The West Side Market is obviously the best-known market in Cleveland. But local markets were a huge part of the heartbeat of the city in the first half of the 19th century and there were many more providing fresh produce and more to shoppers. Almost every neighborhood and shopping plaza had their own market, whether it was an open-air one like Central Market or a corner storefront like Maroun’s Market on Hough Avenue.

These are some of the Cleveland markets of yesteryear, with photos from the late 19th century all the way through the 1960s.

All photos via the Cleveland Memory Project.

Ontario Street Market, circa 1886-1910.
Hay Market, 1896.
Sheriff Street Market, 1902.
Broadway Avenue Market, 1910.
Euclid Avenue and 46th Street Market, 1915.
Central Avenue Market, 1922.
Crystal Market, Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street, 1925.
R.F. Chylik Quality Market, 3410 Sackett Avenue, 1929.
Sheriff Street Market, 1930.
Central Market, 1932.
Sohio Gas and Market, 7035 Euclid Avenue, 1932.
Jennings Meat Market, 3146 West 14th Street, 1935.
Central Market, 1939.
H. Wurtz Market, 9019 Lorain Avenue, 1939.
Open Air Market, 6203 Broadway Avenue, 1941.
Central Market, 1946.
Central Market, 1948.
Broadway Super Market, 8428 Broadway Avenue, 1947.
Szubski & Co. Food Market, 4084 E. 71st Street, 1950.
Penny Super Market, Broadway Avenue, 1951.
Carl Lupica’s Eagle Super Market, Woodland Avenue, 1955.
Pidala Food Market, 3350 Scovill Avenue, 1955.
A&J Super Market, 3755 Woodland Avenue, 1955.
Abe’s Market, 3908 Scovill Avenue, 1955.
Euclid Avenue Market, Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street Neighborhood, 1956.
L and B Market, Broadway Avenue, 1956.
B & A Market, 3901 East 55th Street, 1956.
Variety Market, 2401 Clark, 1957.
Bert’s Food Market, 6702 Herman Avenue, 1957.
Kenzig’s Market, 3917 West 21st Street, 1957.
Denison Supermarket, 1801-03 Denison Avenue, 1960.
Variety Market Meats, 1705-1711 East 55th Street, 1961.
Aja Market – Food Meats, 1699-1703 East 55th Street, 1961.
Maroun’s Market, 7001 Hough Avenue, 1962.
Food Market, 2259 Professor Avenue, 1962.
Super Market, 1033 Fairfield Avenue, 1962.
W.K. Market, 2430-2432 Professor Avenue, 1969