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Market Square is a pedestrian mall located in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Established in 1854 as a market place for regional farmers, the square has developed over the decades into a multipurpose venue that accommodates events ranging from concerts to political rallies, and has long provided a popular gathering place for artists, street musicians, war veterans, and activists. Along with the Market House, Market Square was home to Knoxville's City Hall from 1868 to 1924. Market Square was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.〔 Land for the market place was given to the city by William G. Swan and Joseph A. Mabry.〔(The Fragile 15 List of Knox County's Most Endangered Properties ), Knox Heritage, Inc., 2006 (accessed March 2, 2009)〕 Farmers from the surrounding area would bring their wagons to the Market House, where they sold their produce and wares.〔(Market Square History ), City of Knoxville website, accessed March 2, 2009〕 During the Civil War, the Union Army used the Market House as a barracks and magazine.〔Jack Neely, ''Market Square: A History of the Most Democratic Place on Earth'' (Knoxville, Tenn.: Market Square District Association, 2009).〕 Knoxville's post-Civil War population boom brought about continued development in Market Square, most notably the construction of Peter Kern's confections store (now The Oliver Hotel) in 1875 and Max Arnstein's seven-story department store in 1906. After the Market House damaged by fire in 1960, the remainder of the building was demolished, and Market Square was converted into a pedestrian mall.〔 A local newspaper once dubbed Market Square, "the most democratic place on earth," where "the rich and the poor, the white and the black, jostle each other in perfect equality."〔Neely, ''Market Square'', p. 96. Neely cites a 1900 issue of the ''Knoxville Journal'' as the source of the quote.〕 The Square has been mentioned in the works of James Agee, Cormac McCarthy, David Madden, and Richard Yancey,〔 and has hosted performers ranging from Duke Ellington to Steve Winwood.〔 Politicians and activists who have delivered speeches at the Square include Frances Willard, Booker T. Washington, William Jennings Bryan, Edward Ward Carmack, and Ronald Reagan.〔 ==Location== Market Square is located at the center of Knoxville's downtown business district. It consists of an open area covering just over , with storefronts on the east and west sides. The Square is bounded by Union Avenue on the south and Wall Avenue on the north. Two narrow alleys divide the backs of the Square's stores from the backs of buildings lining Gay Street to the east and Walnut Street to the west. Krutch Park lies opposite Union Avenue to the southeast, and the TVA Towers overlook the Square from the north.〔 Market Square is one of only two locations in Knoxville where the street addresses still follow the city's pre-1890 numbering format, the other being Emory Place north of downtown. Under this format, the street addresses are numbered starting at "1," as opposed to the newer system in use elsewhere in the city, which uses 3, 4, and 5-digit street addresses.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Market Square, Knoxville」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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