Bounded by Gratiot Ave., Riopelle, Rivard, and Division Sts., Detroit, Michigan. County/parish: Wayne.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 29, 1978. NRIS 78001518.
65 contributing buildings.
Eastern Market is a commercial district in Detroit, Michigan. It is located approximately one mile (1.6 km) northeast of the city's downtown and is bordered on the south by Gratiot Avenue, the north by Mack Avenue, the east by St. Aubin Street, and the west by Interstate 75 (I-75, Chrysler Freeway). Eastern Market is located on the city's central east side near St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church and the Lafayette Park neighborhood. The district was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1974 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The district's National Register boundary was increased in 2007.
The market was transferred from city management in 2006, and now operates through a public-private partnership with the Eastern Market Corporation. Eastern Market is the largest historic public market district in the United States, and the Eastern Market farmers' distribution center is the largest open-air flowerbed market in the United States. There are more than 150 businesses in the district, selling goods such as produce, meat, flowers, and specialty items. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the market attracted over 45,000 visitors on peak days. Today, between 30,000 and 40,000 people shop at Eastern Market on a typical summer Saturday.
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