1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building
National Register of Historic Places

1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building

Houston, Harris County, Texas
Listed
May 5, 1971
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
71000938

About this property

The Cotton Exchange Building is a historic building located in Downtown Houston. 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. National Register of Historic Places listings in Harris County, Texas 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 Institute of Architects, Houston Chapter. ISBN 978-0-615-66959-5.

Location

202 Travis St.
Houston, Harris County, Texas
29.76376, -95.36133

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Sources

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When was 1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building listed on the National Register?

1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 5, 1971.

What type of historic resource is 1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building?

1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for 1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building?

The period of significance for 1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building is recorded as the civil_war era.

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