Right behind the Red House Theater, the Hsimen Market was established in 1896; it was the first market in Taiwan to be officially built by the government. At the time it was called the Hsinchi Street Market, and it was a place where vendors selling vegetables, meat, hardware, and sundry items gathered.
位在紅樓後方的西門市場，成立於一八九六年，是台灣第一個官方興建的市場，當時稱「新起街市場」，市場內菜販、肉販、五金、雜貨業者聚集。