I love seeing old murals around Savannah. They often bring character to otherwise easily overlooked places. Frank & Co. was a thriving dry goods wholesaler in late-19th-century Savannah.
Savannah National Historic Landmark District
Frank & Co. Dry Goods Mural, Savannah
Glad to see you back in South Georgia
Unusual angle to the roof line. Any idea why? This was on what was originally West Broad Street; later renames MLK Boulevard. I believe it is now owned by SCAD.
Not sure, Rafe. They had another location on Broughton in the late 1880s, 1890s. Not sure about this one…
This was a dry goods company well into the mid-1980’s. They had a store at Oglethorper Mall for several years, Linens & Things, I think it was. I interviewed with the owners for a position as warehouse manager in the mid-1980’s; I forget their names, a couple as I recall. I didn’t get the job, but that was OK; They closed the firm a couple of years later, and I got a job that eventually led me to the o9ne I’ve had for 30+ years now.
Intresting this is my family’s old company . My name is Everette Iseman Eisenberg. My great grandmother was a Frank and I will be buried at our plot in bonaventure cemetery. My father and other relatives are in the ground as well as the mausoleum. They births dating to late 1700s