Samuel Wittkowsky operated a dry goods store at 8-10 W. Trade Street (now the Marriott Hotel). A resident of Charlotte in 1860, he had several partners, among them Jacob Rintels and Herman Baruch. Wittkowsky was the first elected president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1879, and one of the founders of the Charlotte Country Club. In this 1890 photo, you can also see the pillars of the Court House at Trade and Church Streets and the spire of First Presbyterian Church.