Design
The Old Slave Mart is a 67-foot (20 m) by 19-foot (5.8 m) brick structure with a stuccoed facade. The facade (south side) faces the cobblestone-paved Chalmers Street. The building originally measured 44 feet (13 m) by 20 feet (6.1 m), but an extension of the building in 1922 gave it its current dimensions. The unique facade of the Old Slave Mart consists of 20-foot (6.1 m) octagonal pillars at each end, and a central elliptical arch that provides the entrance.
The building's interior originally contained one large room with a 20-foot (6.1 m) ceiling. In 1878, a second floor was added, and the roof was overhauled. The arched entryway originally consisted of an iron gate, but was filled in and converted to simple doors in the late 1870s. Partitions were added in subsequent decades, dividing the first floor into three rooms. An iron gate has since been restored to the archway.
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