Built 1832 (1832)-1835, 1842 Area 400 m² Added to NRHP 3 December 1969 | NRHP Reference # 69000166 Phone +1 843-546-7423 | |
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Address 633 Front St, Georgetown, SC 29440, USA Hours Open today · 10AM–4:30PMThursday10AM–4:30PMFriday10AM–4:30PMSaturday10AM–4:30PMSunday11:30AM–3:30PMMonday10AM–4:30PMTuesday10AM–4:30PMWednesday10AM–4:30PMSuggest an edit Similar Kaminski House Museum, South Carolina Maritime, Hopsewee, The Gullah Museum, Prince George Winyah E | ||
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 was added about 1842. The building has served as a town hall, a jail, an open-air market, and a slave market.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
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