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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Grand_Central_Palace_-_Central_Market.jpg/250px-Grand_Central_Palace_-_Central_Market.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Grand_Central_Palace_-_Central_Market.jpg/375px-Grand_Central_Palace_-_Central_Market.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Grand_Central_Palace_-_Central_Market.jpg/500px-Grand_Central_Palace_-_Central_Market.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7145" data-file-height="5475" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Center Market in the 1920s</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label">Washington, D.C.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style 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-77.02306</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Address</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Avenue" title="Constitution Avenue">Constitution Avenue</a> between 7th Street and 9th Street, <a href="/wiki/Northwest,_Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Northwest, Washington, D.C.">NW</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening date</th><td class="infobox-data">1872</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Closing date</th><td class="infobox-data">1931</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Management</th><td class="infobox-data">Washington Market Company</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Cluss" class="mw-redirect" title="Adolph Cluss">Adolph Cluss</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pennsylvania_Avenue,_Washington_DC,_1929.jpg" 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demolition</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Photograph_of_the_Back_of_Center_Market_along_B_Street_Northwest,_04-02-1914_(14383739654).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Photograph_of_the_Back_of_Center_Market_along_B_Street_Northwest%2C_04-02-1914_%2814383739654%29.jpg/200px-Photograph_of_the_Back_of_Center_Market_along_B_Street_Northwest%2C_04-02-1914_%2814383739654%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Photograph_of_the_Back_of_Center_Market_along_B_Street_Northwest%2C_04-02-1914_%2814383739654%29.jpg/300px-Photograph_of_the_Back_of_Center_Market_along_B_Street_Northwest%2C_04-02-1914_%2814383739654%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Photograph_of_the_Back_of_Center_Market_along_B_Street_Northwest%2C_04-02-1914_%2814383739654%29.jpg/400px-Photograph_of_the_Back_of_Center_Market_along_B_Street_Northwest%2C_04-02-1914_%2814383739654%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="814" data-file-height="472" /></a><figcaption>Center Market seen from B Street NW (Constitution Avenue) in 1914</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Center Market</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Market_hall" title="Market hall">market hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> designed by architect <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Cluss" class="mw-redirect" title="Adolph Cluss">Adolph Cluss</a> which operated in Washington, DC from 1872 to 1931. The building was demolished in 1931 to be replaced by the <a href="/wiki/National_Archives_Building" title="National Archives Building">National Archives Building</a>. A market called Center Market had been in operation on the same block of land since 1802.<sup id="cite_ref-Columbia_Historical_Society_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Columbia_Historical_Society-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1931, the name of Center Market was transferred over to the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Liberty_Market" title="Northern Liberty Market">Northern Liberty Market</a> located a few blocks north. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_Market,_Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_Market,_Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1797, President <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> designated two acres in Washington City to be used as a public marketplace.<sup id="cite_ref-NARA_exhibit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NARA_exhibit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 6, 1802, a City Council Ordinance is approved by Mayor <a href="/wiki/Robert_Brent" title="Robert Brent">Robert Brent</a> to establish Center Market south of <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Avenue" title="Pennsylvania Avenue">Pennsylvania Avenue NW</a>, between 7th and 9th Streets NW. Section 5 of the Ordinance states "That no person shall sell or expose for sale in said market any unsound, blown, or unwholesome meat or articles of provision, under the penalty of five dollars for every offence."<sup id="cite_ref-Columbia_Historical_Society_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Columbia_Historical_Society-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Partial_cadastral_map_of_the_district_around_the_Center_Market,_N.W._Washington_D.C.._LOC_88694081.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Partial_cadastral_map_of_the_district_around_the_Center_Market%2C_N.W._Washington_D.C.._LOC_88694081.jpg/200px-Partial_cadastral_map_of_the_district_around_the_Center_Market%2C_N.W._Washington_D.C.._LOC_88694081.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Partial_cadastral_map_of_the_district_around_the_Center_Market%2C_N.W._Washington_D.C.._LOC_88694081.jpg/300px-Partial_cadastral_map_of_the_district_around_the_Center_Market%2C_N.W._Washington_D.C.._LOC_88694081.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Partial_cadastral_map_of_the_district_around_the_Center_Market%2C_N.W._Washington_D.C.._LOC_88694081.jpg/400px-Partial_cadastral_map_of_the_district_around_the_Center_Market%2C_N.W._Washington_D.C.._LOC_88694081.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8587" data-file-height="6111" /></a><figcaption>1836 cadastral map around the Center Market</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Center_Market_LCCN2016821511.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Center_Market_LCCN2016821511.jpg/200px-Center_Market_LCCN2016821511.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Center_Market_LCCN2016821511.jpg/300px-Center_Market_LCCN2016821511.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Center_Market_LCCN2016821511.jpg/400px-Center_Market_LCCN2016821511.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5965" data-file-height="4278" /></a><figcaption>General view of the market</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Center_market_LCCN2016821797.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Center_market_LCCN2016821797.jpg/200px-Center_market_LCCN2016821797.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Center_market_LCCN2016821797.jpg/300px-Center_market_LCCN2016821797.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Center_market_LCCN2016821797.jpg/400px-Center_market_LCCN2016821797.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5954" data-file-height="4362" /></a><figcaption>Detailed view of the Pennsylvania Avenue Side</figcaption></figure> <p>The first Center Market opened soon after on this land by the <a href="/wiki/Washington_City_Canal" title="Washington City Canal">Washington City Canal</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Constitution_Avenue" title="Constitution Avenue">Constitution Avenue</a>). It was a hub of commercial activity for the city and it is said that President <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> visited the market. Until the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Compensated_Emancipation_Act" title="District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act">abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia</a> in 1862, slaves were sold at the market. It then became a place of business for African Americans who owned some of the stalls and sold goods.<sup id="cite_ref-Mall_History_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mall_History-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1850, the market was a mixture of frame buildings with no coherence though located in such a prestigious location between the White House and the Capitol.<sup id="cite_ref-Cluss_Center_Market_1864_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cluss_Center_Market_1864-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite its popularity and major importance in the local economy, Congress and the public considered the market a health and safety hazard with its 700 vendors in 1870. A new building was needed with better ventilation and drainage.<sup id="cite_ref-Mall_History_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mall_History-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1863, Mayor <a href="/wiki/Richard_Wallach" title="Richard Wallach">Richard Wallach</a> had <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Cluss" title="Adolf Cluss">Adolf Cluss</a> and Joseph Wildrich von Kammerhueber design a brick structure on B Street NW (Constitution Avenue). A two-story building was designed and construction started. By June 1864, a unanimous vote from both the members of the House of Representatives District Committee and then the entire House of Representatives stopped the project as Congress had not authorized the building. It was torn down but the walls were already up and showed what a modern market could look like.<sup id="cite_ref-Cluss_Center_Market_1864_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cluss_Center_Market_1864-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A_new_building">A new building</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_Market,_Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: A new building"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A new Center Market building was chartered and the company incorporated by an Act of Congress on May 20, 1870<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and opened for business on July 1, 1872. It was designed by the same architect (Adolph Cluss) as the demolished building of 1864. </p><p>It was operated by the <i>Washington Market Company</i> with as first principal Officers: </p> <ul><li>First President: Former 1st Governor of the District of Columbia <a href="/wiki/Henry_D._Cooke" title="Henry D. Cooke">Henry D. Cooke</a></li> <li>Second President: Former Mayor of Washington, DC <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Gault_Emery" title="Matthew Gault Emery">Matthew G. Emery</a></li> <li>Third President: <a href="/wiki/Nehemiah_G._Ordway" title="Nehemiah G. Ordway">Nehemiah G. Ordway</a><sup id="cite_ref-Plaque_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plaque-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>At the time of its construction, it was the largest market hall in the country (57,500 square feet)—large enough to supply the rapidly growing urban population of D.C. with fresh groceries.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 9th Street Wing and Arcade were added in 1888 nearly doubling the capacity of the structure. In the process, it also added mechanical refrigeration with 400,000 cubic feet of cold storage rooms for meats using 10 miles of heavy two-inch brine pipes and electric lighting machinery.<sup id="cite_ref-Plaque_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plaque-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A very tall chimney stood above the boiler room. </p><p>The architect unconventionally designed the market building without alleys or driveways for traffic; by doing so, he hoped to encourage customers to stroll leisurely around the market.<sup id="cite_ref-Goode_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goode-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-America_on_the_Move_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-America_on_the_Move-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Streets_of_Washington_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Streets_of_Washington-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Greater_Greater_Washington_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greater_Greater_Washington-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Layout">Layout</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_Market,_Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Layout"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Center_Market,_Washington,_D.C._1924.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Center_Market%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._1924.jpg/200px-Center_Market%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._1924.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Center_Market%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._1924.jpg/300px-Center_Market%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._1924.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Center_Market%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._1924.jpg/400px-Center_Market%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._1924.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1058" data-file-height="752" /></a><figcaption>Plan of Center Market in 1924</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Photograph_of_Center_Market_taken_from_the_Corner_of_C_and_9th_Streets_Northwest,_04-02-1914_(14198281677).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Photograph_of_Center_Market_taken_from_the_Corner_of_C_and_9th_Streets_Northwest%2C_04-02-1914_%2814198281677%29.jpg/200px-Photograph_of_Center_Market_taken_from_the_Corner_of_C_and_9th_Streets_Northwest%2C_04-02-1914_%2814198281677%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Photograph_of_Center_Market_taken_from_the_Corner_of_C_and_9th_Streets_Northwest%2C_04-02-1914_%2814198281677%29.jpg/300px-Photograph_of_Center_Market_taken_from_the_Corner_of_C_and_9th_Streets_Northwest%2C_04-02-1914_%2814198281677%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Photograph_of_Center_Market_taken_from_the_Corner_of_C_and_9th_Streets_Northwest%2C_04-02-1914_%2814198281677%29.jpg/400px-Photograph_of_Center_Market_taken_from_the_Corner_of_C_and_9th_Streets_Northwest%2C_04-02-1914_%2814198281677%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="818" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Center Market showing the front of the building and the 9th Street Wing in 1914</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Panoramic_view_of_Washington,_D.C.6a36333v.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Panoramic_view_of_Washington%2C_D.C.6a36333v.jpg/200px-Panoramic_view_of_Washington%2C_D.C.6a36333v.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Panoramic_view_of_Washington%2C_D.C.6a36333v.jpg/300px-Panoramic_view_of_Washington%2C_D.C.6a36333v.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Panoramic_view_of_Washington%2C_D.C.6a36333v.jpg/400px-Panoramic_view_of_Washington%2C_D.C.6a36333v.jpg 2x" data-file-width="901" data-file-height="642" /></a><figcaption>View of the back of the market (on the left) around 1879</figcaption></figure> <p>The building had three wings connected to one another with a total of 666 stalls: </p> <ul><li>the 7th Street Wing which ran parallel to 7th Street NW (stalls 1 to 155)</li> <li>the B Street Wing which ran parallel to B Street NW connecting the 7th Street Wing to the 9th Street Wing (stalls 156 to 511)</li> <li>the 9th Street Wing which ran parallel to 9th Street NW (stalls 512 to 666)</li></ul> <p>These three wings formed a U. An additional structure stood separate with 12 wholesale stores and a bank in the area left vacant on the lot. </p><p>A Plaque posted in front of the building provided extensive details on the building: </p> <ul><li>7th St. Wing: 200 ft x 78 ft</li> <li>9th St. Wing: 200 ft x 78 ft</li> <li>B St. Wing: 344 ft x 84 ft</li> <li>Arcade building (12 wholesale stores): 274 ft x 40 ft</li> <li>North Center Wing: 32 ft x 42 ft</li> <li>Boiler and Pump House connections: 24 ft x 34 ft</li> <li>Iron buildings for brine tanks: 32 ft x 41 ft and electric light machinery 29 ft x 41 ft</li> <li>Eight hydraulic elevators for conveying products to and from Cold Storage rooms</li> <li>Six artesian wells yielding pure cold water</li> <li>Total number of stalls inside Main Market: 666</li> <li>Iron booths under awnings: 34</li> <li>Spaces for farmer's tables on side walls: 100</li> <li>Wagon spaces for actual producers in interior of Market grounds or on curbs: 200</li> <li>Total number of spaces when fully occupied by retail dealers: 1000</li> <li>Area used for market purposes, exclusive of courts and drives: 2 1/4 acres<sup id="cite_ref-Plaque_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plaque-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>All the buildings were two stories high and the 7th Street Wing and the 9th Street Wing were both flanked with two towers and a metal awning over the main entrances. Another metal awning ran the entire length of B Street NW and 9th Street NW. These protected shoppers visiting the outdoors stalls. For a small fee, street dealers could place their stands outside, under the market canopy. </p><p>A small park with trees stood between the buildings and Pennsylvania and Louisiana Avenue. From 1880 to 1931, the <a href="/wiki/General_John_A._Rawlins" class="mw-redirect" title="General John A. Rawlins">Rawlins Statue</a> stood in the triangular lot where the two avenues intersect. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 194.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 192.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Photograph_of_National_Archives_Building_Site,_Center_Market_at_7th_Street_and_Pennsylvania,_1928_(3873929921).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The 7th Street Wing - 1928"><img alt="The 7th Street Wing - 1928" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Photograph_of_National_Archives_Building_Site%2C_Center_Market_at_7th_Street_and_Pennsylvania%2C_1928_%283873929921%29.jpg/289px-Photograph_of_National_Archives_Building_Site%2C_Center_Market_at_7th_Street_and_Pennsylvania%2C_1928_%283873929921%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="193" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Photograph_of_National_Archives_Building_Site%2C_Center_Market_at_7th_Street_and_Pennsylvania%2C_1928_%283873929921%29.jpg/434px-Photograph_of_National_Archives_Building_Site%2C_Center_Market_at_7th_Street_and_Pennsylvania%2C_1928_%283873929921%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Photograph_of_National_Archives_Building_Site%2C_Center_Market_at_7th_Street_and_Pennsylvania%2C_1928_%283873929921%29.jpg/577px-Photograph_of_National_Archives_Building_Site%2C_Center_Market_at_7th_Street_and_Pennsylvania%2C_1928_%283873929921%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="985" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The 7th Street Wing - 1928</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 123.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 121.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Photograph_of_the_Center_Market_Tower_on_7th_Street_Northwest.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="the Center Market Tower on 7th Street Northwest"><img alt="the Center Market Tower on 7th Street Northwest" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Photograph_of_the_Center_Market_Tower_on_7th_Street_Northwest.jpg/182px-Photograph_of_the_Center_Market_Tower_on_7th_Street_Northwest.jpg" decoding="async" width="122" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Photograph_of_the_Center_Market_Tower_on_7th_Street_Northwest.jpg/274px-Photograph_of_the_Center_Market_Tower_on_7th_Street_Northwest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Photograph_of_the_Center_Market_Tower_on_7th_Street_Northwest.jpg/365px-Photograph_of_the_Center_Market_Tower_on_7th_Street_Northwest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1160" data-file-height="1430" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">the Center Market Tower on 7th Street Northwest</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 188px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 186px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:7th_Street_Entrance_to_Center_Market_1922.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="7th Street Entrance - 1922"><img alt="7th Street Entrance - 1922" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/7th_Street_Entrance_to_Center_Market_1922.jpg/279px-7th_Street_Entrance_to_Center_Market_1922.jpg" decoding="async" width="186" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/7th_Street_Entrance_to_Center_Market_1922.jpg/420px-7th_Street_Entrance_to_Center_Market_1922.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/7th_Street_Entrance_to_Center_Market_1922.jpg/559px-7th_Street_Entrance_to_Center_Market_1922.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1410" data-file-height="1136" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">7th Street Entrance - 1922</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 264px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 262px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Front_of_Center_Market_1914.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="7th Street entrance and the wholesales stores in 1914"><img alt="7th Street entrance and the wholesales stores in 1914" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Front_of_Center_Market_1914.jpg/393px-Front_of_Center_Market_1914.jpg" decoding="async" width="262" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Front_of_Center_Market_1914.jpg/590px-Front_of_Center_Market_1914.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Front_of_Center_Market_1914.jpg/786px-Front_of_Center_Market_1914.jpg 2x" data-file-width="824" data-file-height="472" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">7th Street entrance and the wholesales stores in 1914</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 192px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vendors along the B Street Wing (Constitution Avenue)"><img alt="Vendors along the B Street Wing (Constitution Avenue)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market.jpg/285px-Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market.jpg/429px-Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market.jpg/570px-Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1460" data-file-height="1152" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Vendors along the B Street Wing (Constitution Avenue)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 194.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 192.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Center_Market,_Washington,_D.C._29227v.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The 9th Street entrance"><img alt="The 9th Street entrance" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Center_Market%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._29227v.jpg/289px-Center_Market%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._29227v.jpg" decoding="async" width="193" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Center_Market%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._29227v.jpg/434px-Center_Market%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._29227v.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Center_Market%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._29227v.jpg/578px-Center_Market%2C_Washington%2C_D.C._29227v.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="797" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The 9th Street entrance</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 212px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Center_Market,_Ninth_Street,_Looking_to_the_Southeast,_ca._1928_(13589494824).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="the 9th Street Wing around 1928"><img alt="the 9th Street Wing around 1928" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Center_Market%2C_Ninth_Street%2C_Looking_to_the_Southeast%2C_ca._1928_%2813589494824%29.jpg/315px-Center_Market%2C_Ninth_Street%2C_Looking_to_the_Southeast%2C_ca._1928_%2813589494824%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Center_Market%2C_Ninth_Street%2C_Looking_to_the_Southeast%2C_ca._1928_%2813589494824%29.jpg/473px-Center_Market%2C_Ninth_Street%2C_Looking_to_the_Southeast%2C_ca._1928_%2813589494824%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Center_Market%2C_Ninth_Street%2C_Looking_to_the_Southeast%2C_ca._1928_%2813589494824%29.jpg/630px-Center_Market%2C_Ninth_Street%2C_Looking_to_the_Southeast%2C_ca._1928_%2813589494824%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2800" data-file-height="2001" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">the 9th Street Wing around 1928</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 210px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 208px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market_-_14361634436.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Photograph of the Farmers Line Outside of Center Market"><img alt="Photograph of the Farmers Line Outside of Center Market" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market_-_14361634436.jpg/312px-Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market_-_14361634436.jpg" decoding="async" width="208" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market_-_14361634436.jpg/469px-Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market_-_14361634436.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market_-_14361634436.jpg/624px-Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market_-_14361634436.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1176" data-file-height="848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Photograph of the Farmers Line Outside of Center Market</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 126px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 124px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:From_Brady%27s_Studio,_PA._Ave._%26_7th_St._looking_toward_Center_Market,_Wash.,_D.C.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="From Brady's Studio, on Pennsylvania Avenue & 7th Street NW looking toward Center Market in 1880"><img alt="From Brady's Studio, on Pennsylvania Avenue & 7th Street NW looking toward Center Market in 1880" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/From_Brady%27s_Studio%2C_PA._Ave._%26_7th_St._looking_toward_Center_Market%2C_Wash.%2C_D.C.jpg/186px-From_Brady%27s_Studio%2C_PA._Ave._%26_7th_St._looking_toward_Center_Market%2C_Wash.%2C_D.C.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/From_Brady%27s_Studio%2C_PA._Ave._%26_7th_St._looking_toward_Center_Market%2C_Wash.%2C_D.C.jpg/280px-From_Brady%27s_Studio%2C_PA._Ave._%26_7th_St._looking_toward_Center_Market%2C_Wash.%2C_D.C.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/From_Brady%27s_Studio%2C_PA._Ave._%26_7th_St._looking_toward_Center_Market%2C_Wash.%2C_D.C.jpg/373px-From_Brady%27s_Studio%2C_PA._Ave._%26_7th_St._looking_toward_Center_Market%2C_Wash.%2C_D.C.jpg 2x" data-file-width="849" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">From Brady's Studio, on Pennsylvania Avenue & 7th Street NW looking toward Center Market in 1880</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 190.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 188.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market_-_14384714055.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Photograph of the Farmers Line Outside of Center Market"><img alt="Photograph of the Farmers Line Outside of Center Market" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market_-_14384714055.jpg/283px-Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market_-_14384714055.jpg" decoding="async" width="189" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market_-_14384714055.jpg/426px-Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market_-_14384714055.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market_-_14384714055.jpg/567px-Photograph_of_the_Farmers_Line_Outside_of_Center_Market_-_14384714055.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1430" data-file-height="1136" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Photograph of the Farmers Line Outside of Center Market</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 122.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Market_scene,_Washington,_D.C.,_snow_view_LCCN90712666.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Photo shows the north side of Pennsylvania Avenue with Center Market forming the backdrop for this snowy shopping scene"><img alt="Photo shows the north side of Pennsylvania Avenue with Center Market forming the backdrop for this snowy shopping scene" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Market_scene%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_snow_view_LCCN90712666.jpg/181px-Market_scene%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_snow_view_LCCN90712666.jpg" decoding="async" width="121" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Market_scene%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_snow_view_LCCN90712666.jpg/272px-Market_scene%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_snow_view_LCCN90712666.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Market_scene%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_snow_view_LCCN90712666.jpg/362px-Market_scene%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_snow_view_LCCN90712666.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3292" data-file-height="4096" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Photo shows the north side of Pennsylvania Avenue with Center Market forming the backdrop for this snowy shopping scene</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 208px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 206px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Photograph_of_a_Ladies%27_Rest_Room_in_Center_Market,_1917.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Photograph of a Ladies' Rest Room in Center Market, 1917"><img alt="Photograph of a Ladies' Rest Room in Center Market, 1917" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Photograph_of_a_Ladies%27_Rest_Room_in_Center_Market%2C_1917.jpg/309px-Photograph_of_a_Ladies%27_Rest_Room_in_Center_Market%2C_1917.jpg" decoding="async" width="206" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Photograph_of_a_Ladies%27_Rest_Room_in_Center_Market%2C_1917.jpg/465px-Photograph_of_a_Ladies%27_Rest_Room_in_Center_Market%2C_1917.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Photograph_of_a_Ladies%27_Rest_Room_in_Center_Market%2C_1917.jpg/618px-Photograph_of_a_Ladies%27_Rest_Room_in_Center_Market%2C_1917.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1154" data-file-height="840" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Photograph of a Ladies' Rest Room in Center Market, 1917</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 208.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 206.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Center_Market,_Wash.,_D.C._28017v.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Exterior part of the Market"><img alt="Exterior part of the Market" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Center_Market%2C_Wash.%2C_D.C._28017v.jpg/310px-Center_Market%2C_Wash.%2C_D.C._28017v.jpg" decoding="async" width="207" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Center_Market%2C_Wash.%2C_D.C._28017v.jpg/465px-Center_Market%2C_Wash.%2C_D.C._28017v.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Center_Market%2C_Wash.%2C_D.C._28017v.jpg/620px-Center_Market%2C_Wash.%2C_D.C._28017v.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="744" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Exterior part of the Market</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Services">Services</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_Market,_Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Inside the building, customers could buy all their groceries in Center Market. Stalls of meats, fish, vegetables, condiments as well as flowers were available to serve them. Cold rooms provided storage of meats and other perishables and all dealers had storage on site for their produces.<sup id="cite_ref-Plaque_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plaque-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Good for sale were put on display on stands tiled with white subway tiles for cleanliness. </p><p>Customers could also use the Cold Storage Department to use the fur room where items such as dressed furs, carpets, rugs and other garments could be stored in order to protect them from moths and other insects that could destroy them.<sup id="cite_ref-Plaque_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plaque-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Artesian_aquifer" class="mw-redirect" title="Artesian aquifer">Artesian wells</a> provided fresh pure water for refrigerating purposes as well as the manufacturing of ice. This was extremely important considering houses did not have refrigerators at the time and used ice to preserve food. </p><p>Outside the building, other vendors sold similar produces but did not have access to the same storage facilities as inside. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 200.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 198.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Center_Market,_interior_-_Washington,_D.C..jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Produce section at the Center Market in Washington, D.C. On the left is Louis P. Gatti's fruit and vegetable stand."><img alt="Produce section at the Center Market in Washington, D.C. On the left is Louis P. Gatti's fruit and vegetable stand." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Center_Market%2C_interior_-_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg/298px-Center_Market%2C_interior_-_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg" decoding="async" width="199" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Center_Market%2C_interior_-_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg/448px-Center_Market%2C_interior_-_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Center_Market%2C_interior_-_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg/597px-Center_Market%2C_interior_-_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1358" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Produce section at the Center Market in Washington, D.C. On the left is Louis P. Gatti's fruit and vegetable stand.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 190px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 188px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Center_Market_1922.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A fruit and vegetable stand in Center Market in 1922"><img alt="A fruit and vegetable stand in Center Market in 1922" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Center_Market_1922.jpg/282px-Center_Market_1922.jpg" decoding="async" width="188" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Center_Market_1922.jpg/424px-Center_Market_1922.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Center_Market_1922.jpg/565px-Center_Market_1922.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1415" data-file-height="1128" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A fruit and vegetable stand in Center Market in 1922</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 198px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 196px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_part_of_the_fruit_and_vegetable_section_of_Center_Market_1915.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A part of the fruit and vegetable section in the B Street Wing in 1915"><img alt="A part of the fruit and vegetable section in the B Street Wing in 1915" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/A_part_of_the_fruit_and_vegetable_section_of_Center_Market_1915.jpg/294px-A_part_of_the_fruit_and_vegetable_section_of_Center_Market_1915.jpg" decoding="async" width="196" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/A_part_of_the_fruit_and_vegetable_section_of_Center_Market_1915.jpg/442px-A_part_of_the_fruit_and_vegetable_section_of_Center_Market_1915.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/A_part_of_the_fruit_and_vegetable_section_of_Center_Market_1915.jpg/588px-A_part_of_the_fruit_and_vegetable_section_of_Center_Market_1915.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1265" data-file-height="968" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A part of the fruit and vegetable section in the B Street Wing in 1915</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 186.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 184.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Interior_of_Center_Market_1923.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Interior of Center Market in 1923"><img alt="Interior of Center Market in 1923" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Interior_of_Center_Market_1923.jpg/277px-Interior_of_Center_Market_1923.jpg" decoding="async" width="185" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Interior_of_Center_Market_1923.jpg/416px-Interior_of_Center_Market_1923.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Interior_of_Center_Market_1923.jpg/554px-Interior_of_Center_Market_1923.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1414" data-file-height="1149" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Interior of Center Market in 1923</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 192.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Young_boy_tending_freshly_stocked_fruit_and_vegetable_stand_at_Center_Market,_02-18-1915_-_NARA_-_521049.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stand 253 (B Street Wing) - Young boy tending freshly stocked fruit and vegetable stand at Center Market on February 18, 1915"><img alt="Stand 253 (B Street Wing) - Young boy tending freshly stocked fruit and vegetable stand at Center Market on February 18, 1915" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Young_boy_tending_freshly_stocked_fruit_and_vegetable_stand_at_Center_Market%2C_02-18-1915_-_NARA_-_521049.jpg/286px-Young_boy_tending_freshly_stocked_fruit_and_vegetable_stand_at_Center_Market%2C_02-18-1915_-_NARA_-_521049.jpg" decoding="async" width="191" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Young_boy_tending_freshly_stocked_fruit_and_vegetable_stand_at_Center_Market%2C_02-18-1915_-_NARA_-_521049.jpg/429px-Young_boy_tending_freshly_stocked_fruit_and_vegetable_stand_at_Center_Market%2C_02-18-1915_-_NARA_-_521049.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Young_boy_tending_freshly_stocked_fruit_and_vegetable_stand_at_Center_Market%2C_02-18-1915_-_NARA_-_521049.jpg/571px-Young_boy_tending_freshly_stocked_fruit_and_vegetable_stand_at_Center_Market%2C_02-18-1915_-_NARA_-_521049.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2364" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stand 253 (B Street Wing) - Young boy tending freshly stocked fruit and vegetable stand at Center Market on February 18, 1915</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 203.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Combined_wholesale_and_retail_stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A combined wholesale and retail stand in Center Market. Note the great variety and attractiveness of the products. See iced refrigerator box of Florida strawberries in foreground, also Florida celery and tomatoes, and California cauliflower and artichoke"><img alt="A combined wholesale and retail stand in Center Market. Note the great variety and attractiveness of the products. See iced refrigerator box of Florida strawberries in foreground, also Florida celery and tomatoes, and California cauliflower and artichoke" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Combined_wholesale_and_retail_stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg/305px-Combined_wholesale_and_retail_stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg" decoding="async" width="204" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Combined_wholesale_and_retail_stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg/457px-Combined_wholesale_and_retail_stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Combined_wholesale_and_retail_stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg/609px-Combined_wholesale_and_retail_stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1223" data-file-height="904" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A combined wholesale and retail stand in Center Market. Note the great variety and attractiveness of the products. See iced refrigerator box of Florida strawberries in foreground, also Florida celery and tomatoes, and California cauliflower and artichoke</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 198.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 196.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Birds-eye_view_of_a_part_of_the_fruit_and_vegetable_section_of_Center_Market_1915.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A stand in 1915"><img alt="A stand in 1915" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Birds-eye_view_of_a_part_of_the_fruit_and_vegetable_section_of_Center_Market_1915.jpg/295px-Birds-eye_view_of_a_part_of_the_fruit_and_vegetable_section_of_Center_Market_1915.jpg" decoding="async" width="197" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Birds-eye_view_of_a_part_of_the_fruit_and_vegetable_section_of_Center_Market_1915.jpg/443px-Birds-eye_view_of_a_part_of_the_fruit_and_vegetable_section_of_Center_Market_1915.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Birds-eye_view_of_a_part_of_the_fruit_and_vegetable_section_of_Center_Market_1915.jpg/590px-Birds-eye_view_of_a_part_of_the_fruit_and_vegetable_section_of_Center_Market_1915.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1184" data-file-height="904" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A stand in 1915</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 184.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 182.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dried-Fruit_and_Condiment_Stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dried-Fruit and Condiment Stand in Center Market in 1915"><img alt="Dried-Fruit and Condiment Stand in Center Market in 1915" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Dried-Fruit_and_Condiment_Stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg/274px-Dried-Fruit_and_Condiment_Stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg" decoding="async" width="183" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Dried-Fruit_and_Condiment_Stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg/411px-Dried-Fruit_and_Condiment_Stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Dried-Fruit_and_Condiment_Stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg/547px-Dried-Fruit_and_Condiment_Stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="888" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Dried-Fruit and Condiment Stand in Center Market in 1915</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 210.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 208.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Center_market_LCCN2016846209.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Center market stand in 1922"><img alt="Center market stand in 1922" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Center_market_LCCN2016846209.jpg/313px-Center_market_LCCN2016846209.jpg" decoding="async" width="209" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Center_market_LCCN2016846209.jpg/470px-Center_market_LCCN2016846209.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Center_market_LCCN2016846209.jpg/625px-Center_market_LCCN2016846209.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5965" data-file-height="4295" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Center market stand in 1922</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 190.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 188.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Attractive_Display_of_Cured_Meats_in_Center_Market_1922.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Attractive Display of Cured Meats in Center Market - 1922"><img alt="Attractive Display of Cured Meats in Center Market - 1922" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Attractive_Display_of_Cured_Meats_in_Center_Market_1922.jpg/283px-Attractive_Display_of_Cured_Meats_in_Center_Market_1922.jpg" decoding="async" width="189" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Attractive_Display_of_Cured_Meats_in_Center_Market_1922.jpg/426px-Attractive_Display_of_Cured_Meats_in_Center_Market_1922.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Attractive_Display_of_Cured_Meats_in_Center_Market_1922.jpg/567px-Attractive_Display_of_Cured_Meats_in_Center_Market_1922.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1450" data-file-height="1152" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Attractive Display of Cured Meats in Center Market - 1922</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 186.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 184.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Condiment_Stand_in_Center_Market_(13763631823).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stand 226 (B Street Wing) - Condiment Stand"><img alt="Stand 226 (B Street Wing) - Condiment Stand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Condiment_Stand_in_Center_Market_%2813763631823%29.jpg/277px-Condiment_Stand_in_Center_Market_%2813763631823%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="185" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Condiment_Stand_in_Center_Market_%2813763631823%29.jpg/416px-Condiment_Stand_in_Center_Market_%2813763631823%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Condiment_Stand_in_Center_Market_%2813763631823%29.jpg/554px-Condiment_Stand_in_Center_Market_%2813763631823%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2800" data-file-height="2275" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stand 226 (B Street Wing) - Condiment Stand</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 203.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Attractive_Flower_Stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stand 196 (B Street Wing) - Flower Stand - 1915"><img alt="Stand 196 (B Street Wing) - Flower Stand - 1915" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Attractive_Flower_Stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg/305px-Attractive_Flower_Stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg" decoding="async" width="204" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Attractive_Flower_Stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg/458px-Attractive_Flower_Stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Attractive_Flower_Stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg/609px-Attractive_Flower_Stand_in_Center_Market_1915.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1245" data-file-height="920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stand 196 (B Street Wing) - Flower Stand - 1915</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 122.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Center_Market,_shoppers_-_Washington,_D.C..jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Shoppers on B Street NW (Constitution Avenue) with the Capitol Building in the background"><img alt="Shoppers on B Street NW (Constitution Avenue) with the Capitol Building in the background" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Center_Market%2C_shoppers_-_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg/181px-Center_Market%2C_shoppers_-_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg" decoding="async" width="121" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Center_Market%2C_shoppers_-_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg/272px-Center_Market%2C_shoppers_-_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Center_Market%2C_shoppers_-_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg/362px-Center_Market%2C_shoppers_-_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg 2x" data-file-width="4525" data-file-height="5621" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Shoppers on B Street NW (Constitution Avenue) with the Capitol Building in the background</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 299.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 297.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fruits_of_the_sunny_south_and_their_buyers,_in_famous_old_Centre_Market_1s02939v.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Outside vendors in front of the Center Market"><img alt="Outside vendors in front of the Center Market" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Fruits_of_the_sunny_south_and_their_buyers%2C_in_famous_old_Centre_Market_1s02939v.jpg/446px-Fruits_of_the_sunny_south_and_their_buyers%2C_in_famous_old_Centre_Market_1s02939v.jpg" decoding="async" width="298" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Fruits_of_the_sunny_south_and_their_buyers%2C_in_famous_old_Centre_Market_1s02939v.jpg/670px-Fruits_of_the_sunny_south_and_their_buyers%2C_in_famous_old_Centre_Market_1s02939v.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Fruits_of_the_sunny_south_and_their_buyers%2C_in_famous_old_Centre_Market_1s02939v.jpg/892px-Fruits_of_the_sunny_south_and_their_buyers%2C_in_famous_old_Centre_Market_1s02939v.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="517" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Outside vendors in front of the Center Market</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 186.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 184.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Horse-drawn_wagons_in_front_of_the_Center_Market,_09959v.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Horse-drawn wagons at the corner of B Street NW and 7th Street NW"><img alt="Horse-drawn wagons at the corner of B Street NW and 7th Street NW" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Horse-drawn_wagons_in_front_of_the_Center_Market%2C_09959v.jpg/277px-Horse-drawn_wagons_in_front_of_the_Center_Market%2C_09959v.jpg" decoding="async" width="185" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Horse-drawn_wagons_in_front_of_the_Center_Market%2C_09959v.jpg/416px-Horse-drawn_wagons_in_front_of_the_Center_Market%2C_09959v.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Horse-drawn_wagons_in_front_of_the_Center_Market%2C_09959v.jpg/554px-Horse-drawn_wagons_in_front_of_the_Center_Market%2C_09959v.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="832" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Horse-drawn wagons at the corner of B Street NW and 7th Street NW</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 190px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 188px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Center_Market,_Wash._D.C._LCCN2016820371.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Shopper in the exterior part of Center Market"><img alt="Shopper in the exterior part of Center Market" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Center_Market%2C_Wash._D.C._LCCN2016820371.jpg/282px-Center_Market%2C_Wash._D.C._LCCN2016820371.jpg" decoding="async" width="188" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Center_Market%2C_Wash._D.C._LCCN2016820371.jpg/424px-Center_Market%2C_Wash._D.C._LCCN2016820371.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Center_Market%2C_Wash._D.C._LCCN2016820371.jpg/564px-Center_Market%2C_Wash._D.C._LCCN2016820371.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5276" data-file-height="4210" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Shopper in the exterior part of Center Market</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 220px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 218px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:10-30_P.M._At_Center_Market_03776v.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="10:30 P.M. At Center Market. 11 yr. old Celery Vendor Gus Strateges, 212 Jackson Hall Alley. He sold until 11 P.M. and was out again Sunday morning selling papers ana gum. Has been in this country only a year and a half. Location: [Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia"><img alt="10:30 P.M. At Center Market. 11 yr. old Celery Vendor Gus Strateges, 212 Jackson Hall Alley. He sold until 11 P.M. and was out again Sunday morning selling papers ana gum. Has been in this country only a year and a half. Location: [Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/10-30_P.M._At_Center_Market_03776v.jpg/327px-10-30_P.M._At_Center_Market_03776v.jpg" decoding="async" width="218" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/10-30_P.M._At_Center_Market_03776v.jpg/490px-10-30_P.M._At_Center_Market_03776v.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/10-30_P.M._At_Center_Market_03776v.jpg/653px-10-30_P.M._At_Center_Market_03776v.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="706" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">10:30 P.M. At Center Market. 11 yr. old Celery Vendor Gus Strateges, 212 Jackson Hall Alley. He sold until 11 P.M. and was out again Sunday morning selling papers ana gum. Has been in this country only a year and a half. Location: [Washington (D.C.), District of Columbia</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demolition">Demolition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_Market,_Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demolition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Market was sitting on prime land along what was to become Constitution Avenue. It was incompatible with the <a href="/wiki/McMillan_Plan" title="McMillan Plan">McMillan Plan</a>, a comprehensive planning document to redevelop the National Mall by removing the Victorian landscaping and building low Neoclassical museums and taller Federal buildings on the sides. </p><p>Center Market closed on January 1, 1931 after over 130 years of activity at the site.<sup id="cite_ref-Passes_into_History_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Passes_into_History-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mall_History_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mall_History-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NARA_exhibit_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NARA_exhibit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many of the vendors moved to the new Center Market on 5th Street NW and K Street NW. That market was originally known as the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Liberty_Market" title="Northern Liberty Market">Northern Liberty Market</a> and later as Convention Hall Market.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_Market,_Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1909_map_of_Downtown_Washington,_D.C..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/1909_map_of_Downtown_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg/250px-1909_map_of_Downtown_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/1909_map_of_Downtown_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg/375px-1909_map_of_Downtown_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/1909_map_of_Downtown_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg/500px-1909_map_of_Downtown_Washington%2C_D.C..jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2193" /></a><figcaption>1909 Map of Downtown Washington, DC with Center Market</figcaption></figure> <p>The Center Market occupied an entire block with Pennsylvania Avenue NW on the northern side and Louisiana Ave NW, 7th Street NW on the east, Constitution Avenue on the south and 9th Street NW on the west. </p><p>The Center Market was a hub for public transportation, since several of <a href="/wiki/Streetcars_in_Washington,_D.C." title="Streetcars in Washington, D.C.">D.C.'s trolley lines</a> converged there:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The Washington & Georgetown line</li> <li>The Metropolitan line</li> <li>The Anacostia & Potomac River line</li></ul> <p>In addition, street parking was available for the few cars of the time. </p><p>Today, the <a href="/wiki/National_Archives_Building" title="National Archives Building">National Archives Building</a> stands in its place. Louisiana Ave NW has been renamed Indiana Ave NW east of 7th Street NE and no longer exists on the west. The US Department of Justice Building stands where the avenue used to be. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_Market,_Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Market_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Western Market (Washington, D.C.)">Western Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Market,_Washington,_D.C." title="Eastern Market, Washington, D.C.">Eastern Market</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Center_Market,_Washington,_D.C.&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Columbia_Historical_Society-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Columbia_Historical_Society_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Columbia_Historical_Society_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Records, Volumes 1-2 - <i>Mayor Brent</i> by J.D. 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