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The York Central Market, also known as Central Market York, is a historic
public market A marketplace or market place is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a marketplace may be described as a '' souk'' (from the Arabic), ' ...
located at
York, Pennsylvania York ( Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Yarrick''), known as the White Rose City (after the symbol of the House of York), is the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the south-central region of the state. The populati ...
. It was designed by architect
John A. Dempwolf John A. Dempwolf (1848–1926) was a German-born American architect practicing in York, Pennsylvania from 1876 until his death in 1926. In association with his brother Reinhardt Dempwolf and son Frederick G. Dempwolf, he was responsible for the ...
and built in 1888. It is a large, two-story brick building in the Romanesque Revival style. It has a hipped roof with steep gable
dormer A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof. A dormer window (also called ''dormer'') is a form of roof window. Dormers are commonly used to increase the usable space ...
s and projecting front pieces. The front facade features two three-story square towers with pyramidal roofs projecting on each side of the main entrance. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1978.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Pennsylvania This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in York County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in York County, Pennsylvania, U ...


References


External links


Central Market York website
Food markets in the United States Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Romanesque Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Commercial buildings completed in 1888 Buildings and structures in York, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in York County, Pennsylvania {{YorkCountyPA-NRHP-stub