Rich aristocrats and businessmen also built their mansions.
Wealthy businessmen built homes along the main stretch of the village in what would become the historical district.
Four aspiring businessmen built three small stores, some still standing.
The region still lags in investment and public works, but Kurdish businessmen are now building shiny new shopping malls.
A powerful businessman who helped build postwar Japan.
Over the years, prominent black businessmen bought lots and built homes.
Many wealthy British and other foreign businessmen built their large villas along the same street.
Professionals and businessmen at that time built large Victorian homes, with 10 to 20 rooms, for their families.
In 1890, a store had also become a post office, and in 1902 a businessman built a grain elevator.
In 1904 a local businessman built a new ballpark and began an independent team to test the local demand for baseball.