Court Street Market
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Due to unsanitary conditions, the City Board of Health closed the market in 1912. The building was eventually torn down in 1914. For additional information on the markets of Cincinnati, Ohio visit: http://www.findlaymarket.org/history
Due to unsanitary conditions, the City Board of Health closed the market in 1912. The building was eventually torn down in 1914. For additional information on the markets of Cincinnati, Ohio visit: http://www.findlaymarket.org/history
Courtesy of OhioPix, State Archives Series 1039 AV
The Court Street Market was built in 1864 between Vine and Walnut streets and consisted of a wooden structure. Under the market were stone lined tunnels to run hogs between slaughterhouses near Court Street.
Questions:
- When was this picture taken? How do you know?
- What is happening in this picture?
- Do we have anything like this in Cincinnati today? If so, where?
- Why would the riverboat have been important to this market?
- How is this picture tied to Cincinnati being nicknamed ‘Porkopolis’?