80 Broad Street Charleston City Hall and 83 Broad Street U.S. Court House and Post Office Building

The Whispers of Charleston · Sep 23, 2026 · 8m

This market was appointed Charleston's public market for beef, mutton, veal, lamb, pork and other butchery wares. Vegetables, fruits, grains and fish were sold at another public market. By 1760 the Beef Market had decayed beyond repair and was deemed insufficiently small. Later that year the legislature funded the construction of a larger market shed, which Charles Fraser described as a "*neat building, supported by brick arches and surmounted by a belfry." A fire on June 13, 1796, destroyed the Beef Market.

In 1800 City Council conveved the Beef Market property to the Bank of the United…