This advertisement from the Plain Dealer shows that George A. Davis's men's furnishings store occupied the Franklin Buildings by 1848. The Franklin Buildings stood on the northwest corner of Superior and Water Streets from 1835 to 1891, when the block was demolished to build the Western Reserve Building. Davis bought the block in 1851 from Orson M. Oviatt. | Date: September 30, 1848 | Source: Cleveland Public Library Historic NewspapersDownload Original File
