Aiken County · Marker 02-32

Aiken County Farmer's Market

Williamsburg St. SE at Richland St. SE (U.S. Hwy. 78), Aiken

Front inscription

The Aiken County Farmers’ Market, founded in 1951, was originally an open air market sponsored by the Edisto Grange. This building, which opened on May 21, 1954, was designed by Woodrow Jackson and built by the Aiken County chain gang. Farmers and their families built 45 tables, still used today. This is the oldest county farmers’ market in continuous service in the same location in S.C.

County
Aiken
Region
Midlands
City or vicinity
Aiken
Year approved
2006
Erected by
Friends of the Aiken County Farmers’ Market, the Aiken County Historical Society, and the Historic Aiken Foundation
Coordinates
33.556567, -81.708433

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