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Market House memory shows Elyria’s first meals-under-one-roof
The column recalls Elyria Market House on West Broad Street as a pioneer in centralized shopping. It recalls neighborhood grocers and butchers, horse-drawn deliveries, and family shops that fed a tightly knit downtown. It notes the shift to chains, the rise of Convenient Food Mart, and the social life of Saturdays downtown. It also mentions local figures, old stores, and memories of ice delivery and home shopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
West Broad Street
Hales
Middle Avenue
8Th Street
Convenient Food Mart
Dombrowski’s
Elyrians
WH. Bilow
W.A. Gerber
H. H. Forbes
Ralph Barber
Cleveland Provision Company
Wiltshire
Ralph
Ada Barber
Bellevue
Zehner Brothers Packing Company
Cleveland
4Th Street
Joseph
Doris Jane) Barber
George
Otto Kimbel
Kimbel
O.K
Court Street
Middle
EST Bank
Grant Street
Grant and
Blaine
Black River
Walton Ice & Fuel Company
Coonville
Fuller Road Bridge
Broad Street
Tannery Street