South Side Market Building
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South Side Market Building (or South Side Market House) is a historic market house
at 12th and Bingham Streets in the South Side Flats neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
.
It was built in 1915, and added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1976.
The original market house on this spot was built in 1893, but burned around 1914 and was rebuilt in 1915. Architect: Charles Bickel
. According to James D. Van Trump and Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr.
, "It is one of the last two market house
s extant in Pittsburgh; the other is the East Liberty Market. The present building opened in 1893. It burned in 1914 (?) and was rebuilt probably on the old lines and opened in 1915. According to Walter C. Kidney, "When it was rebuilt in 1915 after a fire, the towers came off, the gable roof was brought down to the eaves on both fronts, and a well-scaled stone cartouche
was set into the south front memorializing the new work. This cartouche is the building's one decoration today, set off by swags and surmounted by a bull's head. The Romanesque walls otherwise survive largely as built, industrial rather than civic architecture."
Market house
A market house or country market is a type of building traditionally used as a marketplace at street level and for public functions on the upper floor....
at 12th and Bingham Streets in the South Side Flats neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
.
It was built in 1915, and added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places listings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on National Register of Historic Places in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States...
in 1976.
The original market house on this spot was built in 1893, but burned around 1914 and was rebuilt in 1915. Architect: Charles Bickel
Charles Bickel
Charles A. Bickel was a prominent architect practicing in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Bickel was born to a well-to-do family of Columbus, Ohio who sent him to Europe for six years to prepare him for a career in architecture. On his return in 1875, he settled in Pittsburgh, apprenticed with an...
. According to James D. Van Trump and Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr.
Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr.
Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. is a leading American preservationist, urbanist, writer and activist. He is best known for the creation of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation , a non-profit preservation organization created in response to the destructive urban renewal policies of the 1950s in...
, "It is one of the last two market house
Market house
A market house or country market is a type of building traditionally used as a marketplace at street level and for public functions on the upper floor....
s extant in Pittsburgh; the other is the East Liberty Market. The present building opened in 1893. It burned in 1914 (?) and was rebuilt probably on the old lines and opened in 1915. According to Walter C. Kidney, "When it was rebuilt in 1915 after a fire, the towers came off, the gable roof was brought down to the eaves on both fronts, and a well-scaled stone cartouche
Cartouche
In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an ellipse with a horizontal line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name, coming into use during the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty under Pharaoh Sneferu, replacing the earlier serekh...
was set into the south front memorializing the new work. This cartouche is the building's one decoration today, set off by swags and surmounted by a bull's head. The Romanesque walls otherwise survive largely as built, industrial rather than civic architecture."