Findlay Market Building | |
 Findlay Market, from Elm Street | |
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| Location | Esplanade at Elder St., between Elm and Race Sts.,Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°6′55″N84°31′9″W / 39.11528°N 84.51917°W /39.11528; -84.51917 |
| Built | 1852 |
| Architect | Williams, Adams & Co. |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| Visitation | 1.2 million (2018)[2] |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001020[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 5, 1972 |
Findlay Market in historicOver-the-Rhine,Cincinnati, Ohio, is the state's oldest continuously operated public market.[3] TheFindlay Market Building was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on June 5, 1972.[1] The market is the last remaining of the nine that once served Cincinnati. In 2019Newsweek named it one of the top tenpublic markets in the world.
Findlay Market was founded in 1852, on land donated by the estate of GeneralJames Findlay and his wife Jane Irwin Findlay. Built with the new iron framework technology, this was one of the earliest structures in the nation in which that technique was used, and one of the few remaining.[4] The market bell fromPearl Street Market, Cincinnati's first market house, now hangs in Findlay Market's bell tower.[5]
The market is located north of downtownCincinnati inOver-the-Rhine, an historic neighborhood known for its dense concentration ofItalianate architecture. Open year-round, Tuesday through Sunday, Findlay Market has more than about three dozen indoor merchants selling meat, fish, poultry, produce, flowers, cheese, deli, and ethnic foods.
On Saturdays and Sundays from March to December, the Market hosts a farmers' market and other outdoor vendors, street performers, and special events. The Findlay Market Opening Day Parade for theCincinnati Reds is an annual Cincinnati tradition.[6] Findlay Market is a gathering place for people from all over the city. It routinely attracts crowds that are socially, economically, racially, and ethnically diverse.
In 2019Newsweek named Findlay Market one of the top ten public markets in the world.[7]
The Findlay Market district is a center of economic activity in Over-the-Rhine. Cincinnati City Council named The Corporation for Findlay Market its Preferred Developer for 39 city-owned properties near the market in June 2006.[8]
In 2010, the market became 100% occupied and continues to grow. In 2004, the City of Cincinnati completed a $16 million renovation of the market.[9]
Johnny Cash visits Findlay Market in a scene of the movieThe Pride of Jesse Hallam.[10] Findlay Market is mentioned in "Oh, Cincinnati," a song by the local band The Seedy Seeds.[11]
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