Houston Cotton Exchange Building

Historic building in Houston, Texas, U.S. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Cotton Exchange Building is a historic building located in Downtown Houston.

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1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building
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The building's exterior in 2012
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Houston Cotton Exchange Building
Location202 Travis St.,
Houston, Texas
Coordinates29.7635°N 95.3613°W / 29.7635; -95.3613
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1884 (1884)
ArchitectEugene Heiner
Architectural styleRenaissance, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.71000938[1]
RTHL No.10693
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1971
Designated RTHL1974
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History

Built in 1884, the Cotton Exchange Building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade commissioned local architect Eugene Heiner to design a three-story building on Travis Street at the corner of Franklin in Houston. In 1907, the building was remodeled and a fourth floor added. The Houston Cotton Exchange continued to use the building until it moved its operations to a new building several blocks away at Prairie and Caroline in 1924.[2][3]

John Hannah and Jesse Edmundson, III purchased the Cotton Exchange Building in 1973. They restored the building and sold it in 1983.[4] Preservation Houston acknowledged Hannah's restoration work in 1979 with a Good Brick Award.[5]

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