleveland Masterworks: Joseph Carabelli settled in Little Italy as a stone cutter and quickly built his reputation on works like the Wade Memorial Chapel in Lake View Cemetery.
Cleveland Masterworks: Excited newspaper reporters said the Superior Viaduct would last for 1,000 years when it was completed in 1878. But a major design flaw limited its life to only 40 years before the Detroit Superior bridge replaced it.
Masterworks: The former St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East 40th Street is one of the lasting mementos of Millionaire's Row.
Cleveland Masterworks: After designing the planned community of Shaker Heights, the Van Sweringen brothers move on to planning a new rail terminal—today known as the Terminal Tower.
Cleveland Masterworks: Architect George B. Post and artist Francis D. Millet are responsible for some of Cleveland's most beautiful treasures crafted at the turn of the 20th Century.
Cleveland Masterworks: In the early 1900s Benjamin Hubbell and W. Dominick Benes designed some of of Cleveland's most beloved landmarks that are still in use today.
Cleveland Masterworks: Arnold Brunner spent most of his life in New York, but made a mark in Cleveland as a collaborator on the 1903 Group Plan and design of the U.S. Courthouse.
Cleveland Masterworks: Daniel H. Burnham and John Wellborn Root—pioneers in steel framing construction—designed three of Cleveland's tallest buildings, for the times, in the 1890s.
Cleveland Masterworks: Frank Walker and Henry Weeks designed more than 600 buildings, including some of Cleveland's most recognizable structures—from Severance Hall to the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge.
Cleveland Masterworks: J. Milton Dyer was a versatile architect—designing industrial buildings and social clubs, while also designing summer homes for Cleveland's early elite crowd.
Cleveland Masterworks: From Civil War soldier to designing the Soldiers and Sailors monument and Central High School, to his home on a bluff overlooking the city, Levi Scofield was a man of many talents.
Cleveland Masterworks: Frank Lloyd Wright may be known for his designs for Falling Water, New York's Guggenheim, and Tokyo's Imperial Hotel, but the 11 Usonian homes he designed in Ohio—most notably the Penfield House—set the stage for Tom Matowitz's behind-the-scenes look at Wright's life.
A strong contender for Cleveland's greatest architect is Frank B. Meade, renowned for his mastery of the Tudor style. Known for designing the Hermit Club and the Drury mansion, Meade and partner Montgomery Hamilton designed more than 800 unique homes in the Cleveland area.