Epilogue

 “The great focus of interest, the one-time social center, place of endless entertainment, is gone and can never be restored…Another generation will have no concept of the significance of the site on which they stand.”
-Sunday Star, May 17, 1931.

Center Market continued to evolve as a social center during the 1920s. The Market added a billiards room, bowling alley, and a dance hall for community events.

"Front View of 7th Street Entrance to Center Market"

Washingtonians of all ages pass Center Market in 1922.

Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration


Demolition of Center Market

A man surveys Center Market’s wreckage on March 13, 1931.

Courtesy DC Public Library, Washingtoniana Division

Despite protests from the city and the community of Washington D.C., Center Market was demolished in 1931.

Center Market is no longer standing, but traces of its significance remain.