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Title
City
Market
-
100
block
,
South
Front
Street
Subject
S
.
Front
Street
,
City
Market
Description
The
City
Market
at
120-124
South
Front
Street
, was
built
in
1879-1880
by the
Wilmington
Market
Company
and was
sold
to the
City
of
Wilmington
in
1882
. The
building
was a
two-story
structure
, with
two
towers
on
Front
Street
. In
1919
, the
market
became
the
City
Auditorium
,
capable
of
seating
three
thousand
people
for
such
varied
attractions
as the
Wilmington
Kennel
Club
, the
Royal
Highlander
Band
, an
Old
Fiddler's
Convention
, a
Military
Indoor
Circus
and a
sermon
by the
Reverend
Baxter
F
.
McLendon
, an
evangelist
known
as "
Cyclone
Mack.
"
Sometime
between
1920
and
1930
, the
two
towers
were
removed
and by the
latter
date
the
building
was
renovated
for
full
market
use
and
returned
to its
original
purpose
.
Interior
of
Market
,
showing
stalls
. ca.
mid-1920s
.
Date
c. 1925
Source
Louis T. Moore Collection 385
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