In the 1940s, several years after the 1939 death of Dr. Harvey Cushing, the Cushing Building was purchased by the parent company of Coles Shoes. The company covered the Cushing Building with marble and granite stone, completely hiding its Victorian architecture, as can be seen in this 1950 photograph. The Cushing Building (which after 1937 often referred to as the Coles Building), is the building to which the large "Coles" sign is attached. Note that the Cushing Block ,the Euclid Avenue Block, the Cobb Building and the Hardy Block were no longer standing when this photograph was taken. The Cushing and Euclid Avenue Blocks were razed in 1915 and replaced by the new May Company Building. The Hardy Block too was razed in 1915 and replaced by the Ames Building. In 1940, the first two floors of the facade of the Ames Building were remodeled when it became part of the new W. T. Grant Co. store.. The rest of that store was created by razing the Cobb Building immediately to the west and replacing it with a new two-story building with a facade that matched the remodeled facade of the former Ames Building . | Source: Cleveland Public Library, Digital Photograph CollectionDownload Original File
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