South Side Market Building

The South Side Market Building, also known as the South Side Market House, is a historic, American market house that is located at 12th and Bingham Streets in the South Side Flats neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Built in 1915, it was added to the National [Register of Historic Places listings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|National Register of Historic Places] in 1976.

History and architectural features

The original market house on this spot was built in 1893, but was destroyed by fire circa 1914. It was rebuilt in 1915. Architect: Charles Bickel.
According to James D. Van Trump and Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., "It is one of the last two market houses extant in Pittsburgh; the other is the East Liberty Market.
According to Walter C. Kidney, "When it was rebuilt in 1915 after a fire, the towers came off, the gable roof was brought down to the eaves on both fronts, and a well-scaled stone cartouche was set into the south front memorializing the new work. This cartouche is the building's one decoration today, set off by swags and surmounted by a bull's head. The Romanesque walls otherwise survive largely as built, industrial rather than civic architecture."