Description: Taken by photographer Ihna Thayer Frary in 1922, this photograph shows the David Thompson house, published in "American Architecture," in Chagrin Falls Township, Ohio. The Doric columns supporting the pediment-like overhang of the front porch reflects the Classical Revival architectural style which utilizes architectural elements of ancient Greece and Rome, in this case Greco-Roman temple architecture. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P_112_B54A_1380_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Western Reserve; Houses; Domestic architecture; Classical Revival (European revival style)
Places: Chagrin Falls (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by photographer Ihna Thayer Frary in 1921, this photograph shows the Bentley-Kent house in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. This house is an example of the Classical Revival architectural style which was popular throughout the Midwest due to Thomas Jefferson's passion for Roman architecture and culture. The large Doric columns supporting the pedimental awning over the porch, resting on top of a high basement, are a typical architectural feature for a Classical Revival home, resembling that of a Greco-Roman temple. This house sits on a deep basement in order to adapt to its landscape. The house is included in Frary's book "Early Homes of Ohio" and was also published in "American Architecture" according to a note on the back. Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P_112_B54A_1125_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Western Reserve; Houses; Domestic architecture; Classical Revival (European revival style)
Places: Chagrin Falls (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a man building a model of a Cape Cod style house. Cape Cod is a style of domestic architecture characterized by a small, single-level home with a large central chimney, a high-pitch roof, and simple or plain exterior decoration. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F03_20_001
Subjects: Cape Cod Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Models; Architecture, Domestic; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Ohio
 

Description: Taken by photographer Ihna Thayer Frary in 1935, this photograph shows Tallmadge Church, also referred to as the First Congregational Church, in Summit County, Ohio. The church's construction, led by architect Lemuel Porter, was completed in 1825, and features a two-story portico and a one hundred foot-high steeple with a weathervane. The church is an example of Federal-style architecture with its roots in New England, a reminder of northeastern Ohio's New England heritage. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P112_B54B_4080_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Western Reserve; Architecture; Churches; First Congregational Church (Tallmadge, Ohio)
Places: Tallmadge (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by Ihna Thayer Frary in 1935, this photograph shows a two-story house in East Claridon, Ohio, in Geauga County. The house is exemplary of the Classical Revival architectural style, as seen with the four engaged Ionic columns on the house's front facade. These columns are purely decorative, resembling ancient Greek temple architecture, and provide the illusion that they support the pediment above, which is trimmed with dental work. Two Ionic columns also frame the front entrance way. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P112_B54B_4090_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Domestic architecture; Western Reserve; Houses; Classical Revival (European revival style)
Places: East Claridon (Ohio); Geauga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by photographer Ihna Thayer Frary in 1922, this photograph shows the Kennedy house on Solon Road in Aurora, Ohio. In his book "Early Homes of Ohio," Frary notes that the doorway of the Kennedy house is exemplary of the late Greek Revival style in Ohio's domestic architecture. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P_112_B54A_1372_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Western Reserve; Houses; Domestic architecture; Classical Revival (European revival style)
Places: Aurora (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Taken by photographer Ihna Thayer Frary in 1934, this photograph shows the front entrance to the Trumbull Cary house in Batavia, New York. Built in 1817, this house was home to Trumbull Cary, founder of the Bank of Genesee, a New York senator, and Batavia's first treasurer. Trumbull lived in the home with his wife Margaret and son Walter. The mansion was demolished in 1964. The Cary mansion was a prime example of Greek Revival style architecture. Two fluted, Ionic columns frame each side of the door with an elaborate semicircular window above. Four squares with floral motifs sit above each column, and the Great Seal of the United States sits in the center, above the door. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P112_B54B_3688_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Domestic architecture; Doors & doorways; Classical Revival (European revival style)
Places: Batavia (New York)
 

Description: Taken by photographer Ihna Thayer Frary in 1934, this photograph shows the front of the Trumbull Cary house in Batavia, New York. Built in 1817, this house was home to Trumbull Cary, founder of the Bank of Genesee, a New York senator, and Batavia's first treasurer. Trumbull lived in the home with his wife Margaret and son Walter. The mansion was demolished in 1964. The Cary mansion is a prime example of Greek Revival style architecture. To either side of the house's facade are Ionic columns supporting a porch above. Dental patterns decorate the cornices supporting the porches. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P112_B54B_3689_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Domestic architecture; Houses; Classical Revival (European revival style)
Places: Batavia (New York)
 

Description: Although the exact location is unknown, this house in Ohio is an example of the Federal architecture style. Federal architecture was prevalent in the United States between 1780-1830 and derived its name from the era known as the Federal Period. The style was developed from Georgian architecture that was common in the colonies before this time. Some characteristics of the Federal style include an emphasis on symmetry with a centered front door, a hipped roof with tall chimneys at both ends, columns around the doorway, and narrow six-pane sash windows. The front porch with wrought-iron decoration is not consistent with the Federal style and is a more common aspect of French Colonial architecture. More information needed View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F06_009_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works., Domestic--United States
Places: Ohio
 

Description: This photograph taken by photographer Ihna Thayer Frary in 1922 shows the doorway of the Kennedy house on Solon Road in Aurora, Ohio. In his book "Early Homes of Ohio," Frary notes that the doorway of the Kennedy house is exemplary of the late Greek Revival style in Ohio's domestic architecture. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P_112_B54A_1373_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Western Reserve; Houses; Domestic architecture; Classical Revival (European revival style)
Places: Aurora (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows an exhibit at Western Reserve Historical Society in July 1944 which displays photographs, drawings, and architecture publications that Ihna Thayer Frary used as sources for his 1936 book "Early Homes in Ohio." Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873, Ihna Thayer Frary was a prominent American art and architecture scholar, whose primary interest was the architectural heritage of the region of northeastern Ohio known as the Western Reserve. In addition to serving as publicity and membership secretary of the Cleveland Museum of Art, he was a professor of Ohio and American architecture at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University’s School of Architecture. Over the course of his career, Frary was a design consultant for private clients and designed furniture, and was an active member of several prominent arts councils in the Cleveland area. In 1963, Frary and his two sons donated his entire photographic collection to the Ohio Historical Society (now the Ohio History Connection). The Ihna Thayer Frary Collection consists of 4,000 5 x 7 photographs of private residences, churches, taverns, and public buildings, as well as select rural buildings, bridges, archaeological sites, and public monuments. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P112_B54B_4777_01
Subjects: Frary, I. T. (Ihna Thayer); Photography--Ohio; Western Reserve; Architecture; Museum exhibits
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Eight photographs document the Donald Gray Memorial Gardens in Cleveland, Ohio. Gray designed the Horticultural Gardens for the Great Lakes Exposition of 1936-1937. The gardens remained north of the Cleveland Municipal Stadium after the exposition and were named for Gray after his death. The garden did not survive the demolition of Memorial Stadium and the rebuilding of the Cleveland Browns Stadium in 1997. Donald A. Gray (1891-1939), landscape architect and designer, was born in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, the son of Charles G. and Rose (Williams) Gray. He graduated from Bucknell University in Pennsylvania and attended Harvard University, afterwards working briefly with Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., in the Olmsted Brothers firm in Brookline, Massachusetts, the premier landscape architect firm in America. Gray came to Cleveland in 1920, establishing a practice in landscape architecture and designing many private gardens and estates in Cleveland, the Heights, and outlying suburbs. In 1925 he traveled to England, studying the gardens of great houses there. He designed the landscaping for the development of Fairhill Road houses in 1931, making his own home there for several years. He designed the landscape for Forest Hill Park and some of the designs for the Cleveland Cultural Gardens in Rockefeller Park. Dedicated to "making a beautiful city of Cleveland," Gray worked on developing the Cleveland Garden Center with Mrs. William Gwinn Mather and Mrs. Charles. A. Otis. On 11 Jan. 1928, Gray married Florence Ball. They had 1 daughter, Virginia. Gray died in Cleveland and was buried in Highland Park Cemetery. The photographs were taken by Ihna Thayer Frary. The Ihna Thayer Frary Audiovisual Collection was given to the Ohio Historical Society by Mr. Frary in two sections. One was in March of 1963 and the remainder in May of 1965 by his sons, Dr. Spencer G. and Allen T. Frary following their father's death. I.T. Frary (1873-1965) was the publicity and membership secretary for the Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. He taught for many years at the Cleveland Institute of Art and Western Reserve University's School of Architecture. He did much research of Ohio and American architecture and was the author of seven major works and numerous scholarly articles on architectural and art history. One of his major works was Early Homes of Ohio published in 1936. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3347_4834646_001
Subjects: Plants and Animals; Architecture; Stadiums; Gardens; Boats
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)