Sidney Rose Badgley (May 28, 1850 – April 29, 1917) was a prominent start-of-the-20th-century Canadian-born architect. He was active throughout the United States and Canada, with a significant body of work in Cleveland.
Badgley was born in Ernestown Township, Ontario, Canada, and apprenticed in Toronto. He moved to Cleveland in 1887 and formed a partnership with William H. Nicklas 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 Georgian Revival (Jones Home For Friendless Children), Gothic Revival (Calvary Baptist Church), with its lantern-dome-crowned auditorium, and Romanesque Revival (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 Paris 1900 Exposition. Slocum Hall, on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Badgley died at his home at Springbrook Farm in Willoughby in 1917 and is buried as Victoria Cemetery in St. Catharines, Ontario.
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, 1887
Henry Hammersley House, 1849 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1888
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, 473 Cumberland Street, Ottawa, 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, 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, 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, 1894
Trinity Methodist Church, 9900 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1894
Medina County Infirmary, 6144 Wedgewood Road, Medina, OH, 1894
First Methodist Episcopal Church, 60 West Main Street, Norwalk, OH, 1894
Glenwood Methodist Episcopal Church, Buffalo, NY, 1894
Pilgrim Congregational Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1894
John Grant Residence, 2203 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH, 1895
First Congregational Church, 431 Columbus Street, Sandusky, OH, 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, New York City, NY, 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, 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, Lorain, Ohio, 1900
Gammon United Methodist Church (currently the North American Motherhouse of Fraternite Notre Dame), Chicago, Illinois, 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, 1903
Lakewood United Methodist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1904
Cleveland Heights Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1904
Central Methodist (United) Church, Calgary, Alberta, 1905
St. John AME Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1908
Grace Methodist Church, Zanesville, Ohio, 1909
Fourth Reformed Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1909
Trinity United Methodist Chursh, Athens, Tennessee 1910
Fidelity Baptist Church, Cleveland, OH, 1911
First Presbyterian Church, Wichita, Kansas, 1912
Dominion Methodist Church, 687 Avenue Roslyn, Westmount, 1914
First Methodist Episcopal Church, 501 Main Street, Wellsville, Kansas, 1914
First Presbyterian Church, Howell, Michigan, 1914–1915
First United Methodist Church, Shenandoah, Iowa
Works by Badgley that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and likely preserved, include:
Calvary Baptist Church, 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
