City Market, Charleston

Name: City Market
Address: 188 Meeting St, Charleston, 29401-3155, United States
Telephone: +1 843-937-0920

#26 among attractions in Charleston

Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture

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The City Market is a historic market complex in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. 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. The market should not be confused with the Old Slave Mart where slaves were sold, as slaves were never sold in the City Market. The City Market Hall has been described as a building of the "highest architectural design quality." The entire complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Market Hall and Sheds and was further designated a National Historic Landmark. ()

Built: 1841 (183 years ago)Coordinates: 32°46'49"N, 79°55'53"W

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188 Meeting StDowntown CharlestonCharleston 29401-3155 United States

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+1 843-937-0920

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City Market – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Circular Congregational Church, TD Arena, St. Philip's Church, Huguenot Church.

~540 ftS
Church
Circular Congregational Church, Charleston
3 min walk • The Circular Congregational Church is a historic church building at 150 Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina, used by a congregation established in 1681.
0.4 miNW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
TD Arena, Charleston
11 min walk • TD Arena is a 5,100 seat multi-purpose arena in Charleston, South Carolina, United States that opened in 2008 and replaced John Kresse Arena as the home of the College of Charleston Cougars basketball and volleyball teams.
~780 ftSE
Church, Sacred and religious sites, Cemetery
St. Philip's Church, Charleston
4 min walk • St. Philip's Church is an historic church at 142 Church Street in Charleston, South Carolina. Its National Historic Landmark description states: "Built in 1836, this stuccoed brick church features an imposing tower designed in the Wren-Gibbs tradition.
~820 ftSE
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Huguenot Church, Charleston
4 min walk • The Huguenot Church, also called the French Huguenot Church or the French Protestant Church, is a Gothic Revival church located at 136 Church Street in Charleston, South Carolina.
~1000 ftSE
Theater, Concerts and shows
Dock Street Theatre, Charleston
5 min walk • The Dock Street Theatre is a theater in the historic French Quarter neighborhood of downtown Charleston, South Carolina.
~520 ftSE
Museum, Historical place
Powder Magazine, Charleston
3 min walk • The Powder Magazine is a gunpowder magazine and museum at 79 Cumberland Street in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Completed in 1713, it is the oldest surviving public building in the former Province of Carolina.
~670 ftS
Museum, Art museum
Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston
4 min walk • The Gibbes Museum of Art, formerly known as the Gibbes Art Gallery, is an art museum in Charleston, South Carolina. Established as the Carolina Art Association in 1858, the museum moved into a new Beaux Arts building at 135 Meeting Street, in the Charleston Historic District, in 1905.
~1230 ftS
Park, Garden
Washington Square, Charleston
6 min walk • Washington Square is a park in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. It is located behind City Hall at the corner of Meeting Street and Broad Street in the Charleston Historic District. The planting beds and red brick walks were installed in April 1881.
~820 ftNW
Greek Revival architecture, Historical place, Sacred and religious sites
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, Charleston
4 min walk • Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim is a Reform Synagogue located in Charleston, South Carolina. Having founded the congregation in 1749, it was later claimed to be the first Reform synagogue located in the United States, the current 1841 synagogue was built by enslaved African descendants...
~700 ftNW
Church
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Charleston
4 min walk • St. Mary of the Annunciation Roman Catholic Church is the first Roman Catholic parish in the Carolinas and Georgia. The current building at 93 Hasell St. in Charleston, South Carolina, is the third structure to house the congregation on this site.
~1210 ftS
Museum, History museum
Old Slave Mart, Charleston
6 min walk • The Old Slave Mart is a building located at 6 Chalmers Street in Charleston, South Carolina that once housed an antebellum slave auction gallery. Constructed in 1859, the building is believed to be the last extant slave auction facility in South Carolina.

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Nearby attractions include Powder Magazine, Charleston (3 min walk), Circular Congregational Church, Charleston (3 min walk), Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston (4 min walk), St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Charleston (4 min walk).