Quincy Market (center) and Faneuil Hall (left), viewed from the observation deck of the nearby Custom House Tower In contrast, the sides of the hall are more modern and American, with rows of rectangular windows. The east and west facades exhibit a strong Roman style, with strong triangular pediments and Doric columns. Within, it employs innovative cast iron columns and iron tension rods. Its exterior is largely granite, with red brick interior walls, and represents the first large-scale use of granite and glass in post-and-beam construction. The market is two stories tall, 535 feet (163 m) long, and covers 27,000 square feet (2,500 m 2) of land. The sign boards of old businesses decorate the walls This serves as the seating area for the food court now. Some surviving signs of early food and supplies merchants hang today in the upstairs seating hall.ĭesign Dome Inside the Market building, 2010. In addition, street vendors took up space outside the building in its plazas and against its outside walls. Digging performed for the expansion of the market in the late 1970s uncovered evidence of animal bones, suggesting that butchering work was done on-site. The commercial growth spawned by the new marketplace led to the reconstruction or addition of six city streets.įrom its beginning, the Market was largely used as a produce and foodstuff shopping center, with various grocers of such goods as eggs, cheese, and bread lining its inside walls. In an early example of Boston's tendency for territorial growth via landfill, part of the harbor was filled in with dirt to provide a plot of land for the market.
To provide an expansion of shop space Quincy Market was built, as an indoor pavilion of vendor stalls.ĭesigned by Alexander Parris, the main building was built immediately east of and "behind" Faneuil Hall which at the time sat next to the waterfront at the town dock. History Quincy Market, 19th centuryīy the time Boston was incorporated as a city in 1822, downtown commercial demand had grown beyond the capacity of Faneuil Hall. Today, this includes the original Quincy Market buildings, the later North Market and South Market buildings that flank the main Quincy Market, the historic Faneuil Hall lying at the west end, and two smaller curved buildings, added later to the eastern end. By the mid-20th century it was badly in need of repair, and it was redeveloped into a public shopping and restaurant area in the early 1970s and re-opened in 1976. Īs the central building of Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Quincy Market is often used metonymically for the entire development. According to the National Park Service, some of Boston's early slave auctions took place near what is now Quincy Market. The market is a designated National Historic Landmark and a designated Boston Landmark in 1996, significant as one of the largest market complexes built in the United States in the first half of the 19th century. It was constructed between 18 and named in honor of mayor Josiah Quincy, who organized its construction without any tax or debt.
Quincy Market is a historic building near Faneuil Hall in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Head north from the end of the Common to see the golden dome of the State House, and travel through government center to Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall, both a historic and popular destination worth a quick visit for a first time to Boston.
Continue on through the Gardens and take in some open green space at the Boston Common, where you can spend time throwing a frisbee, sitting on a park bench, or, in the winter time, skating on the frog pond. Have your camera ready to capture its peaceful beauty in the middle of a bustling city. Stroll through one of Boston’s most famous green spaces, the Boston Public Gardens, check out and make way for duckling statues, picnic under a beautiful tree overlooking the pond, and walk over the iconic footbridge where, during summer time, you will catch a swan boat toting children and eager tourists through the pond. The largest area of the city, Downtown is rich with historical and iconic sites in Boston.
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