Thomas Franklin Schneider (born 1859 in Washington, D.C. — d. 1938) was an American architect who designed about 2,000 houses in the capital city area.
Among his important buildings are the Cairo Apartment Building, The Forest Inn, the Rochambeau, the Stoneleigh Court, the Ethelhurst, and his own private home, the Schneider House.
Schneider's parents were printers who moved from Germany to Washington, D.C., in 1830. After high school, Schneider worked for the architectural firm of Adolf Cluss and Schultze. While there, he worked on the construction of the Arts and Industries Building. He opened his own firm at age 24 and by 30 had designed The Cairo and The Forest Inn.
Schneider also created the city's first bus company.
Buildings by Schneider Name Address(Washington, DC, unless noted) Date Built for Current use Image12 Logan Circle12 Logan Circle, NW1527 New Hampshire Avenuehttp://ipsonet.org/web/page/380/sectionid/373/pagelevel /2/interior.asp 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW 1889Benjamin West BlanchardAmerican Political Science Association headquarters, Pi Sigma Alpha headquarters, and Phi Beta Delta Society Executive Office900 block of T Street, NW 900 block of Westminster Street, NW1893 The Albemarle1830 17th Street, NW1900W. Taylor Birch House3099 Q Street, NW1890Cairo Apartment Building1615 Q Street NW1894CondominiumAlfred S. Gillett House1614 20th Street NW1893Alfred Gillett, insurance magnateHome of the Association of American Law SchoolsInn at Forest Glen 9610 Dewitt Drive, Silver Spring, MD 1887 Forest Glen Improvement Company Condominium/Apartments The Iowa1325 13th Street, NW1901CondominiumMoses House2129 Wyoming Avenue, NW1893businessman W.H. Moses Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia in Washington, D.C.Panama LegationIntersection of New Hampshire Avenue, 18th Street, and Q Street, NWDemolishedSchneider Mansion 18th & Q Streets, NW 1891 Own use Demolished 1958 Schneider Row Houses1700 block of Q Street, NW1889-92SelfSchneider TriangleBounded by Washington Circle, New Hampshire Ave. NW, K, 22nd, and L Sts. NW1889John W. PaineJohn Paine Mansion (AKA The Castle)49 2nd Street, Troy NY1894John PainePaine Castle Inc. Not for Profit The Ethelhurst1012 15th Street NW1903The Architect Hotel
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