301
King Street
Public square at 301 King Street fronting Alexandria City Hall — site of an open-air farmers market continuously operated since 1753, the longest-running open-air market in the United States.
- 1749
- Civic plaza
- Extant
Place narrative
Market Square occupies the block fronting 301 King Street 301 King Street Alexandria's seat of municipal government, market house, and — for most of the nineteenth century — the lodge hall and museum of , which kept the country's largest private … at 301 King Street, in the colonial heart of Alexandria. The square was laid out as a public market space in the 1749 town plat, and the open-air Market has operated on the site continuously since 1753 — making it the longest-running farmers market in the United States.
The current configuration of the square reflects multiple nineteenth- and twentieth-century redesigns; the brick paving and fountain at center date to a 1980s civic-restoration project that consolidated the older market sheds into the open plaza that now fronts City Hall.
Saturday mornings continue to bring vendors selling produce, baked goods, cut flowers, and crafts to the square, an unbroken market-day tradition that connects modern Alexandria to its colonial origins.
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The building
- Civic plaza
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King Street
Named for King George II of Great Britain (reigning 1727-1760), c. 1749.
Interpretive signs nearby
The City of Alexandria has installed 11 historical interpretive signs within walking distance of this place. Each link below opens the sign's page on this site, with the full image and trail context.
622 King St
631 King St
706A King St
George Washington Memorial Parkway
106 N Washington St
Trinity United Methodist Church
114 S. Washington St.
604 King St
George Washington in Alexandria
556 King St
725 King St
The Alexandria Furniture District
SW King and S. Columbus
201 S. Washington Street
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