Toledo Architectural Firms Over Time
Architectural firms change names over time as the named partners found new firms, join a firm, retire, or resign. These timelines provide reference for the changes present as Toledo-area firms evolved and changed over time. This information was found by referencing Toledo city directories. [Bracketed] dates indicate the last known year that we have found, as we are currently undergoing a project to create a reference document of all Toledo architectural firms to the present (which will be shared here when completed). All dates indicate years that the firm or architect was working, not birth or death dates of individuals. These dates are drawn from city directories where the individual or firm is specifically listed in the commercial section as an architect.
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- Mills and Wachter: 1892 - 1897
- George S. Mills
- Harry W. Wachter
- George S. Mills: 1898 - 1911
- Mills, Rhines, Bellman and Nordhoff: 1912 - 1943
- George S. Mills
- George V. Rhines
- Lawrence S. Bellman
- Charles M. Nordhoff
- Bellman, Gillett and Richards: 1944 - 1961
- Lawrence S. Bellman
- Gillett, John
- Richards, John N.
- Richards, Bauer and Moorhead: 1962 - 1977
- John N. Richards
- Orville H. Bauer
- Robert C. Moorehead
- Bauer, Stark and Lashbrook: 1978 - 1999
- Orville H. Bauer
- Stark
- Lashbrook
- Carl C. Britsch: 1924 - 1927
- Britsch & Munger: 1928 - 1955
- Carl C. Britsch
- Harold H. Munger
- Britsch, Macelwane & Associates: 1956 - 1964
- Alf G. Britsch
- Carl C. Britsch
- John P. Macelwane
- Britsch, Macelwane, Poseler & Lubeck: 1965 - [1969]
- Carl C. Britsch
- John P. Macelwane
- Frank E. Poseler
- Gunther H. B. Lubeck
- Alfred A. Hahn: 1919 - 1934
- Hahn & Hayes: 1935 - [1969]
- Alfred A. Hahn
- Alfred A. Hahn Jr.
- John J. Hayes
- John P. Hayes
- The Edward Thal Company: 1909 - 1912
- Edward Thal
- Thal and Aftel: 1913 - 1914
- Edward Thal
- Sidney E. Aftel
- Edward Thal: 1915 - 1917
- Thal & Bruyere: 1918
- Edward Thal
- Louis U. Bruyere
- Edward Thal: 1919 - 1920
- Thal & Jokel: 1921 - 1922
- Edward Thal
- Steve M. Jokel
- Steve M. Jokel: 1923 - 1924
- Jokel & Lange: 1925 - 1933
- Steve M. Jokel
- Frank P. Lange
- Steve M. Jokel: 1934
- Jokel, Coy & Thal: 1935 - 1942
- Stephen M. Jokel
- Horace M. Coy
- Nelson E. Thal
- Stephen M. Jokel: 1946 - 1956
- Horace M. Coy: 1946 - [1969]
- Nelson E. Thal: 1950 - [1969]
- Hohly & Thurstin: 1896 - 1899
- Otto H. Hohly
- Wilbur G. Thurstin
- Charles A. Langdon: 1897 - 1899
- Langdon & Hohly: 1900 - 1921
- Charles A. Langdon
- Otto H. Hohly
- Langdon & Hohly & Gram: 1922 - 1933
- Charles A. Langdon
- Otto H. Hohly
- Ralph S. Gram
- Langdon & Hohly: 1934
- Charles A. Langdon
- Otto H. Hohly
- Langdon, Hohly & Schuler: 1935 - 1938
- Charles A. Langdon
- Otto H. Hohly
- Howard J. Schuler
- Langdon & Hohly: 1939 - 1942
- Charles A. Langdon
- Otto H. Hohly
- Howard J. Schuler: 1940 - 1942
- Charles A. Langdon: 1943 - 1951
- George B. Rheinfrank: 1907 - 1924
- Rheinfrank-Forster Company: 1925 - 1926
- George B. Rheinfrank
- Alex Forster
- G. B. Rheinfrank Company: 1927
- George B. Rheinfrank
- G. B. Rheinfrank Company: 1928
- George B. Rheinfrank
- Harold B. Kaufman
- G. B. Rheinfrank Company: 1929 - 1934
- George B. Rheinfrank
- George B. Rheinfrank Company: 1935
- George B. Rheinfrank
- Raymond C. Reese
- George B. Rheinfrank: 1936 - 1942
- David W. Gibbs and Company: 1881 - 1887
- David W. Gibbs
- David L. Stine
- David L. Stine: 1888 - 1915
- David L. Stine & Son: 1916 - 1935
- David L. Stine
- Sidney L. Stine
- Sidney L. Stine: 1951
- Manfred M. Stophlet: 1909
- Stophlet & Stophlet: 1910 - 1931
- Manfred M. Stophlet
- Mark B. Stophlet
- Stophlet & Stophlet: 1932 - 1933
- Manfred M. Stophlet
- Robert T. Stophlet
- Stophlet & Stophlet: 1934 - 1941
- Manfred M. Stophlet
- Mark B. Stophlet
- Mark B. Stophlet: 1942 - 1948
- Harry W. Wachter: 1909 - 1913
- Wachter, Beelman & Schriber: 1914
- Harry W. Wachter
- Claud W. Beelman
- George F. Schriber
- Harry W. Wachter: 1915 - 1931
- Harry W. Wachter / Horace W. Wachter: 1932 - 1940
- Harry W. Wachter
- Horace W. Wachter
- Based on city directories, it does not appear that Harry and Horace Wachter shared a firm, but they did both work out of the same office.
- Horace W. Wachter: 1941 - 1959
- Horace W. Wachter & Associates: 1960 - 1966
- Horace W. Wachter
- Richard T. Wachter
- Horace W. Wachter: 1967 - [1969]
- Peter A. Welch: 1895 - 1896
- Tschumy & Welch: 1897 - 1898
- Louis H. Tschumy
- Peter A. Welch
- Peter A. Welch: 1899
- Tschumy & Company: 1899 - 1930
- Louis H. Tschumy
- William B. Hunt: 1903 - 1915
- William H. Kopitke: 1908 - 1909
- Hunt and Kopitke: 1916
- William B. Hunt
- William H. Kopitke
- Kopitke and Knigge: 1917
- William H. Kopitke
- Otto G. Knigge
- William B. Hunt: 1928 - 1929, 1931 - 1932, 1934 - 1937, 1940
- Rumbaugh and Bacon: 1873 - 1875
- Michael R. Rumbaugh
- Norval B. Bacon
- Michael R. Rumbaugh: 1875 - 1878
- Norval B. Bacon: 1875 - 1889
- Bacon and Huber: 1889 - 1911
- Norval B. Bacon
- Thomas F. Huber
- Huber and Gamble: 1912 - 1914
- Thomas F. Huber
- Charles M. Gamble
- Thomas F. Huber: 1915 - 1919
- Bates and Gamble: 1915 - 1926
- Frederick G. Bates
- Charles M. Gamble
- Charles M. Gamble: 1927 - 1956
- Karl H. Becker: 1924
- Becker and Becker: 1925 -1930
- The firm "Becker and Becker does not appear in city directories but Bernhard and Karl shared an office during this time period.
- Bernhard Becker
- Karl H. Becker
- Becker B and Son: 1931 - 1937
- Karl H. Becker
- Karl H. Becker: 1938 - 1942, 1946 - 1961