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Market House

1964/1965

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Market House
  • Title
  • Market House
  • Creator
  • A. Church Photographers
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B012.F07.I01
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B012.F07.I01
  • Description
  • The Allegheny Market House was located on the corner of Federal and East Ohio Streets in Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood. The market, which opened in 1863, was a forerunner of the present-day supermarket in that a variety of food and other products could be purchased in the stalls that were occupied by individual concessionaires. The hundred or so purveyors sold meats, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy products, vegetables, baked goods, plants, and flowers. The market house building covered an area of 200 feet on each side, and it was designed to be spacious, airy, and well lighted by arched windows, doorways, and portholes. World War II, post-war suburban growth, inadequate parking, and the proliferation of the supermarket led to the market house’s demise. In 1966 the structure was razed to make way for Allegheny Center.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Allegheny Market House (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.North Side Branch.
    North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Commercial buildings--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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