National Historic Landmark · Fayetteville, North Carolina

Market House

Historic building in North Carolina, US in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.

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What it is

Wikipedia · Market House (Fayetteville, North Carolina)

The Market House is a market house and town hall in the center of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1832 on the site of the old state house and Town Hall which burned down in 1831. Fayetteville was the capital of North Carolina from 1789 to 1794.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressMarket Sq., Fayetteville, NC
CountyCumberland County
ListedSep 15, 1970
Reference number70000451
Type of placebuilding
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Access not on record
AddressMarket Sq., Fayetteville, NC
Coordinates35.05294, -78.87753 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitMoores Creek National Battlefield · 60 mi · on Park Atlas
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Reference

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000451. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.