Columbus Neighborhoods
The Forgotten Grocery Store of Pickerington
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The moving of a Pickerington, Ohio grocery store is captured in a 1910 photo.
Eugene Rutigliano from the Columbus Metropolitan Library shares an intriguing snapshot of the Motts-Milnor grocery store in Pickerington, Ohio. This historic establishment had been serving the community as a grocery store since the 1800s, operating until 1910. The moving day photographs capture the store's transition after its closure, evoking a sense of nostalgia for a bygone era.
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Columbus Neighborhoods
The Forgotten Grocery Store of Pickerington
Special | 1m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Eugene Rutigliano from the Columbus Metropolitan Library shares an intriguing snapshot of the Motts-Milnor grocery store in Pickerington, Ohio. This historic establishment had been serving the community as a grocery store since the 1800s, operating until 1910. The moving day photographs capture the store's transition after its closure, evoking a sense of nostalgia for a bygone era.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipSo we are looking at a photograph of the Motts-Milner Grocery Store, which was at 14 East Columbus Street in Pickerington.
This building was a grocery store from 1905 to 1910.
And we're looking at the moving day, which was when the grocery store closed, and a number of wagons were set up outside to help move it down the road.
The front of the caravan is likely George Motts and W.J.
Milner, who were the two grocers who operated the store.
And in 1924, it burned down.
But was rebuilt by Brooks Huntwork.
Sometime later, it became Solomon's Carpet Company, which is still in operation today.
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