Once touted in the Daily Picayune as being 'the most handsome structure in our city,' the Poydras Street Market opened on July 4, 1838. Highly successful, the market later expanded toward the lake with the addition of the iron-constructed Pilié Market in 1867. However, by the turn of the 20th century, the Poydras Market's heyday had come to an end. Families that once embraced an urban lifestyle and obtained their daily necessities from the public market were moving away to newly created neighborhoods and suburbs accessible by recently installed electric streetcar lines. As 1932 drew to a close, the last sections of the Poydras Street Market were demolished, and this open-air complex, which had anchored a community for almost a century, faded into obscurity. Vintage images of the Poydras Market are among items now on display in the Williams Research Center's Reading Room as part of the exhibition Poydras Street Market, 1838–1932. Times: Tuesday – Saturday 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Location: Reading Room- Williams Research Center, 533 Royal Street
Phone: (504)523-4662
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