Built in 1915, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

The original market house on this spot was built in 1893,[4][5] but was destroyed by fire circa 1914.

According to Walter C. Kidney, "When it was rebuilt in 1915 after a fire, the towers came off, the gable roof was brought down to the eaves on both fronts, and a well-scaled stone cartouche was set into the south front memorializing the new work.

This cartouche is the building's one decoration today, set off by swags and surmounted by a bull's head.

The Romanesque walls otherwise survive largely as built, industrial rather than civic architecture.