A railroad founder, banker, and Free Soil Republican, Baldwin was also a west side real estate developer, platting the Dudley Baldwin subdivision, which stretches from W. 45th (then Taylor) Street to W. 50th (then Birch) Street, primarily on the south side of Franklin Boulevard. While the subdivision was initially approved in 1863, building of houses there was delayed for about seven years as a result of the City of Cleveland's objections to manner in which Franklin Boulevard was proposed to be extended through the subdivision. As a result, a revised plat was approved in 1869--removing a bend in Franklin Boulevard, and several years later construction of the house at 5005 Franklin Boulevard began. | Source: Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library, Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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