Old Market Building (Georgetown, South Carolina)
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LocationFront and Screven Sts., Georgetown, South Carolina
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1832-1835, 1842
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| Location | Front and Screven Sts., Georgetown, South Carolina |
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| 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[1] |
| 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.
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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]
