Short history behind the Old Third Ward Market in Galveston, Texas explained in brief detail.

This news article will explain what the Old Third Ward Market in Galveston, Texas was.

The Old Third Ward Market was located at the corner of Bath Avenue and Avenue H which is now 25th Street and Avenue H. The City of Galveston established Third Ward Market around the 1840s. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/21306781/)

Third Ward Market was a corporation which several vendors and hatchers of different kinds. Meat was sold on these premises for 50¢ cents a piece. Vegetables and fruit were sold on these premises for 50¢ cents a piece. All market products were sold at market places established by the city during the 1840s and 1870s during the 19th century. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/22860895/)

An ordinance prohibiting the sale of fish within certain limits and certain bourn except at the Third Ward Market was adopted in the year of 1884. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/21306296/)

“Favorably on an ordinance prohibiting the sale of fish within certain limits and certain bourn, except at the Third Ward Market. The limits are Seventeenth to Twenty-third and from the bay to Avenue G. The ordinance was recommitted.”

Repairs were made to the Third Ward Market on a $600 bid in 1885. Three bids were made to do the repair work on Third Ward Market. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/24074809/)

[ The market committee reported a number of  bids for taking care of and cleaning the First and Third ward markets. For the Third Ward market there wore three bids to do the work for $600. —J. H. Xiong ]

Bids were opened for the purchase of the Third Ward Market in 1887 as that is precisely when Third Ward Market was put up for bid auction. The auction was held in order to make room for the creation of a city hall. A city hall was eventually erected on the market property around 1888. (Ref: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/23131893/)

“Bids were then opened for the purchase of the Third Ward Market, with the understanding that it be removed by the purchaser within thirty days to make room for the erection of a city hall.”

Old Third Ward Market was located at 25th Street and Avenue H, Galveston, Texas, US 77550.