Farmer's Southern Market is a historic farmer's market located in downtown Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by noted Lancaster architect C. Emlen Urban and built in 1888. It is a brick building consisting of a three-story headhouse and two-story markethouse, in the Queen Anne style. It measures 90 feet wide (7 bays) and 250 feet deep. It features ornamental terra cotta and brickwork and towers.[2] The city closed the market in the late 1980s, and has since housed Lancaster's Visitors Bureau, offices and Council Chambers.
Farmer's Southern Market | |
 Southern Market, April 2010 | |
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| Location | 106 S. Queen St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°2′9″N 76°18′21″W / 40.03583°N 76.30583°W |
| Area | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
| Built | 1888 |
| Architect | Burger, J. Adam; Urban, C. Emlen |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 86003090[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 10, 1986 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2012-02-25. Note: This includes Eugene L. Aleci (July 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Farmer's Southern Market" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-23.