Market Square

Market Square (HM2IZ5)

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N 41° 29.066', W 81° 42.229'

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Market Square, home to the Pearl Street Market, was located on the corner of Pearl and Lorain Streets (now West 25th St. and Lorain Ave.) in what was then known as the City of Ohio. The land that Market Square occupies was donated by local businessmen Josiah Barber and Richard Lord in 1840 for the public's use. Farmers and food vendors gathered to sell their wares after a public market moved here in 1859. In 1868, an enclosed wood-framed Pearl Street Market building was erected.

Market Square was a meeting place for new
immigrants and longtime neighborhood residents
seeking both food and community. By 1901, the
Pearl Street Market was inadequate to serve
Cleveland's rapidly growing population. Mayor
Tom L. Johnson appointed a commission to
acquire land and develop a plan for a new public
market. The old market was torn down in 1915,
three years after the completion of the West
Side Market across the street. The park honors
the district's long history as a destination for
food shoppers.
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HM NumberHM2IZ5
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Year Placed2012
Placed ByOhio City Incorporated/West Side Market Centennial Fund and The Ohio Historical Society
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Date Added Saturday, July 20th, 2019 at 5:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 441243 N 4592775
Decimal Degrees41.48443333, -81.70381667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 29.066', W 81° 42.229'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 29' 3.9599999999999" N, 81° 42' 13.74" W
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