Old Market Building (Georgetown, South Carolina)

	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 / 33.36556°N 79.28250°W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1832-1835, 1842
NRHP reference No.	69000166
Added to NRHP	December 3, 1969

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.^[2]^[3]

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

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Mrs. James W. Fant (November 1969). "Old Market Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
^ "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.

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

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpinv-2] Mrs. James W. Fant (November 1969). "Old Market Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

[scdah-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.

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