The Farmer’s Exchange

Not many years ago, much of Grove City was farmland where corn, soybeans, grains and hogs were raised. Most of those acres now grow families in new housing developments. The Grove City Farmers Exchange in the downtown was an important destination for area farmers and their families, a place where they could shop, visit and discuss crops. Today, that same building is a place to shop for antiques, dine at a popular restaurant or patronize other businesses within the old structure. The Grange was another important place where farmers and families could meet and exchange ideas. Once such meeting place was the Borror’s Corners Grange Hall. In 1899, snakes, women’s rights andsanitary arrangements on the farm were principal topics on the program. Learn more about Grove City’s past in a 200-page pictorial history available at the museum, 3378 Park Street.