When Stafford and Grasselli merged several of their banking concerns, the Union Trust Company was formed, with Stafford…

For years Cleveland Press columnist Milt Widder conducted what historian John Vacha called "a one-man campaign in print…

Broadway Savings was Stafford's first foray into the banking business. This image is signed by Stafford with the dates…

At the turn of the century the American Trust Building anchored the north coner of the Rouse Block. Cleveland's old…

In addition to being one of the largest office buildings in the United States, and having the largest bank lobby in the…

Originally known as the Engineers Bank Building when it opened in 1925, it was renamed the Standard Trust Building in…

Architect Peter Van Dijk recalls the circumstances that led to the restoration of the Union Trust Building for…

This artist's rendering shows the bank's plan to construct twin 29-story towers immediately south and east of the…

Another feature of the Union Trust building were twin 125 foot radio towers on the East Ninth side of the building's…

Although it is often attributed to Louis Comfort Tiffany, the magnificent stained-glass ceiling's actual creator was…

As this photograph graphically shows, by July 17, 1922, the site for the new Union Trust Building had been largely…

During the beginning of his oil enterprise, Rockefeller took advantage of Cleveland's many railroads to bring crude oil…

This section of the 1912-1913 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map has been marked in red to show the future footprint of the…

The exterior of the bank during its early years, most likely the late 1920s.

A big bank needs a big vault. This photo of the vault in the Union Trust Building (by this time it was called the Union…

Over the years, the Union Trust Building has undergone several renovations, including Architect Peter van Dijk's work in…

The Marshall Builkding and The American Trust Building are separated by the four story Dime Savings Bank building in…

While the bank lobby in the Union Trust Building has not been used by a bank since Huntington Bank departed in 2011, the…

The Union Trust Company opened the bank in its new building on May 19, 1924. There followied several days of gala…

At the time the Union Trust Building was built, the bank's L-shaped lobby was said to be the largest bank lobby in the…

As its first one hundred years drew to a close, the Public Square block-face shows the American Trust Bldg. and the Dime…

Customers of the Cleveland Trust bank in the Heights Rockefeller Building ascended a flight of stairs through these…

The architect stands at Prospect and East 9th with his tower looming behind him. The Cleveland Trust annex in the…

The front of the National City Bank with pedestrians walking by in the New England Building. The National City Bank…