Eastern Market

Established by order of President Thomas Jefferson 1805, this building constructed 1873, designed by Adolf Cluss, additions 1907-8 by Snowden Ashford.<br><br> Eastern Market, one of three public markets proposed in L’Enfant’s Plan, was established in 1805, by Presidential Proclamation, and originally located near the Navy Yard at 6th Street between K and L Streets, S.E. It was relocated to this site in 1873, as a new building, designed by Adolf Cluss, which is now known as South Hall. The Center and North Halls were added in 1908. Designated a D.C. Historic Landmark in 1964, the Market was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.<br><br> Among the 70 buildings Cluss built in the Nation’s Capital and environs were two other public markets: the former Center Market ( c. 1872), the nation’s largest, at Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and 9th Streets, N.W. and the Alexandria, Virginia Market House and City Hall ( c. 1873), on Cameron Street, which continues in use as the Alexandria City Hall.<br><br> <i>Adolf Cluss, Architect:<br> Shaping a Capital City worthy of the Republic after the Civil War; <br>Born Heilbronn, Germany, July 14, 1825 - Died Washington, D.C., July 24, 1905.</i><br><br> Plaque dedicated October 2005, on the 200th anniversary of President Jefferson’s proclamation establishing the market and 100 years after the death of Adolf Cluss. <br><br> Anthony Williams <br> Mayor, Washington, D.C. <br><br> Helmut Himmelsbach <br> Lord Mayor, Heilbronn, Germany