- Hollins Market
Infobox_nrhp | name =Hollins Market
nrhp_type = hd
caption = Hollins Market Facade
location=Baltimore ,Maryland
area =
built =1838
architect=
architecture= Greek Revival, Italianate
added =September 15 ,1983
governing_body = Local
refnum=83002941 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]Hollins Market is the name of the oldest existing
public market building in the city of Baltimore,Maryland .The market, located at 26 South Arlington Street just west of downtown Baltimore, dates back to 1835. In that year the city granted the petition of a piano manufacturer named Joseph Newman "and others" to erect market house at their own expense [http://www.baltimoremd.com/arabber/baltmars.html] on land donated by banker George B. Dunbar. That structure blew down in a windstorm in 1838; the market was rebuilt and opened the following year. The market was expanded in 1864 [http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/baltimore/b3.htm] through a $23,000 appropriation by the city [http://www.baltimoremd.com/arabber/baltmars.html] to construct the Italianate addition. [Dorsey, John & Dilts, James D., "Guide to Baltimore Architecture" (1997) p. 253-4. Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, Maryland ISBN 0-87033-477-8] The market is convert|29803|sqft|m2|0 [http://www.bpmarkets.com/hol1.html] .The Hollins Market building is at the center of a neighborhood that also bears the same name. It is the geographical heart of what many refer to as
Sowebo , and on the Sunday ofMemorial Day weekend, is the center of an arts festival called [http://www.soweboarts.org/festival.html Sowebohemian Arts Festival] . Hollins Market is open Tuesday through Thursday 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. It is closed on Sundays and Mondays.The 1990
Barry Levinson film "Avalon" depicts Hollins Market in the mid 1900s.References
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