Public Markets

Neighborhood:North

Address:
Callowhill St.
Philadelphia, PA

Significance:
Located on Market, South, N. 2nd, S. 11th, Callowhill and Spring Garden Streets, Philadelphia's public markets lent themselves to the development of small businesses. Blacks dominated the second-hand clothing market (blacks owned several stores on 2nd Street between Vine and Pine Streets), the manufacture and sales of ice cream, and barbering.

Type of Historic Resource:market