18 Facts About Levi Scofield

Levi Tucker Scofield was a prominent architect and sculptor from Cleveland, Ohio.

Levi Scofield served as a captain in the 103rd OVI in the American Civil War and designed many public buildings and several monuments during his career.

Levi Scofield was a third generation Cleveland resident and the Schofield Building, which he designed, is named after him.

In 1856, Levi Scofield's father built the Levi Scofield Block on Erie Street out of which his mother ran a boardinghouse on the second and third floors.

Levi Scofield attended Cleveland Public Schools and trained as a builder and architect, working under his father.

In 1861, at the age of 19, Levi Scofield briefly joined Battery D of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery under the command of Colonel James Barnett, mustering out only a month later.

Levi Scofield published a book in 1909 detailing his experiences during The Battle of Franklin.

Levi Scofield's firm designed five Cleveland Public Schools between 1869 and 1883.

Levi Scofield was part of a commission established to construct a memorial to those from Cuyahoga County who served in the Civil War.

Levi Scofield served as both chief architect as well as sculptor for what would become the Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument.

Levi Scofield designed a well-known statue called These Are My Jewels which is a Civil War monument currently on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse It was initially exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

In 1901, Levi Scofield began construction of the Schofield Building, a 14-story structure that would serve as the headquarters of his architectural firm.

Levi Scofield was arrested on September 16,1901, for violating local building codes which lead to the unsafe conditions that caused O'Neal's injury.

Elizabeth Levi Scofield died in 1914 and was interred at Lake View Cemetery in a mausoleum designed by her husband.

Three years later, in 1917, Levi Scofield died at his home.

The Scofield mausoleum was used as a temporary resting place for assassinated president James A Garfield in 1881 while the construction of his memorial was undertaken nearby.

Levi Scofield was the first Cleveland architect taken into membership in the American Institute of Architects.

Levi Scofield was known to be a friend and golfing partner of John D Rockefeller.