This corner building has had several street addresses: 202/204/206/208 Market Street, 501/502 2nd (Second) Street.
Scioto County Auditor records year built as 1850.
1853-1922 Brunner's Dry Goods, 1853.
1924-1929 Moore's Dry Goods (W.A. Moore & G. Albert Herms. 1930 Rebuilt Furniture store.
1932-1942 Ferrell Brothers Confectioners & Granger Adkins Barber Shop. 1939-1942 Included with the above: Andrew P. Loukas, confectioner.
1944-1995 Andrew P. Loukas had a variety and popular candy store which the community named "Candyland".
Scioto County Auditor records year built-1900.
About 1881-1920 the address was home to Amann's Pharmacy, owned by Frank Amann.
1920-1966 Stahler's Pharmacy
1966-1970 Variety store
Formerly Schaefer's Food Market from about 1900 until the early 1940s. The grocery store was run by Joseph P. Schaefer and Sons. In the mid-1940s, Schaefer's branched out with larger super markets in the region. The original building was used as a warehouse for many years.
In 1978 the building housed Portsmouth Wholesale Furniture. In 1980, Vaspar Paint Center. By 1991 the building was independently owned.
Color photograph of building.
Historically, this address/building housed some of these early businesses:
Alfred Frederick 1916 Saloon
J.A. Richter & W. S. Gilkerson 1918 Saloon
Garthee Cafe & Lunch Room 1914-1915
E.C. James 1912-1913 Saloon
E. J. Doerr 1910-1911 Soft Drinks
