Perry Wiles Grocery Company

Perry Wiles Grocery Company

Company type	Private
Industry	Grocery wholesale
Founded	1892
Founder	Perry Wiles
Fate	Ceased operations by 1980
Headquarters	Zanesville , United States
Products	Grocery wholesale

The Perry Wiles Grocery Company represents a significant historic commercial edifice situated in downtown Zanesville, Ohio. Distinct from many contemporaneous buildings in the area, it has retained much of its original condition and has been officially recognized as a historic landmark.

Erected in 1892 by Perry Wiles, who at the time owned one of five grocery wholesale businesses supplying more than one hundred retail grocery outlets throughout Zanesville, the structure symbolizes his influential role in the local market. Wiles engaged Henry C. Lindsay, a local architect, to create the four-story brick building set upon a stone foundation, incorporating both stone and brick ornamental features. The design includes advanced components for its era, such as a cast-iron storefront, while showcasing the Romanesque Revival architectural style. In 1914, a modest extension was added to the building’s southern side.

By 1980, operations of the Wiles Company and its rivals had ended as their retail clients shut down amid growing competition from large supermarket chains. The former premises of the Wiles enterprise have since been converted into Zak's Restaurant. In late 1980, this building was added to the National Register of Historic Places due to its architectural importance and its contribution to the commercial history of the region. It stands as Zanesville’s sole grocery wholesaler building preserving its authentic early twentieth-century facade, with other comparable structures having been demolished or significantly altered.