Old Market Building (Georgetown, South Carolina) Explained

Old Market Building
Location:Front and Screven Sts., Georgetown, South Carolina
Coordinates:33.3656°N -79.2825°W
Built:-1835, 1842
Added:December 3, 1969
Refnum:69000166

Old Market Building, also known as the Rice Museum, is a historic public market building located at Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina. It was built in 1832–1835, and is a one-story, Classical Revival temple-form building on a high arcaded base.

The arched area was used as an open-air market but was enclosed in the early-20th century. A tower topped by a square stage and an open belfry was added. The tower houses a four-sided clock that was added in about 1842. The building has served as a town hall, a jail, an open-air market, and a slave market.[1] [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mrs. James W. Fant. Old Market Building . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . November 1969. pdf . 31 May 2014.
  2. Web site: Old Market Building, Georgetown County (Front & Screven Sts., Georgetown) . National Register Properties in South Carolina . South Carolina Department of Archives and History . 31 May 2014.