Peirano Market, Historic general store in downtown Ventura, US.

Peirano Market is a red brick building at the corner of Main and Figueroa streets in downtown Ventura, across from Mission San Buenaventura. Built in 1877, it has ornamental relief brickwork and a mansard roof covered in Spanish revival tile. The west-facing wall carries murals of Ghirardelli chocolate and Borax advertisements painted in 1986. The building has housed restaurants since the late 1990s and has also stood vacant.

Built in 1877 by J. J. Mahoney for Blackburn and Brooks, the red brick building was first rented by Italian immigrant Alex Gandolfo, who ran a general merchandise and grocery store there from December 1877. His nephew Nicola "Nick Sr." Peirano, born in 1862, arrived from Genoa in the early 1880s, worked in the store and slept in a loft, and took over the business around 1888. In 1931 Nick Jr. and Victor Peirano shifted to Italian groceries with home delivery; Nick Jr. retired and closed the store in July 1986.

The Peirano family ran the store for over a century, from the 1880s to the 1980s. Under Nick Jr. and Victor, it specialized in Italian groceries such as pasta, salami, aged cheeses, semolina flour, olives and imported canned goods, drawing customers from three counties. A 1904 grandfather clock received as a tobacco premium hung inside.

The building faces Mission San Buenaventura at the corner of Main and Figueroa streets in downtown Ventura. Look for the west wall, where murals of Ghirardelli chocolate and Borax advertisements were painted in 1986. The structure has been vacant since January 2016, so check its status before planning a visit.

Archaeological digs in 1991 uncovered remains of the San Buenaventura Mission Lavanderia buried beneath the building's foundation. This discovery revealed that the current structure was built directly on top of where the mission once washed its linens.