The homes of Forest Hill are architecturally diverse, ranging from Andrew J. Thomas' French Norman "Rockefeller homes" to Toledo builder Donald J. Scholz's prefabricated California contemporary ranch homes and the Frank Lloyd Wright inspired designs of Cleveland architect Albert J. Sgro.  We have highlighted a few of Forest Hill's more interesting homes below.  If you are interested in the residential architecture of Northeast Ohio generally, please visit the Cleveland Restoration Society's architecture page.

	In the mid 1920s, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. engaged New York architect Andrew J. Thomas to plan an upscale residential development.  Thomas designed the Forest Hill homes in the French Norman style featuring steeply pitched slate or terracotta tile roofs, wavy-edged red cedar siding and brick kilned in a color pallet specially created for the development.  [Learn more about the original Rockefeller homes on our History page.]
	In 1934 the Arcy Corporation built five steel frame homes on the south side of Monticello Boulevard.  Although these homes have a traditional brick façade, Arcy completely replaced the usual wooden frame with steel. [Learn more about the Arcy homes.]
	On September 8, 1937, George W. Mason, president of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation of Detroit, presided over the opening ceremonies of two "Kelvin Homes", the first homes built in Cleveland with central air conditioning.  [Learn more about the Kelvin homes.]
	In 1946 Donald J. Scholz founded Scholz Homes in Toledo, Ohio and began designing and building houses to help meet the burgeoning demand created by the legions of returning GIs.  Although not a formally trained architect or even an engineer, Scholz was influenced by the modernism of architects like Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright. [Learn more about the Sholz ranch homes.]