Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-01
Faneuil Hall Market
Will Celebrate Tooth
Anniversary i'm Sept.

Boston, Aug. Sl.-tP)-A century
of progress in methods of marketing
food products Will be, celebrat ted
with the Tooth anniversary. of the
opening of the F'aneuil Hall Market
commonly known as the Quincy
Market, is observed next month. The
market was opened for business or
August rs, 1926, but the narketma n
decided to have the celebration Sep
TENDER 1417 in order to ensure a
| larger attendance
1t was in 1884 that Boston's first
public markets We're established,
one in Dock Square, another in
North Square and a third near Essex
street large section of the popu-
lation was violently opposed to the
idea, fearing that monopolies would
develop and that trade between
farmers and householders with de-
livery at the dwellings, would be
disrupted. The patronage Of these
markets was so poor that in less
than four years all were abandoned.
The one in Dock Square was torn
down one dark night in 1897 by a
gang of men disguised as clergy
men.
Peter Faneuil. Boston's merchant
Ei A'i1Ns boNhSu up HIS bSlltl III iIle
need of a public market by offering
in 1140 to build a market house on
the towns land in Dock Square.
The offer was accepted by close
vote. The idea of a hall above the
market was an after thought on the
part of Faneuil and no one knew of
it until John Smibert, the architect.
exhibited his plans for the building.
SHhic woe tho heofnr,f,,rr of
Hail. which was opened in 1912.
The. hall was used for town offices
and meetings. Among the 'regula-
tons for the market adopted in town
meeting were:
mo unwholesome. stall or Blown
meat or Leparous swine shall be sold
or exposed to sale in the market I'M
der penalty of ten shillings."
Everything must be kept clean
and the doors and windows be shut
at sunset"
"All smal& meat before brought in
must have the feet cut off, and quar-
tered and cleaned from brains"
This market was twice closed for
brief periods due to wrangles over
the regulations. In 1851 a fire In a
Dock Square shop spread to FaneuiI
Hall and only the brick walls were
left standing. BY this time general
sentiment had been converted to the
market idea and the town raised
money by a lottery to rebuild the
fall and market. leaving the origina
walls intact. In 1906, under the di-
rection of the famous architect
Charles Bulf1nch, the building was
enlarged to its present form. the
south wall being kept unchanged ex-
cept for an increase in height and
several other features of the original
building, including the grasshopper
weather vane. being retained.
Twenty years later this market
had become inadequate for the need s
or Boston. Against considerable on
position to the idea of big expendi-
ture OF the public funds JOSIAH
quincy, the second mayor of Boston.
carried through his project for the
building of huge new market house
across the street from Faneuil Hail
and on what was then the water
'front.'. large area of land. was
taken over by the city, new land was
created by filling in harbor coves
with dirt dug from Beacon, For.
and Cops Hills and new streets
We're put through
The Chelmsford granite corner
stone of the new market, designed
by Alexander Paris, was laid IN
April, 1925. When the building was
thrown open in 1926 Mayor Quincy's
suggestion that the name of Faneuil
Hall Market be retained was accent
ed by the board of aldermen, but in
cen mon usage it has been known as
Quincy Market ever since.
Built entirely of granite, the mar
ket covers an area of 27,0I2 square
feet. Its exterior length is 535 feet.
3 inches, and the corridor between
the dealers stalls Is 512 feet long.
1t cost $149,15S for labor, materials
and architects services. The whole
cost of the project was $1,141.27e.
which was largely Offset by this
value OF land acquired by the city.
The building committee in its
hnal report said 1t had encountered
the doughts of the cautious, the
fears of the timid, the asperities of
the interested and the cavils of the
captious.' In August, 1875, there
was an elaborate celebration of the
markets 50th anniversary.
The stalls under Faneuil were
converted into stores but in 1858
were reopened as an annex to the