1830s <updated 7/26/21 source slave auction paper found in attic
Architectural style
Gothic Revival, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.
75001694[1]
Added to NRHP
May 2, 1975
The Old Slave Mart is a building located at 6 Chalmers Street in Charleston, South Carolina that once housed an antebellum-period slave-auction gallery.[2] Constructed in 1859, the building is believed to be the last extant slave auction facility in South Carolina. In 1975, the Old Slave Mart was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its role in Charleston's African American history. Today, the building houses the Old Slave Mart Museum.[3][4]
The Old Slave Mart was originally part of a slave market known as Ryan's Slave Mart, which covered a large enclosed lot between Chalmers and Queen Streets. Charleston City Councilman Thomas Ryan established the private auction facility in 1856 after a citywide ban on public slave auctions. Slave auctions were held at the site until approximately 1863; in 1865, the Union Army occupied Charleston and closed Ryan's Mart. The Old Slave Mart Museum has operated on and off since 1938.[4]
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^"Old Slave Mart, Charleston County (6 Chalmers St., Charleston)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
^National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, Old Slave Mart. Retrieved: 27 May 2010.
^ abNenie Dixon and Elias Bull, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Old Slave Mart, 12 February 1975. Retrieved: 27 May 2010.
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