Market Hall and Sheds

Market Hall and the sheds of the City Market, or Centre Market, comprise a historic market complex in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Established in the 1790s, the market stretches for four city blocks from the architecturally-significant Market Hall, which faces Meeting Street, through a continuous series of one-story market sheds, the last of which terminates at East Bay Street. In 1973, Market Hall, which has been described as a building of the "highest architectural design quality," was designated a National Historic Landmark, and was listed, along with its accompanying sheds, on the National Register of Historic Places. Initially known as the Centre Market, Charleston's City Market was developed as a replacement for the...