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Title
Columbus
Central
Market
House
Photograph
Subject
Ohio Government
Business and Labor
Architecture
Daily Life
Markets
Municipal government
Place
Columbus (Ohio)
Franklin County (Ohio)
Description
Prior
to the
development
of
large
supermarkets
,
public
markets
allowed
city
residents
to
purchase
a
wide
variety
of
fresh
foods
and
provided
farmers
with
outlets
for their
products
. This
5
by
6-inch
(12.70
by
15.24
cm)
photograph
shows
a
busy
market
day
at the
Central
Market
House
in
Columbus
in
August
1939
.
Built
in
1850
, the
market
was
located
on
Fourth
Street
between
and
Town
and
Rich
streets
; for a
time
the
building
also
housed
city
hall
.
It
was
demolished
in
1966
. A
bus
station
now
stands
on the
site
.
Columbus
was
incorporated
in
1834
. Not
long
after
, the
first
city
market
was
established
in the
block
bounded
by
State
,
Town
,
Pearl
, and
Front
streets
.
It
moved
in
1850
to
Fourth
and
Town
streets
. The
North
Market
on
Spruce
Street
was
built
in
1876
. The
original
building
burned
down
in
1948
and was
replaced
by a
war-surplus
Quonset
hut
.
It
is
the
only
market
still
in
business
. In
1947
,
fire
destroyed
the
East
End
Market
House
on
Mt
.
Vernon
Avenue
. The
West
End
Market
House
was
located
on
South
Gift
Street
.
Date of Original
August
26
,
1939
Collection
Works
Progress
Administration
Source
Audiovisual
material
;
P
193
;
AL01775
Format
picture
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1901_1980767_001.tif
Image Height
2368
Image Width
2000
File Size
541.256 KB
Date created
2009-01-05
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