{"nrhp_refnum":"66000686","name":"New Market","other_names":["Head House Market"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S. 2nd St., between Pine and Lombard Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.942162833000054,"lon":-75.14545128439914,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-11-13","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1966-11-13","areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A public market and attached engine house (the Head House) on South Second Street between Pine and South (Cedar) Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The market began as a row of stalls built in 1745 and was later enlarged and extended; the market structure from Lombard to Pine Street was renovated in 1923.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the market illustrates the public market as a formerly vital part of food distribution in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It escaped demolition when street markets were abandoned, and it retains original brick piers and the Head House engine house. The document also states the site was designated a Registered National Historic Landmark in 1966.","narrative":"Built in 1745 on South Second Street in Philadelphia, the New Market was a public market of brick piers supporting a gable roof over an arched, plastered ceiling. Private contractors, Edward Shippen and Joseph Wharton, completed its first construction, and the City Council took over its operation in 1772. The market grew over time, reaching Pine Street after an 1809 expansion and adding a brick engine house, the Head House, in 1804. Its southern engine house, built in 1799, was torn down in 1860. Most street markets were abandoned in the nineteenth century, but this one survived, largely because the rents from its stalls continued to bring the city income. The surviving section from Lombard to Pine Street was restored in 1923 and retains 21 original brick piers. The Head House also remains standing. The site is regarded as an example of a once common form of city food distribution.","period_of_significance":"1745-1923","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Market structure from Lombard to Pine Street restored in 1923 and maintained by the city; the Head House is in very good repair; the section from Lombard to South Street has been removed and is used for parking.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.877045-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/66000686_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000686/ae17bb77f7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000686/ae17bb77f7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Head_House_and_Market_Shed.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Head_House_and_Market_Shed.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994333","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Market_and_Head_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7010010"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/new-market-66000686/"}