The Union Trust Bank operated the Rose Building for the Estate of Benjamin Rose. In the late 1920s it added an annex to the rear of the building and made a number of renovations, including a new lobby with an Italian rose motif in memory of the building's namesake.. As this ad notes, Rose's gamble paid off. In less than three decades, his "New Center" saw 32,000 automobiles pass daily, and streetcars deposited another 50,000 riders each day within one block of the Rose Building. | Date: March 27, 1929 | Source: Cleveland Plain DealerDownload Original File
