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Old Slave Mart : ウィキペディア英語版 | Old Slave Mart
The Old Slave Mart is a building located at 6 Chalmers Street in Charleston, South Carolina that once housed an antebellum slave auction gallery. Constructed in 1859, the building is believed to be the last extant slave auction facility in South Carolina. In 1975, the Old Slave Mart was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its role in Charleston's African-American history. Today, the building houses the Old Slave Mart Museum.〔〔Nenie Dixon and Elias Bull, (National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Old Slave Mart ), 12 February 1975. Retrieved: 27 May 2010.〕 The Old Slave Mart was originally part of a slave market known as Ryan's Mart, which covered a large enclosed lot between Chalmers and Queen streets. The market was established in 1856 by Charleston City Councilman Thomas Ryan, after a citywide ban on public slave auctions made private facilities necessary. Slave auctions were held at the site until approximately 1863; in 1865, the Union Army occupied Charleston and closed Ryan's Mart. The Old Slave Mart Museum has operated on and off since 1938.〔 ==Design==
The Old Slave Mart is a by brick structure with a stuccoed façade. The front (south side) faces the cobblestone-paved Chalmers Street. The building originally measured by , but an extension in 1922 gave it its current dimensions. The unique façade of the Old Slave Mart consists of octagonal pillars at each end, with a central elliptical arch comprising the entrance.〔 The building originally contained one large room with a ceiling. In 1878, a second floor was added, and the roof was overhauled. The arched entryway originally held an iron gate; in the late 1870s it was filled in with simple doors. Interior partitions were added in subsequent decades, dividing the first floor into three rooms.〔 Today, there is an iron gate in the archway once again.
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