1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building

1884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building

The building's exterior in 2010
Location 202 Travis St., Houston, Texas
Coordinates 29°45′49″N 95°21′41″W / 29.7635°N 95.3613°W / 29.7635; -95.3613Coordinates: 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, 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]

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  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ http://www.preservationhouston.org/good-brick-awards-tour/past-recipients/, accessed November 9, 2014.


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