1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building
1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building | |
The building's exterior in 2010 | |
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Location | 202 Travis St., Houston, Texas |
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Coordinates | 29°45′49″N 95°21′41″W / 29.7635°N 95.3613°WCoordinates: 29°45′49″N 95°21′41″W / 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 # | 71000938[1] |
RTHL # | 10693 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 6, 1971 |
Designated RTHL | 1974 |
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]
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
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1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building
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Cotton Exchange Building, Fannin & Franklin Ave., Houston (postcard, circa 1904)
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Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade (postcard, circa 1907)
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Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade (postcard, circa 1910)
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Houston Cotton Exchange, c. 1907
See also
References
- ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ John Tweed Hannah, "HOUSTON COTTON EXCHANGE AND BOARD OF TRADE," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/drh01), accessed November 09, 2014. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Modified on September 4, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
- ↑ Chapman, Betty (Dec. 30, 2007). "Bales of Business planted seeds for Cotton Exchange Building," Houston Business Journal, http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2007/12/31/newscolumn1.html?page=all, accessed November 9, 2014.
- ↑ Barna, Joel Warren (Fall 1983). Cite, "Easement Down the Road," http://offcite.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/1983/09/EasementDownTheRoad_Barna_Cite4.pdf, accessed November 9, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.preservationhouston.org/good-brick-awards-tour/past-recipients/, accessed November 9, 2014.