Ninety years after their deaths, much of the legacy of brothers Oris Paxton and Mantis James Van Sweringen remains obvious. The brothers are known in Cleveland history for their real estate developments, including Shaker Heights, Shaker Square, the Rapid Transit, and the Terminal Tower complex.
The Greenbrier Suite Green Room, styled by designer Dorothy Draper, with painted wallpaper.
Shaker Heights, the Hotel Cleveland, and the Terminal Tower are impossible to miss among their accomplishments. Far less well-known, however, is the Greenbrier Suite, which occupies several floors in the Terminal Tower.
Rarely seen by the public, the space was designed by renowned Cleveland architect Phillip Small and originally served as a downtown residence for the Van Sweringen brothers, who maintained their business offices on the Terminal Tower’s 36th floor…