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, 1877St. Catharines Public Library, St. Catharines, Ontario, n.d.St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Carleton Place, Ontario, 1887Henry Hammersley House, 1849 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1888St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, 473 Cumberland Street, Ottawa, 1888First Methodist Church, 123 West Church, Barnesville, 1888Frank Kitzsteiner Residence, 2075 Fairview Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1889Residence for James Kyser, 2179 East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH, 1889Residence for James Kyser, 2175 East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH, 1889Bolton Street Presbyterian Chapel, 2114 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1890Euclid Avenue Church of God, Cleveland, Ohio, 1890Grace M. E. Church, 2408 East 83rd Street, Cleveland, OH, 1890George Mitchell Residence, 2168 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1890Residence for Will P. Todd, 2201 East 89th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1890United Missionary Baptist Church, 9312 Union Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1891Redeemer Missionary Baptist Church (Grace Protestant Episcopal Church), 9028 Harvard Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1891Superior Street Baptist Church, 2445-51 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1891Free Will Baptist Church, 8402 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1891St. Timothy Missionary Baptist Church, 7101 Carnegie Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1891Hough Avenue Baptist Church, 1650 East 65th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1891Centenary Methodist Church, Montreal, Quebec, 1891Fidelity Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1891St. Timothy Missionary Baptist Church (originally First United Presbyterian), Cleveland, Ohio, 1891Jennings Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, 2587 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1892First Presbyterian Church, 22 Church Street, Gouverneur, 1892Wade Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, 8520 Wade Park Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1892Lincoln Park Methodist Episcopal Church, Cleveland, OH, 1892Mt. Union Methodist Episcopal Church, 1849 South Union, Alliance, OH, 1893Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2592 West 14th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1893Cedar Avenue Baptist Church, 10302 Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1893Willson United Methodist Church, 1561 East 55th, Cleveland, OH, 1893Baptist Church, 52 Church Street, Gouverneur, NY, 1893Scranton Road Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1893First Presbyterian Church, 300 Market Street, Warren, OH, 1894Trinity Methodist Church, 9900 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1894Medina County Infirmary, 6144 Wedgewood Road, Medina, OH, 1894First Methodist Episcopal Church, 60 West Main Street, Norwalk, OH, 1894Glenwood Methodist Episcopal Church, Buffalo, NY, 1894Pilgrim Congregational Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1894John Grant Residence, 2203 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH, 1895First Congregational Church, 431 Columbus Street, Sandusky, OH, 1895First Congregational Church, 140 South Main Street, Wellington, OH, 1895Herman Foote Residence, 2335 East 79th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1895Giovanni Barricelli House, Cleveland, Ohio, 1896Factory for Taylor, Strong and Company, 8304 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, OH, 1896Mott Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, New York City, NY, 1896Methodist Episcopal Church, Foochow, China, 1896Central Methodist (United) Church, St. Thomas, Ontario, 1897St. Paul's AME Zion Church, 2393 East 55th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1899Niles Methodist Church, 1214 North Mechanic Street, Niles, OH, 1899First M.E. Church, 104 West Franklin, Troy, OH, 1899First M.E. Church, Austin, IL, 1899Ohio Wesleyan Medical School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1900Charles Elson Residence, 1762 Crawford Road, Cleveland, OH, 1900Residence for F. W. Robinson, 1733 East 60th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1900Commercial-Residential Building, Central and Bertram, Cleveland, OH, 1900Millburn Memorial M.E. Church, South Bend, IL, 1900First Congregational Church, 3232 Pearl Avenue, Lorain, Ohio, 1900Gammon 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 1909Kinsman Street Congregational Church, 5719 Kinsman, Cleveland, OH, 1901First M. E. Church, 1601 Charleston Avenue, Matoon, 1901Two family residence for Harry Morganthaler, 1510-2 East 84th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1901St. Pauls Methodist Episcopal Church, 933 West Colfax, South Bend, OH, 1901Mark Thomson Residence, 1680 East 85th Street, Cleveland, OH, 1901Jones Home for Friendless Children, Cleveland, Ohio, 1902St. Paul's Memorial United Methodist Church, South Bend, Indiana, 1903Lakewood United Methodist Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1904Cleveland Heights Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1904Central Methodist (United) Church, Calgary, Alberta, 1905St. John AME Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1908Grace Methodist Church, Zanesville, Ohio, 1909Fourth Reformed Church, Cleveland, Ohio, 1909Trinity United Methodist Chursh, Athens, Tennessee 1910Fidelity Baptist Church, Cleveland, OH, 1911First Presbyterian Church, Wichita, Kansas, 1912Dominion Methodist Church, 687 Avenue Roslyn, Westmount, 1914First Methodist Episcopal Church, 501 Main Street, Wellsville, Kansas, 1914First Presbyterian Church, Howell, Michigan, 1914–1915First United Methodist Church, Shenandoah, IowaWorks 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 RoseDeering Memorial United Methodist Church, 39 Main St. Paris ME Badgley and NicklasHighland Park Presbyterian Church, 14 Cortland St. Highland Park MI Badgley,Sidney RoseJones 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 & NicklasWoodward Ave. Presbyterian Church, 8501 Woodward Ave. Detroit MI Badgley,Sidney RoseOne 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
