Houston Cotton Exchange Building Explained

1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building
Location:202 Travis St.,
Houston, Texas
Coordinates:29.7635°N -95.3613°W
Architect:Eugene Heiner
Architecture:Renaissance, Romanesque
Added:May 6, 1971
Refnum:71000938
Designated Other1:RTHL
Designated Other1 Date:1974
Designated Other1 Number:10693
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom

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

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.[1] [2]

John Hannah and Jesse Edmundson, III purchased the Cotton Exchange Building in 1973. They restored the building and sold it in 1983.[3] Preservation Houston acknowledged Hannah's restoration work in 1979 with a Good Brick Award.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Tweed . Hannah . Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade . Handbook of Texas Online. February 9, 2024. September 4, 2013 . Texas State Historical Association.
  2. Web site: Betty Chapman. December 30, 2007. Bales of Business planted seeds for Cotton Exchange Building. Houston Business Journal. November 17, 2017.
  3. Joel Warren . Barna . 1983 . Cite . Easement Down the Road. February 9, 2024 . Fall.
  4. Web site: Past Good Brick Award recipients. Preservation Houston. November 17, 2017.