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Photograph of northeast corner of Central Avenue and Broad Street, Middletown, Ohio. Photograph is undated. On the corner is the construction of a new building at 1101 Central Avenue. Prior to its demolition, the spot was home to the Jacoby Building. Located on northeast corner of Third Street and Broadway – present-day Central Avenue and Broad Street – the Jacoby Building was constructed sometime in in the first half of the 1880s. In 1902, the building was assigned the addresses of both 231 ½ South Broad Street and 201 ½ East Third Street. In 1922, the addresses for the building changed to 7 North Broad Street and 1103 Central Avenue. Around 1939, the address for the building was changed to 5 North Broad Street. Between 1953 and 1955, the building was torn down and replaced. The building contained 16 offices and two storerooms. In 1843, it was the birth home of James E. Campbell, the thirty-eighth Governor of Ohio. In 1893, the Leonard, Julius, and Company manufactured and sold cigars out of the building. It is believed that Ohio Governor James M. Cox lived in the building as well. The building likely took its name from George Jacoby and his family. George Jacoby was a prominent Middletown businessman who owned several companies, such as the Jacoby Denny Lumber Company and Jacoby and Caldwell Lumberyard. The Mabley &amp; Carew Company department store was a prominent Cincinnati-based department store, located on the northeast corner of Central Avenue and South Broad Street, at 1101 Central Avenue. Previously the store had operated as the John Ross Company until it was purchased by Mabley &amp; Carew. At the time, it was one of the largest department stores in town. The store closed down around 1974, when the Middletown Mall opened. Prior to the 1950s, 1101 Central Avenue was two different buildings with multiple store fronts. The two buildings were then combined, and a single store was created to accommodate the John Ross Company. The addresses included 1101, 1103, 1105, and 1107 for the first building, and 1109 and 1111 for the second building. As of 2018, the building still stands, and is home to the Pendleton Arts Center – located at 1105 Central Avenue.</div>
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