Moore Market was originally built to house the
hawkers in the
Broadway area of
Madras. The building, designed in the
Indo-Saracenic style by R. E. Ellis, was constructed by A. Subramania Aiyar, and completed in 1900. It had various shops located around a central square, which developed into a flea market over the years. In the 1980s, the
Indian Railways started looking for land for the expansion of the nearby
Chennai Central railway station. On 30 May 1985, the Moore Market building was destroyed due to a fire whose cause was undetermined. The
state government transferred the land to the Railways, and the structure was later razed to make way for the new
Chennai Suburban Railway terminus. The 13-storied Moore Market Complex opened in 1986 and houses the suburban terminus, railway reservation counters, and other offices. ==References==