Connor DeCavitch thinks men should be treated like kings at least once a month.

“Men are taught to work their butts off and that pampering is for women,” he said.

He is on a mission to disabuse men of that notion. And he’s motivated by a passion for making people look and feel good.

Mr. DeCavitch is the proprietor of the Noble Gent, a haberdashery and men’s salon on South Huron Street in Toledo’s Warehouse District. The business opened on June 1 in a building that in the 19th century housed the Haughton Foundry & Machine Co., the forerunner of the Haughton Elevator Co.

By 1924, Haughton had moved out and a produce company moved in. The building was eventually occupied by Al Peake & Sons Wholesale Fruits and Vegetables. It was sold to IBC Inc., a Toledo real estate redevelopment and inv

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