In 1915, businessmen with stores on or near the intersection of Lorain and Fulton formed a corporation to advance their mutual business interests in this area of the west side. The incorporators included representatives of families who operated businesses either on or near the intersection, including Henry Leopold's son Wilbert, and Charles Schott, the son of Emil Schott, a German immigrant who owned a hardware store on Lorain near the southwest corner of the intersection. The above article, which appeared in the Plain Dealer on February 24, 1914, notes that the association already had approximately 100 members, including two women, one of whom operated a millinery shop on the northwest corner of the intersection at 1994 Fulton. A number of the members of the new business association, like Wilbert Leopold, represented a second-generation of German-American merchants who were now principals in many of the commercial businesses located on or near Lorain-Fulton Square. | Source: Cleveland Public Library, Digital Newspaper CollectionDownload Original File
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"The Lorain-Fulton Square Business Association." appears in: Lorain-Fulton Square
