Berry+and+Ritters

Medina, Ohio converted from a village into a city in 1950. The Public Square was the center of growth. The square was made up of four streets and along the streets many business and residential buildings sprung up. The village's location as the center of four highways and two railways created a wonderful atmosphere to fuel rapid growth.

Berry and Ritters existed when Medina was a village and lasted through 1994. Berry and Ritter Hardware Co worked with roofing materials, tin, lightning rods, paints and varnishes. Many of the houses that expand from the square were built by Berry and Ritters. Berry and Ritters existed as a hardware and roofing company from the 1920s through the depression until 1994. During a period of economic boom and migration away from the cities, outskirt cities began to grow. As more people traveled to the village, more housing was needed to provide for the rapidly growing population. Berry and Ritters was strategically placed on the square as the center of development for the city houses to expand. Berry and Ritter's had an advantage not only from its location but from the sotres surrounding it too. The square had financial buildings and other hardware shops surrounding the shop. The financial building offered loans for those families intrested in building and improving their homes and having another hardware sotre in the vacinity increased competition and brought more costumers.The development of the village to a city came through Berry and Ritters as the shop helped expand the city around the square.
 * Title || Medina West Side Square ||
 * Date || 1966 ||
 * Creator || Unknown ||
 * Description || Looking south down the west side ||
 * Subject || Berry and Ritter Hardware Store ||
 * Address || 233 South Court Street ||
 * Collection || Medina Landmarks Book number 10 1966 ||