{"nrhp_refnum":"77001207","name":"Farmers Market","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"380 W. Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"York","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":39.95935981400004,"lon":-76.73650463399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick market house in York, York County, Pennsylvania, built in 1876 with a c. 1890 enlargement, with attached stall sections and a stable. It operates as a farmers' market.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it was the first fully enclosed market house in York and is one of a small group of surviving York market houses, continuing a market tradition dating to the 1750s. It is also linked to the long agricultural and commercial relationship between county farmers and city residents.","narrative":"Brick market house in York, built in 1876 as a gable-roofed building 60 by 80 feet, then enlarged around 1890 with a 40-foot section under one roof. Its five-bay false front has brick pilasters, three central stories, and five arched ground-floor doorways with sunburst fanlights, the outer two opening into corner shops. A corporation with $30,000 in capital stock financed the 1876 building, which was built to serve residents of the growing west side of town across Codorus Creek. It was the first fully enclosed market house in York and followed market sheds erected in Center Square in 1842 and 1844. Of five market houses later built in the city, two still operate, and the building continues to host county farmers who sell produce and meats. In 1975 concessionaires incorporated and bought the building to keep it from closing. Attached frame stall sections and a Queen Anne style stable survive alongside it.","period_of_significance":"1876, c.1890","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne (stable attached to the rear)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Good state of repair and continues in use as a farmers' market.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.153459-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/77001207.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001207/99bca22d44-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001207/99bca22d44-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Farmers_Mkt_York_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Farmers_Mkt_York_PA.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79002371","name":"York Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/york-historic-district-79002371/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998856","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers_Market_(York,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5435794"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/farmers-market-77001207/"}