Houston Cotton Exchange Building

Historic building in Houston, Texas, U.S.

United States historic place

Significant dates

1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

The building's exterior in 2012
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^[1]
RTHL No.	10693
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.^[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

postcard, circa 1904
postcard, circa 1907

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ 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.
^ Betty Chapman (December 30, 2007). "Bales of Business planted seeds for Cotton Exchange Building". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
^ Barna, Joel Warren (1983). "Easement Down the Road" (PDF). Cite (Fall). Retrieved February 9, 2024.
^ "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.