1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building
The building's exterior in 2012
Houston Cotton Exchange Building is located in Houston Downtown
Houston Cotton Exchange Building
Houston Cotton Exchange Building is located in Texas
Houston Cotton Exchange Building
Houston Cotton Exchange Building is located in the United States
Houston Cotton Exchange Building
Location202 Travis St.,
Houston, Texas
Coordinates29°45′49″N 95°21′41″W / 29.7635°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

The Cotton Exchange Building is a historic building located in downtown Houston. Built in 1884, it 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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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Betty Chapman (December 30, 2007). "Bales of Business planted seeds for Cotton Exchange Building". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ Joel Warren Barna (1983). "Easement Down the Road" (PDF). Cite (Fall). Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Past Good Brick Award recipients". Preservation Houston. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
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