This photograph of the John Hartness Brown Building, which appeared in a May 10, 1903 edition of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, was taken approximately 19 months after site excavation and initial construction was begun in late 1901. Another seven years would pass before even a portion of the exterior facade of the building was completed. The building itself was never entirely completed as designed, because iin 1912, its easternmost section was reconstructed in accordance with a new design by the architectural firm of Walker and Weeks, and in 1917, its westernmost section was reconstructed in accordance with a new design by the architectural firm of George B. Post and Sons. | Source: Cleveland Public Library, Historic Newspaper CollectionDownload Original File
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