{"nrhp_refnum":"72001127","name":"Central Market","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"William Henry Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lancaster","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":40.038411550000035,"lon":-76.30654480899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-07-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A public market building at West King Street and William Henry Place in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, built in 1889 of locally made brick in the Romanesque Revival style.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the market is a symbol of the culture of Lancaster County and has served the community as a market site since 1730. Its 1889 building is described as the culmination of a long market history on the site, and its interior of wooden pillars and Howe trusses is presented as a distinctive example of its type.","narrative":"Built in 1889 of locally produced brick, the Central Market in Lancaster stands on land conveyed in trust in 1730 for a public market. Its front has twin towers about 72 feet high with a gable between them, and its brick walls carry stepped brick capitals, cluster windows and a rock-faced brownstone base. The high roof was built to admit light and air, and the interior has wooden pillars supporting steel-rod Howe trusses above a grid of market stalls. The site's market history runs back through a 1757 market house, an 1798 agreement with Masonic Lodge 43 that produced a building with a second-level hall, and an 1854 market house. The building was listed for its association with the market culture of Lancaster County and for its architecture, which the nomination treats as a representative example of a large market hall of its period.","period_of_significance":"1889","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.916573-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/72001127.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001127/975ccad2b1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001127/975ccad2b1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Market,_Lancaster,_PA_-_IMG_7734.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Daderot</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Market,_Lancaster,_PA_-_IMG_7734.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"01000956","name":"Lancaster City Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/lancaster-city-historic-district-01000956/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996125","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Market_(Lancaster)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1053899"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/central-market-72001127/"}