From Empty Room to Thriving Community Grocery: The Keller Market House Celebrates Expansion and Continued Success

The Keller Market House has come a long way since its inception eight years ago. Located at the corner of South Columbus and West Chestnut streets in Lancaster, the business started with an empty room and a vision. Over the years, it has seen substantial success and recently celebrated the completion of an expansion project that took two years to complete. The $195,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture made the expansion possible.

Manager Erin Harvey explained that the focus of the expansion was on renovating the back part of the building, which had been unusable and in poor condition since the business acquired it through the county land bank. The redesign included creating a dedicated delivery entrance that opens into a vendor workspace, freeing up more retail space in the front. Additionally, three new refrigerators and freezers were installed.

The Keller Market House is a non-profit community grocery that functions as a year-round farmers market. All products stocked at the market are sourced from Ohio, with an emphasis on local, Ohio-based producers. The market is open six days a week and also operates during the summer months as part of the Lancaster Farmers Market.

David Keller Miller, a descendant of the family that started the original Keller Market on