1914:
Guardian Savings and Trust, first opened in 1894, moves into the building.
Guardian buys the building, renames it the Guardian Building, and hires Cleveland’s famed architectural firm Walker and Weeks to renovate it. The entire first floor is converted into a marble-walled public banking room and Corinthian columns are added to the building’s Renaissance-style facade.
1921:
National City Bank, founded in 1845, moves into the Garfield Building and renames it National City Bank Building.