Old Market Building (Georgetown, South Carolina)

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.

Old Market Building, HABS Photo, May 1958

Old Market Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Front and Screven Sts., Georgetown, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°21′56″N 79°16′57″W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1832-1835, 1842
NRHP reference No.	69000166[1]
Added to NRHP	December 3, 1969

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.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Mrs. James W. Fant (November 1969). "Old Market Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
3. "Old Market Building, Georgetown County (Front & Screven Sts., Georgetown)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

External links

Media related to Old Market Building (Georgetown, South Carolina) at Wikimedia Commons

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. Market Building, Front & Screven Streets, Georgetown, Georgetown County, SC, "{{{title}}}", 4 photos
• Rice Museum and Clock Tower