It became known as a historic place when the Raleigh City Council secured a grant from the North Carolina Division of Archives & History to study the architectural resources surrounding Moore Square in 1980.The architect for the project was Wayne County native James Matthew Kennedy.The market flourished until the advent of supermarkets in the 1950s which led to its demise.Joe Hakan and his son purchased and upgraded the place in the 1990s and it prospered again.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article related to a building or structure in Raleigh, North Carolina is a stub.