Erected:	1892
Original owner	G.B. Marshall, who made his fortune in oil. He suggested London's Burlington Arcade as a model for architect E. B. Green
Misc. history:	Once known as the Palace Arcade. Owned by flour miller G. B. Matthews from 1932-1942. The first US arcade was built in Providence, RI in 1828.
Architect:	Green & Wicks
External building materials:	Terra cotta and Roman brick
Style:	Beaux Arts Classical Neoclassical Classical Revival
Status:	.Buffalo landmark
Related site:	The Corridor Arcade, Bath, England

Chippewa Street Market/Washington Street Market The Market Arcade was built as a convenient way to walk from Main St. to the Chippewa Street Market, also known as the Washington Street Market - now a parking lot. For some years the Market Arcade was also known as the Palace Arcade. Note St. Michael's Church - still standing - in the upper left. Chippewa Street Market/Washington Street Market postcard.  The site is now a parking lot. It covered the block between St. Michaelís Church and Chippewa Street.

2007 Photos Main St. facade.  The Washington St. entrance is identical. This may be the only structure in the Niagara Frontier designed as an arcade. Erected 1892             Acroteria                 Modillions             Materials: terra cotta and Roman brick Acroterion: shell       egg-and-dart           wreath            scroll buttresses Dentils                  Alternating modillions   and  rosettes                  Fleur-de-lis and foliage Acroterion:          Shell       Egg-and-dart           Wreath            Scroll buttresses              Dentils   Acroterion: scroll buttress Cornice               Modillions             Rosettes                Egg-and-dart             Dentils              Roman bricks               Keystone Romanesque arches            Roman bricks           2 keystones               Corinthian capitals on pilasters              Dentils Keystone with carved bison                 For another bison, see Old Post Office/ECC Coffered soffit with rosettes                 Fanlight window over Main St. entrance Terra cotta  coffered   soffit with rosettes              Terra Cotta bison keystone Terra cotta  coffered   soffit with rosettes               Terra Cotta bison keystone Terra cotta Window surround:        Wreath and swag           Ears (shoulders)                Egg-and-dart Marble smooth shaft columns Corinthian capital atop marble pilaster Leaf-and-dart and beads Bases of marble pilaster and column Keystone in Romanesque arch over rounded window                Corniced lintels supported by Corinthian pilasters           Terra cotta  festoon            Dentils               Egg-and-dart                    Beads                 Roman brick Brass Art Nouveau style door handles