Old Market Building, also known as the Rice Museum, is a historic

public market A marketplace, market place, or just market, 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 ...

building located at Georgetown,

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. It was built in 1832–1835, and is a one-story,

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temple-form building on a high arcaded base. The arched area was used as an open-air market but was enclosed in the early-20th century. A tower topped by a square stage and an open

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was added. The tower houses a four-sided clock that was added in about 1842. The building has served as a town hall, a jail, an open-air market, and a slave market. It was listed on the

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in 1969.

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Rice Museum and Clock Tower
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