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Market House
1964/1965
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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.
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
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