South Side Market Building
United States historic place
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The South Side Market Building, also known as the South Side Market House, is a historic, American market house that is located at 12th and Bingham Streets in the South Side Flats neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
South Side Market Building | |
City of Pittsburgh Historic Structure | |
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| Location | 12th and Bingham Sts., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°25′45.64″N 79°59′11.17″W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1915 |
| Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque, Romanesque, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001600[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 14, 1976 |
| Designated CPHS | February 22, 1977[2] |
| Designated PHLF | 1968[3] |
Built in 1915, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[4]
History and architectural features
The original market house on this spot was built in 1893,[5][6] but was destroyed by fire circa 1914.[5] It was rebuilt in 1915.[5][6] Architect: Charles Bickel.[6]
According to James D. Van Trump and Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., "It is one of the last two market houses extant in Pittsburgh; the other is the East Liberty Market.
According to Walter C. Kidney, "When it was rebuilt in 1915 after a fire, the towers came off, the gable roof was brought down to the eaves on both fronts, and a well-scaled stone cartouche was set into the south front memorializing the new work. This cartouche is the building's one decoration today, set off by swags and surmounted by a bull's head. The Romanesque walls otherwise survive largely as built, industrial rather than civic architecture."[6]
