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Gazette and Bulletin: February 7, 1931 – New Market Opens Today

Although today is Saturday, there will be little change in the condition of Market Street as compared with other days in the week, for the curbstone market, which for so many years has been a traffic menace is no more. All of the stands will be in one of the three market houses in the city.

The new Growers Market House at Market and East Church streets will be open to the public as a market house for the first time this morning. One hundred ninety stands, which represent almost the capacity of the new sanitary market have been rented, according to a report by the officials of the market house.

The new market house means that the farmers coming to the city for the market will not have to clear their stands at noon, for the market house will be open until 9:00 at night.

All during the week workmen have been busy in the new building erecting new stands, giving the interior a different appearance than it had a week ago when the automobile show was in progress there.

The new market house extends 152 feet on Market Street and 264 feet deep along Church Street. It is one half block from Market Square, where converge all the trolley and bus lines in the city. It contains approximately 32,000 square feet of space while an additional 13,000 feet of storage is provided in the basement. Through the center of the building is a space 96 feet wide and 204 feet deep without a post.