Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-04


Center Market
Nobody knows where they all went
as no records were kept in any ont
place as to their new destinations. A
careful survey by The Star, however
has disclosed the new business addresses
of 102 out Of the 100 who left Center
Market. Several are out Of business
or not yet re-established.
Today the old food center, which 4Oi
years has been a busy rendezvous, re-
manned an empty and a hollow shell
Tomorrow morning the sound of the
wrecker's hammer will reSound through
what now is but deserted and lonely
place of huge dimensions. It soon vii
be leveled to the ground.
Moved out by the Federal Govern
ments great public building program
when plans a new archives structure
on the site of Center Market, the deal
ers have scattered to several places
Efforts by The Star to locate them by
the survey resulted in reports on lis
out Of the 169. These men, the last OF
g. long line Of dealers, who have served
Presidents and innumerable other nota-
bleS for 100 years, have gone to Con-
vention Hall Market, to Arcade Market
Park View Market, to individual loca-
tons, while II either were found to be
out OF business or were not re-estab-
llshed.
Visited by First Ladies.
The historic old market, with It's
battlemented towers, has seen famous
pageantS and professions of more thar
century. Past its front door along
Pennsylvania avenue have ridder
Presidents, princes and princeSseS, now
and then king and queen and the
panoply of warriors home from battle
Into its Savory stalls have strolled first
ladies of the land, diplomats wive:
and doughty dowagers in quest Of
patrictan poultry, fish at for the first
families OF Washington, and vegetable:
from the Maryland and Virgins
countrysides.
While it probably lacked the OLD
World atmosphere of the old French
market in New Orleans. Center Market
In the heart OF the Capital and ad.
Jacent to Pennsylvania avenue, was 8
| community center and show place fol
more than a century.
It's establishment, on December IS
1901, was due to the foresight OF George
Washington, who had SO much to d.
with planning the Capital City. few
days before the expiration Of his tern
as President in Philadelphia he appro.
priated q market site Of two acres o.
marsh land on the banks of the Tiber
That little stream, long gone, then BIZ
sected the dirt road that was PennSyl.
vania avenue.
Jefferson an Early Patron.
An early patron Of the market wa.
Thomas jefferson, famed for hi
"sumptious repasts." william Henry
Harrison was a frequent visitor at thu
market and Is said on one occasion tx
have bought q whole cow there for thu
White House laPder
During the Civil War the upper StorJ
OF the market was used as a morg1le fol
Union soldiers. A week before Christ.
mas, 1870, the original structure wa.
destroyed by fire, the confiagratior
being one OF the big events in the Capt..
tai that Winter. Work was begun al.
most Immediately on the big brick
structure which is now TO be destroyed
The survey by The Star, conducted
largely by telephone, was successful IL
tracing 11o out of the l69 dealers, re.
ports on whom are listed below. II
however, there are any changes or ad.
ditionS In this list The Star will bt
glad to note such changes in the fu-
ture.
Eighty-one Of the dealers were
found to have gone to Convention Hall
eleven to Arcade Market, one to Park
View Market, nine to individual ad-
dresses, while seventeen were found to
be either out Of business or not yet re-
established.
Those at Convention Hall.
The following from the old mart are
set up in business at Convention Hall
designated "the new Center Market:
w. H. Arendes & Son, meats; Auth
XFA 81, g..
butter; Bitter's Sons, delicateSsen;
Briggs Supply Co., delicatessen; Robert
Bowlder, florist; A. M, Briggs, meats
L. S. Briggs, meats; George w. Carl
Emerged with william B. Payne)
meats; Antonio CoSimAno, fruits and
vegetables; Chestnut Farms Dairy
Chevy Chase Dairy, Lowe CounSelman
meats; r. p. Counselman, meats; Cuh
81 Santini, meats; w. w. DAILY Sons
miscellaneous; Charles Z. Ebel, meats
Emmert Bros, fruits and vegetables
Ewald's Bakery, James d. Federline
meats; New York Beef Co.; Marion F
s. A. Gatti, fruits and vegetables; C.
e. Fowler, meats; Joseph Gamble
meats: John e. Hager, fruits and vege.
tables; Gundersheimer Il Sons, bakery;
Hamilton Dairy, j. O. Hartman, meats
L. c. Hefin, poultry; j. H. Heitmuller
fruits and vegetables; A. ]. Hurley Co.
meats; L. Z. HutchiSop, meats; G. H
Javins g. Sons, fish; George A. Kieny
meats; Thomas G. Kengla, meats; c.
Krogmann &c Sons, meats; G. H. Kett-
Ter & Co., meats; John w. Koob, meats;
John L. Koenig, meats; La Fontaine q
Sons, fruits and vegetables; Francis r
Lamb, butter; F. w. LoetSch, meats;
Lofier Provision Co., meats; Mary c
McCabe, florist; william L. Miller
meats; Peter Messina, fruits and vege-
tables; Fairfax, oyster, butter; F. A
OStmann, meats; Otto Schneider, poul-
| try; A. T. Schroth & Sons, meats; G
Cassard Schroth, meats; Edwin Shufne
butter; Frank Slye, florist; G. w
Smith, fruits and vegetables; J. B
Smith Co., fruits and vegetables; B. L
meats; Joseph Phillips Co., meats
(three stands; M. D. Pitt g. Co.
fruits and vegetables; l.. S. Humphrey
fruits and vegetables; Raymond q
Reid, butter; c. w. Smith, fruits and
vegetables; Ivan T. Riley, meats; w. r
Riley, meats; H. L. Robey, florist; o. B
Robinson, poultry; Morris Rods, meats;
l.. C. Rosenbusch, meats; w. r. Sacks
butter; Thomas & Slye, florists; e. A
Reynolds, delicateSSen; William @
NaehIe, fish; Thompson g. Gray, fruits
ana Vegetables WulAAm VOAkuldu, ATuiE
and vegetables; Washington Dairy Co.
Watson & HOLSTER, groceries; Walker
& Evans. meats; c. w. Zimmerman
meats; zuras Bros, fruits and vege'
I tables.
At the Arcade Market.
The following former dealers Of Cen.
ter Market are now located in the Ar.
I cade Market, Fourteenth street anc
Park road: H. B. Denham, meats; A
J. Ellis & Son, 1sh; George N. Fries
delicatesSen; G. G. Gillespie, fruits ant
vegetables; Layton Bros, meats; JOSEPH
H. Hays, meats; J. G. Schlorh, william
Schlorb, meats; w. T. Robinson, L. A