Market Square

Miamisburg's town center in Montgomery County, Ohio, is a district of roughly 45 to 50 structures gathered around Market Square, where Main Street meets Central Avenue. At its heart is the brick Greek Revival Market Building of 1851, built on land set aside for public use when the town was platted in 1818. It began as an open covered market with meeting rooms above, and its arches were later bricked in for use as a jail and police station. Nearby are the Second Empire Baum Opera House of 1884, the Italianate Groby Bank of 1883, the Gwinner Block, the Liesenhoff Building and the McGuire House. The district was recognized because it preserves a cohesive collection of mid to late nineteenth century vernacular commercial buildings, with a few residences, several of them little altered. Modern intrusions, including a service station and parking lots, are acknowledged within the boundaries.