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Description: This is a photograph of the Steubenville City Building. The Steubenville VFW post is located at the right corner, on the third floor. Underneath this, on the first floor is, what appears to be, the Olympic Restaurant, who's staff poses outside. An advertisement for Keith-Albee Orpheim Vaudeville sits outside the window. Also visible in this photograph is The Munker Jones Company, purveyors of dry goods and clothing. The Steubenville City Building, located at 304-314 Market Street, was completed in 1883 at a cost of $65,000. It was demolished sometime after 1911. The site on which this building stands was the original public square in Steubenville, and naturally, a place where farmers would gather to sell their goods. The Market building was built in 1816, a 1-story building consisting simply of a roof and brick pillars with arches, and provided the farmers and public shelter from the weather. This building was torn down in 1879 and the land returned to an open public square for several years, before the Honorable J. Dunbar and others pushed to have a city building built on the site. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B08F06_031_001
Subjects: Public buildings Ohio; Demolished buildings
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)