Central Market
The market halls of the Central Market are located in Lancaster in the US state of Pennsylvania on North Market Street and thus in the immediate vicinity of the central city square, Penn Square with the Soldiers and Sailors Monument . The history of the market goes back to the city's founding in 1730, when a central open-air transhipment point was designed. In 1757 a board shed was built and at the end of the 18th century the market moved into a new arcaded house on West King Street, which it shared with the town hall and a Masonic lodge . The present building in the Romanesque Revival style was built in 1889 in less than six months of construction work under the direction of architect James H. Warner from Philadelphia . It has numerous ornate bricks and two towers with terracotta roofs and - with the exception of the interior, which had to be adapted to modern standards - hardly any structural changes were made. In 1972 it was included in the National Register of Historic Places .
The Central Market has always been in the hands of the city and as the oldest continuously used farmers' market in the United States is now one of the most popular tourist attractions in Lancaster and is particularly valued for its range of original Amish goods that cannot be purchased anywhere else. At the vast majority of the market stalls, food is offered for sale, some from Greece, Germany, the Caribbean, the Middle East and the Slavic countries.
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Coordinates: 40 ° 2 ′ 18 ″ N , 76 ° 18 ′ 23 ″ W.