Charleston's first public market was established in 1692 at the corner of Broad and Meeting streets, although a formal brick building wasn't built at the site until 1739. This first "Beef Market" was replaced by a more appealing structure in 1760, and within a short period, new markets for fish and general merchandise were established along Vendue (Queen) and Tradd streets. In 1788, Revolutionary War general Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and other landowners along an existing canal donated a strip of recovered marshland for the establishment of the "Centre Market," which would stretch from the docks of Charleston Harbor all the way to Meeting Street. The donation was subject to three conditions: (1) the City had to use the property to create Market Street and market buildings for that purpose in perpetuity, (2) the City had two years to build the market buildings, and (3) the remaining land of the donors that then would front on Market Street could not be especially taxed for the construction costs. If the property is not used for a market, the donor specifically reserved the right to reclaim the land.