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Peirano Market

Peirano Market
Peirano Market in 2014
Location204 East Main Street, Ventura, California
Coordinates34°16′50″N 119°17′51″W / 34.28063°N 119.29757°W / 34.28063; -119.29757
Built1877

The Peirano Market, also known as Peirano's Grocery and Peirano Store, is a historic building in Ventura, California. Located across the street from the Mission San Buenaventura, the red brick structure was built in 1877 and has ornamental relief brickwork and a mansard, Spanish revival tile roof.[1]

The building housed a general merchandise store and later, a grocery store operated by the Peirano family for more than 100 years from the 1880s to the 1980s. The building was designated in 1978 as City of Ventura Historic Landmark No. 32. In 1991, archaeological remains of the San Buenaventura Mission Lavanderia were discovered beneath the building and were designated as Ventura Historic Landmark No. 85. The building is also a contributing property within the Mission San Buenaventura Historic District.

The Peirano Market building was acquired in 1987 by the San Buenaventura Redevelopment Agency and was unoccupied for more than 10 years. From August 1998 until January 2016, the building housed Jonathan's at Peirano's and later Peirano's Restaurant and the Red Room. The building has been vacant since January 2016 but is scheduled to re-open in 2018 as Peirano's Market & Delicatessen.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference LAT91 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ MCKINNON, LISA (October 10, 2019). "Cafe Society: Peirano's Market to bring new life, sandwiches to historic Ventura address". Ventura County Star. Retrieved 2019-10-11.