Revival building was similar to much of Charleston’s architecture of the day: It looked to be built of stone but actually was brick. It was covered in plaster and lines were scored into the plaster to give the look of stone. Te front of the building is graced with a double staircase made of brownstone. Te ram’s heads and bucrania that grace the top of the building are made of cast-iron and were placed there to signify its use as a meat market. Te red sandstone columns on the front portico have Doric capitals.


Te building played a significant


role in the Civil War. Its top floor was a popular spot to hold civic meetings, and, on the eve of the war, many of the young men of Charleston met there to pledge their loyalty to the South. Te building survived the war and also the earthquake of 1886. In 1898, the top


TimeLine


1788 – The land the Market sits on is donated


to the city of Charleston by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.


1841 – E.B. White’s Market


1807 – The city of Charleston passes an


ordinance regulating the Market.


Hall is built.


1834 – A tornado destroys the Market.


1939 – A bronze plaque is placed at the


Market, reading “Here was erected between 1788 and 1804 a public market on land ceded to city council by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney et. al…”


2008 – City Market


Preservation


Trust takes over management.


1989 – Hurricane Hugo


causes extensive damage to Market Hall.


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Fire destroys a part of the Market.


1833 –


1898 – The Confederate


Museum is opened at Market Hall.


1971 – The Market is


transformed into a flea market.


1973 – The Market is added to


the National Register of Historic Places.


1788-1804


– The Market sheds are built.


1835 – The main meat market and the foundations


of the Masonic Hall are burned to the ground.


2002 – A reopening


gala is held at Market Hall.


2011 – City Market


renovation to be complete in Spring.


2009 – Mayor Joe


Riley and the City Market Preservation Trust reveal restoration plans.


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2010 – Work begins


on Phase 1: restoration of open-air buildings.


floor became a Confederate museum run by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Te relics held there had to be removed hastily in plastic bags as Hurricane Hugo approached in 1989. Te hurricane blew off the roof and blew out several windows. Repairs were made and extensive renovations were completed, and, 13 years later, a grand opening was held in June 2002. Te old Market building itself is much like it was during the first decade of the 19th century, but the items offered for sale have changed drastically. Supermarkets and the automobile made the Market obsolete as a grocery store, and, for a while at least, the property fell into disrepair. A 1938 tornado didn’t help much, wiping out the part of the Market that stretched all the way to the Cooper River. What remains today was


repaired as part of a Works Progress Administration project. To keep the Market alive, the city allowed farmers to sell produce there for free for several years. In 1971, a pair of prescient James


Island women approached the city of Charleston with the idea of turning the Market into a flea market. Tey purchased tables in the Market from the city for $1, then subleased them to dealers for $2.50. Tree years later, plans for a complete renovation of the Market were completed. Another restoration project was launched in January 2010. Today, locals and tourists alike flock


to the Market, where 265 vendors sell everything from sweetgrass baskets to homemade jewelry to Charleston souvenirs, and where the story of the Holy City is retold every day.


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