Based on information passed to me, this building was once a department store called R.W. Forsyth. The small child-like figures are male equivalents of "caryatids" as opposed to cherubs, which have wings. The globe atop the figures had something to do with a motto the store used about being outfitters to the world.

Based on information passed to me, this building was once a department store called R.W. Forsyth. The small child-like figures are male equivalents of "caryatids" as opposed to cherubs, which have wings. The globe atop the figures had something to do with a motto the store used about being outfitters to the world.