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1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
The building's exterior in 2012
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Location	202 Travis St., Houston, Texas
Coordinates	29°45′49″N 95°21′41″W / 29.7635°N 95.3613°W / 29.7635; -95.3613
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1884 (1884)
Architect	Eugene Heiner
Architectural style	Renaissance, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	71000938
RTHL No.	10693
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 6, 1971
Designated RTHL	1974

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.

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

Gallery

• postcard, circa 1904
• postcard, circa 1907
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See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Harris County, Texas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Hannah, John Tweed (September 4, 2013). "Houston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
3. Betty Chapman (December 30, 2007). "Bales of Business planted seeds for Cotton Exchange Building". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
4. Barna, Joel Warren (1983). "Easement Down the Road" (PDF). Cite (Fall). Retrieved February 9, 2024.
5. "Past Good Brick Award recipients". Preservation Houston. Retrieved November 17, 2017.

Bibliography

• Bradley, Barrie Scardino (2020). Improbable Metropolis: Houston's Architectural and Urban History. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-1-4773-2019-8.
• Fox, Stephen (2012). AIA Houston Architectural Guide (Third ed.). Houston: American Insitute of Architects, Houston Chapter. ISBN 978-0-615-66959-5.

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