Complex sentence: The residence in Bexley, Ohio was commissioned by Malcolm Jeffrey, the son of J. A. Jeffrey, founder of Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, to Robert Gilmore Hanford, a Columbus-based architect.
Split into simpler sentences: The residence in Bexley, Ohio was commissioned by Malcolm Jeffrey, the son of J. A. Jeffrey, initiator of Jeffrey Manufacturing Company. It was designed by Robert Gilmore Hanford, a Columbus-based architect.