Market House (Providence, Rhode Island)
The Market House is a historic three-story brick market house in Market Square, in the College Hill, a neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, USA. The building was constructed between 1773 and 1775 and designed by prominent local architects, Joseph Brown and Declaration of Independence signer Stephen Hopkins. The bottom floor of the house was used as a market, and the upper level was used for holding meetings. Similar buildings existed in other American cities, such as Faneuil Hall in Boston and the Old Brick Market in Newport. The building housed the Providence City Council in the decades before the completion of City Hall.
Market House in 2021
Market House, c. 1860
A drawing of the building published in 1915
The structure in 1898, when it served as the Board of Trade Building
Market Square, Providence, Rhode Island
Market Square is a market square in Providence, Rhode Island. It is located at the intersection of present-day North Main Street and College Street at the base of College Hill. Market Square has historically functioned as a commercial, civic, and cultural locus of Providence.
Market Square in 2021
Today, Market House is the focal structure of Market Square
"Market Square" (1835) by Edward Lewis Peckham
Bannister statue