About Old Market Building (Georgetown, South Carolina)
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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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701, Front Street, Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States of America, 29440
