Feel the weight of history in this ironwork: Ohio's oldest continuously operated public market surrounds you. It is the state's oldest continuously operated public market and the last remaining of the nine that once served Cincinnati. Founded in 1852 on land donated by the estate of General James Findlay and his wife Jane Irwin Findlay, this market was built with the new iron framework technology — one of the earliest structures in the nation to use that technique and one of the few remaining.
The market bell from Pearl Street Market, Cincinnati's first market house, now hangs in Findlay Market's bell tower. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 5, 1972. You can visit year-round: Findlay Market is open Tuesday through Sunday, with more than about three dozen indoor merchants selling meat, fish, poultry, produce, flowers, cheese, deli, and ethnic foods.
On Saturdays and Sundays from March to December, the market expands outdoors with a farmers' market, other vendors, street performers, and special events. North of downtown, you'll find Over-the-Rhine's Italianate buildings framing this market square, where more than three dozen indoor merchants and bustling weekend stalls sell meat, cheese, produce, and flowers beneath the historic bell tower.