This 1954 photo of the northwest corner of the Lorain-Fulton intersection reveals early signs of deterioration in the businesses and buildings located there. The building on the far left at 3620-26 Lorain, designed in 1888 by the Cleveland architectural firm of Cramer and Fugman for merchant tailors Fred Walker and Henry Roegge, has a worn projecting sign, empty display windows and a torn awning. The building to the right of it at 1998 Fulton has severe damage to the cladding which had been added to its exterior facade. To the right of these two buildings is the Lorain Street Savings Bank building, the only one of the three buildings which is still standing today. | Source: Cleveland Public Library, Photograph CollectionDownload Original File
