The Gem City Market on Salem Avenue won’t be open for some time, but it’s already had a positive impact on the neighborhood. The historic Longfellow school building, constructed in 1882, is across the street from the market’s site. Dayton Public schools offered the building at auction four years ago and got no bidders, but in a recent auction the building was sold.
The investor who bought the building said that in addition to creating housing units he hopes to make the school’s theater available for community use.
