File:Old Farmers' Market, West Old and Rock Streets, Petersburg, Petersburg, VA HABS VA,27-PET,26-2.tif

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- Old Farmers' Market, West Old and Rock Streets, Petersburg, Petersburg, VA
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- Old Farmers' Market, West Old and Rock Streets, Petersburg, Petersburg, VA
Description
Black, B J
Depicted place Virginia; Petersburg; Petersburg
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS VA,27-PET,26-2
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: This octagonal building stands on land given to the Town of Petersburg in 1806 by Robert Bolling, an affluent early merchant, in trust, always to be used as a market site. Erected in 1878-1879, the present market building is the fourth to have been built on this site. Particularly noteworthy are the fine cast-iron roof brackets, wooden roof structural system, and corbeled brick at the cornice line.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-147
  • Survey number: HABS VA-649
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1879 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va0364.photos.160853p
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