Sidney Rose Badgley (May 28, 1850 – April 29, 1917) was a prominent start-of-the-20th-century Canadian-born

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. He was active throughout the

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and

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, with a significant body of work in

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Biography

Badgley was born in

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, and apprenticed in

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. He moved to

in 1887 and formed a partnership with

William H. Nicklas William H. Nicklas (1866–1960) was an Ohio architect who was best known for his church designs in partnership with Sidney Badgley. Nicklas was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio and graduated from Ohio Northern University. He first began his caree ...

in 1904 after Nicklas came to work for Badgley as a draftsman. The partnership was dissolved in 1913. He designed buildings in a variety of styles, including

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(Jones Home For Friendless Children),

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(Calvary Baptist Church), with its lantern-dome-crowned auditorium, and

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(Pilgrim Congregational Church). With Pilgrim Congregational Church, Badgley pioneered the inclusion of an institute for community use within a church building. Badgley's design was exhibited at the

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. Slocum Hall, on the campus of

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has been added to the

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. Badgley died at his home at Springbrook Farm in Willoughby in 1917 and is buried at Victoria Cemetery in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Selected works

* Welland Avenue Methodist (United) Church, St. Catharines, Ontario, 1877 * St. Catharines Public Library, St. Catharines, Ontario, n.d. * St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church,

Carleton Place, Ontario Carleton Place is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County, about west of downtown Ottawa. It is located at the crossroads of Ontario Highway 15, Highway 15 and Ontario Highway 7, Highway 7, halfway between the towns of Perth, Ontario ...

, 1887 * Henry Hammersley House, 1849 East 89th Street,

Cleveland, OH Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

, 1888 * St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, 473 Cumberland Street,

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

, 1888 * First Methodist Church, 123 West Church, Barnesville, 1888 * Frank Kitzsteiner Residence, 2075 Fairview Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1889 * Residence for James Kyser, 2179 East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH, 1889 * Residence for James Kyser, 2175 East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH, 1889 * Bolton Street Presbyterian Chapel, 2114 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1890 * Euclid Avenue Church of God, Cleveland, Ohio, 1890 * Grace M. E. Church, 2408 East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH, 1890 * George Mitchell Residence, 2168 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1890 * Residence for Will P. Todd, 2201 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1890 * United Missionary Baptist Church, 9312 Union Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1891 * Redeemer Missionary Baptist Church (Grace Protestant Episcopal Church), 9028 Harvard Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1891 * Superior Street Baptist Church, 2445-51 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1891 * Free Will Baptist Church, 8402 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1891 * St. Timothy Missionary Baptist Church, 7101 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1891 * Hough Avenue Baptist Church, 1650 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1891 * Centenary Methodist Church,

Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...

, 1891 * Fidelity Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1891 * St. Timothy Missionary Baptist Church (originally First United Presbyterian), Cleveland, Ohio, 1891 * Jennings Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, 2587 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1892 * First Presbyterian Church, 22 Church Street, Gouverneur, 1892 * Wade Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, 8520 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1892 * Lincoln Park Methodist Episcopal Church, Cleveland, OH, 1892 * Mt. Union Methodist Episcopal Church, 1849 South Union,

Alliance, OH Alliance is a city in eastern Stark County, Ohio, United States. With a small district lying in adjacent Mahoning County, the city is approximately northeast of Canton, southwest of Youngstown and southeast of Cleveland. The population was 21 ...

, 1893 * Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2592 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1893 * Cedar Avenue Baptist Church, 10302 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1893 * Willson United Methodist Church, 1561 East 55th, Cleveland, OH, 1893 * Baptist Church, 52 Church Street, Gouverneur, NY, 1893 * Scranton Road Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1893 * First Presbyterian Church, 300 Market Street,

Warren, OH Warren is a city in and the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. Located in northeastern Ohio, Warren lies approximately northwest of Youngstown and southeast of Cleveland. The population was 39,201 at the 2020 census. The his ...

, 1894 * Trinity Methodist Church, 9900 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1894 * Medina County Infirmary, 6144 Wedgewood Road,

Medina, OH Medina ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Medina County, Ohio, United States. The population was 26,094 at the 2020 Census. It lies about 33 miles (53 km) south of Cleveland and 23 miles (37 km) west of Akron within the Cleveland ...

, 1894 * First Methodist Episcopal Church, 60 West Main Street,

Norwalk, OH Norwalk is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Huron County. The population was 17,012 at the 2010 census. The city is the center of the Norwalk Micropolitan Statistical Area and part of the Cleveland-Akron-Canton Combined ...

, 1894 * Glenwood Methodist Episcopal Church,

Buffalo, NY Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from South ...

, 1894 * Pilgrim Congregational Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1894 * John Grant Residence, 2203 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH, 1895 * First Congregational Church, 431 Columbus Street,

Sandusky, OH Sandusky ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Erie County, Ohio, United States. Situated along the shores of Lake Erie in the northern part of the state, Sandusky is located roughly midway between Toledo ( west) and Cleveland ( east). Accor ...

, 1895 * First Congregational Church, 140 South Main Street, Wellington, OH, 1895 * Herman Foote Residence, 2335 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1895 * Giovanni Barricelli House, Cleveland, Ohio, 1896 * Factory for Taylor, Strong and Company, 8304 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1896 * Mott Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church,

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, 1896 * Methodist Episcopal Church, Foochow, China, 1896 * Central Methodist (United) Church, St. Thomas, Ontario, 1897 * St. Paul's AME Zion Church, 2393 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1899 * Niles Methodist Church, 1214 North Mechanic Street,

Niles, OH Niles is a city in southern Trumbull County, Ohio, United States, situated at the confluence of the Mahoning River and Mosquito Creek. The city's population was 18,443 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan a ...

, 1899 * First M.E. Church, 104 West Franklin, Troy, OH, 1899 * First M.E. Church, Austin, IL, 1899 * Ohio Wesleyan Medical School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1900 * Charles Elson Residence, 1762 Crawford Road, Cleveland, OH, 1900 * Residence for F. W. Robinson, 1733 East 60th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1900 * Commercial-Residential Building, Central and Bertram, Cleveland, OH, 1900 * Millburn Memorial M.E. Church, South Bend, IL, 1900 * First Congregational Church, 3232 Pearl Avenue,

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, 1900 * Gammon United Methodist Church (''currently the North American Motherhouse of Fraternite Notre Dame''),

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, 1900 original design by Badgley, rebuilt after fire to Badgley's original design again in 1909 * Kinsman Street Congregational Church, 5719 Kinsman, Cleveland, OH, 1901 * First M. E. Church, 1601 Charleston Avenue, Matoon, 1901 * Two family residence for Harry Morganthaler, 1510-2 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1901 * St. Pauls Methodist Episcopal Church, 933 West Colfax, South Bend, OH, 1901 * Mark Thomson Residence, 1680 East 85th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1901 * Jones Home for Friendless Children, Cleveland, Ohio, 1902 * St. Paul's Memorial United Methodist Church,

South Bend, Indiana South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan), St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 United S ...

, 1903 * Lakewood United Methodist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1904 * Cleveland Heights Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1904 * Central Methodist (United) Church,

Calgary, Alberta Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Canadian Prairies, Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,30 ...

, 1905 * St. John AME Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1908 * Grace Methodist Church,

Zanesville, Ohio Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. It is located east of Columbus and had a population of 24,765 as of the 2020 census, down from 25,487 as of the 2010 census. Historically the state capita ...

, 1909 * Fourth Reformed Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1909 * Trinity United Methodist Chursh,

Athens, Tennessee Athens is the county seat of McMinn County, Tennessee, United States and the principal city of the Athens Micropolitan Statistical Area has a population of 53,569. The city is located almost equidistantly between the major cities of Knoxville an ...

1910 * Fidelity Baptist Church, Cleveland, OH, 1911 * First Presbyterian Church,

Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had ...

, 1912 * Dominion Methodist Church, 687 Avenue Roslyn, Westmount, 1914 * First Methodist Episcopal Church, 501 Main Street,

Wellsville, Kansas Wellsville is a city in Franklin County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,953. History Wellsville was platted in 1870. The community was named after D.L. Wells, a railroad construction engineer. ...

, 1914 * First Presbyterian Church,

Howell, Michigan Howell is the largest city and county seat of Livingston County, Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 9,489. The city is mostly surrounded by Howell Township, but the two are administered autonomously. Howell is part o ...

, 1914–1915 * First United Methodist Church,

Shenandoah, Iowa Shenandoah is a city in Page and Fremont counties in Iowa, United States. The population was 4,925 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census. Once referred to as the "seed and nursery center of the world," Shenandoah is the home to Earl May Seed Compan ...

NRHP-listed U.S. works

Works by Badgley that are listed on the U.S.

, and likely preserved, include: *

Calvary Baptist Church Calvary ( la, Calvariae or ) or Golgotha ( grc-gre, Γολγοθᾶ, ''Golgothâ'') was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was said to have been crucified according to the canonical Gospels. Since at least the early mediev ...

, 747 Broad St. Providence RI Badgley,Sidney Rose * Deering Memorial United Methodist Church, 39 Main St. Paris ME Badgley and Nicklas * Highland Park Presbyterian Church, 14 Cortland St. Highland Park MI Badgley,Sidney Rose *Jones Home for Children, 3518 W. Twenty-fifth St. Cleveland OH Badgley,Sidney R. * Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2592 W. 14th St. Cleveland OH Badgley,Sidney R. *Slocum Hall, OWU Main Campus, Sandusky St. Delaware OH Badgley,S.R. * St. John's AME Church, 2261 E. 40th St. Cleveland OH Badgley & Nicklas * Woodward Ave. Presbyterian Church, 8501 Woodward Ave. Detroit MI Badgley,Sidney Rose *One or more properties in Austin Town Hall Park Historic District Roughly bounded by West Lake St., N. Central Ave., N. Parkside Ave., and West Race Ave. Chicago IL (Badgley, Sidney R.) *First Presbyterian Church, Howell, Michigan, (part of the Howell Downtown Historic District,) 323 West Grand River Avenue, Howell, MI

Notes

External links

Sources

*Tomlan, Mary Raddant and Michael A. ''Richmond, Indiana: Its Physical and Aesthetic Heritage to 1920'', Indianapolis:

Indiana Historical Society The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) is one of the United States' oldest and largest historical societies and describes itself as "Indiana's Storyteller". It is housed in the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center at 450 West Ohio Street ...

, 2003 *Loring,Ken and the 150th Anniversary Committee, First Presbyterian Church, Howell, Michigan, Our Heritage, 1838–1988, Howell, Michigan, 323 West Grand River, Howell, Michigan, Self-published by the Church, 198
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