1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building
The 1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building is located at 202 Travis in downtown Houston, and is a landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Houston Cotton Exchange Board 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]
1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building | |
The building's exterior in 2012 | |
Location | 202 Travis St., Houston, Texas |
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Coordinates | 29.7635°N 95.3613°W |
Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
Built | 1884 |
Architect | Eugene Heiner |
Architectural style | Renaissance, Romanesque, Modern Renaissance, Other |
NRHP reference No. | 71000938[1] |
RTHL No. | 10693 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 6, 1971 |
Designated RTHL | 1974 |
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]
Gallery
- 1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building
- Cotton Exchange Building, Fannin & Franklin Ave., Houston (postcard, circa 1904)
- Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade (postcard, circa 1907)
- Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade (postcard, circa 1910)
- Houston Cotton Exchange, c. 1907
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- John Tweed Hannah (September 4, 2013). "HOUSTON COTTON EXCHANGE AND BOARD OF TRADE". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- Betty Chapman (December 30, 2007). "Bales of Business planted seeds for Cotton Exchange Building". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- Joel Warren Barna (1983). "Easement Down the Road" (PDF). Cite (Fall). Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- "Past Good Brick Award recipients". Preservation Houston. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
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