The building at 126 Columbus Avenue, now home to a resale shop operated by Stein Hospice, began as a bank building. The
Moss Brothers Bank, founded by Augustus H. and Horace Moss, was at this
location in the early 1850s.
In 1914, C. Faber and Frank Donahue
moved their hardware store from Water Street to what is now 126 Columbus
Avenue. Ellie Damm wrote in her book Treaure
by the Bay (Western Reserve Historical Society, 1989), that the Donahues
added the brick façade to the building as well as the stone carved name
“Donahue” under the cornice. You can see the original limestone on the south side of the Donahue building. Interestingly,
Ellie Damm, who was well known for her efforts in local preservation, was a
descendant of the founders of Donahue Hardware. In 1920, Lew and Ira Wiles
purchased this property, and they ran the Dixie Cafeteria here. If you look
closely, you can see the sign for the cafeteria in the picture below.
Many area residents will
recall that the Sherwin-Williams store was in business at 126 Columbus Avenue
from 1952 into the 1990s.
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