Hubbell & Benes was a prominent Cleveland, Ohio architectural firm formed by Benjamin Hubbell (1857–1935) and W. Dominick Benes (1867–1953) in 1897 after the pair departed from Coburn, Barnum, Benes & Hubbell. Their work included commercial and residential buildings as well as telephone exchange buildings, the West Side Market and Cleveland Museum of Art. Before teaming up, they worked for Coburn and Barnum. Benes was Jeptha Wade’s personal architect and designed numerous public buildings, commercial buildings, and residences for him including the Wade Memorial Chapel.
Hubbell retired in 1927, but the firm continued and outlived both its original partners. In 1960, it was known as Hubbell, Benes & Hoff, with Benjamin Hubbell's son Benjamin S. Hubbell (1897–1988) the senior partner. Many of the firm's drawings are collected at the Western Reserve Historical Society. They designed the Plain Dealer building, also used by the Cleveland Public Library as well as the Ohio Bell Telephone Co. building, an important early Cleveland with modern architecture and Art Deco features. The firm was also known for its designs in Classical Revival architecture.
A number of their works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Works
Works include (with attribution):
Wade Memorial Chapel (1901) at 12316 Euclid Avenue in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, NRHP-listed Citizens Building (1903), now known as the City Club Building Cleveland School of Art (1905) at 1641 Magnolia Drive. Since demolished Mather College Gymnasium (1908) at 11120 Bellflower Road . Part of Flora Stone Mather College? West Side Market (1912), 1979 West 25th Street, Cleveland, (Hubbell & Benes), NRHP-listed as well as designs for neighboring structures that were never built Central YMCA (1912) 2200 Prospect Avenue, Cleveland, (Hubbell & Benes), NRHP-listed W.S. Tyler Office Building (1913) at 3601-5 Superior Avenue Original Illuminating Building (1915) at 75 Public Square, headquarters of the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company until 1958 when the business relocated to a new Illuminating Building nearby at 55 Public Square in 1958. Cleveland Museum of Art (1916) at 11150 East Boulevard Cultural buildings around the Wade Park Oval (1916) Cleveland Masonic Temple (1921), 3615 Euclid Ave., Cleveland (Hubbell and Benes), NRHP-listed Plain Dealer building (1922) that was also used by the Cleveland Public Library at Superior and East 6th. Since demolished Pearl Street Savings and Trust (1923) at 4175 Pearl and Broadview Phyllis Wheatley Association building (1927), 4450 Cedar Ave., Cleveland (Hubbell & Benes), NRHP-listed St. Luke's Hospital (Cleveland) (1927) at 11311 Shaker Boulevard Ohio Bell Telephone Co. building (1927) at 750 Huron Road, now known as the AT&T Huron Road Building University Circle (early plans) Shaker Heights High School and its auditorium, renovated in 2008. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 214 E. Second St. Port Clinton, OH (Coburn, Barnum, Benes & Hubbell), NRHP-listed One or more works in South Brooklyn Commercial District, roughly along Pearl and Broadview Rds. Cleveland, OH (Hubbell and Benes), NRHP-listed