Background
Antonio Dinardo was born in 1887 in Pennapiedimonte, Abruzzi, Italy.
Antonio Dinardo was born in 1887 in Pennapiedimonte, Abruzzi, Italy.
After coming to America, DiNardo attended the University of Pennsylvania and the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in Philadelphia. He then studied in Europe.
DiNardo came to Cleveland in 1921, becoming a designer in the office of HUBBELL & BENES; among other buildings, he designed their Pearl St. Bank. Philadelphia to acquire practical training in offices in that city.
In 1921 Mr. diNardo accepted an invitation to teach Design at the Carney Institute of Technology at Cleveland, afterward became an Instructor in Architecture at the Western Reserve University, and later established private practice in Cleveland. His own work included St. Augustine Academy in LAKEWOOD, St. Margaret of Hungary Church, portions of the McGregor Home for the Aged, and St. Augustine Church in Barberton. He planned a number of private residences, one for Robt. Black in Mansfield among the most notable. In 1936, DiNardo designed the Transportation Bldg. for the GREAT LAKES EXPOSITION. Also an artist in both oil and watercolor painting
His wife, Alida, whom DiNardo married on 15 Sept. 1918, preserved many of his architectural drawings. The couple had no children.