Benedict Building 1895-1990
J.S. Benedict General Store
City National Bank building, 1894.
Read about the lot where the McKinley home was built.
In 1905 the Dollar Bank purchased the City National Bank building which had been built in 1893 on part of the site of the McKinley home.
Close-up of the Benedict Building façade showing the date in which it was built.
Close-up of the bank building with the second floor occupied by Dr. Thomas Clingan as indicated by the lettering on the windows.
Photograph on the left shows the west side of South Main Street as it appeared at the turn of the century in 1894.
Dr. Thomas Clingan house at 547 South Main Street.
Another view of the west side of South Main Street featuring the Benedict Building on the far left of the photograph, ca 1895.
movie theatre
Bolotin-Drabkin Furniture Niles Daily Times advertisement in the September 4, 1930 Niles Daly Times.
Advertisement in the Niles Standard newspaperfor the Bolotin-Drabkin Furniture Company located at their new location, 40 South Main Street.
After the closing of the Bolotin–Drabkin Furniture Store in 1936, a new furniture company, Arden’s Furniture Store, took over the building.
Postcard advertisement displaying metal tube kitchen tables and chairs, rolls of linoleum flooring and stoves.
Postcard advertisement displaying various carpets available for purchase.
Photograph of Arden's Fine Furnishings Store and McKinley Federal Savings and Loan Building, ca 1963.
Photograph of Arden's Fine Furnishings Store and McKinley Federal Savings and Loan Building, ca 1973.
Demolition of bank completed, ca 1990.
