# Northern Liberty Market

Washington, DC · other · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-a71295f38f` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/other/dc/washington-northern-liberty-market/  
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## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | housing, retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | The CityVista condominiums are now on the site with a Safeway supermarket and several other businesses on the ground floor. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 1963 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Planning notes | The CityVista condominiums are now on the site with a Safeway supermarket and several other businesses on the ground floor. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “It finally closed in 1963 due to the pressure of supermarkets with only 110 stalls occupied by that time.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Liberty_Market
- **after_notes**: “The CityVista condominiums are now on the site with a Safeway supermarket and several other businesses on the ground floor.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Liberty_Market
- **status**: “The CityVista condominiums are now on the site with a Safeway supermarket and several other businesses on the ground floor.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Liberty_Market
- **strategy**: “The CityVista condominiums are now on the site with a Safeway supermarket and several other businesses on the ground floor.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Liberty_Market

## Parties

- Northern Liberty Company — owner (from text) (1875–)
- Washington Hall Company — owner (from text)
- Leo and Norman Bernstein — owner (from text)
- National Historical Wax Museum — owner (from text) (1964–)

## Timeline

- 1946: Fire destroyed top floor of Convention Hall
- 1963: Market closed due to supermarket pressure
- 1964: National Historical Wax Museum moved to site
- 1975: Wax Museum moved to Southwest Washington
- 1985: Empty building demolished

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The Northern Liberty Market, later called Convention Hall Market and Center Market, was located on the east side of 5th Street NW, between K and L streets, in the present-day Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It operated from 1875 to 1963.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Liberty_Market

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Liberty_Market

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Northern Liberty Market, Washington, DC." Record m-a71295f38f, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/dc/washington-northern-liberty-market/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_washingtonnorthernlibertymarket,
  title = {Northern Liberty Market, Washington, DC},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/dc/washington-northern-liberty-market/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-a71295f38f, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.