Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade Building - Galveston, TX
Posted by: 
WalksfarTX
N 29° 18.426 W 094° 47.521
15R E 325961 N 3243342
Building is sitting vacant.
Waymark Code: WM122ZH
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/12/2020
Views: 5
NRHP Nomination Form"Located the northwestern corner of Mechanic and 21st Street, the three-story Galveston Cotton Exchange Building is recognizable by its white façade and the box-like symmetry of its east and south street frontages. The east
façade has 11 bays and the south façade has five. In both cases, polished granite framing the centrally-positioned entrances were removed in the years after Hurricane Ike of 2008. The granite banding remains in place at the base of both elevations. Rectangular windows with fixed solar gray glass occupy each bay on all three stories, with the exception of the central entrances. The roof is flat. Architect Ben Milam designed the building in a modernistic style to replace an 1879 Cotton Exchange Building on the same site. Charles L. Zwiener simplified the designed
by adding the solar glass to the windows."
Name: Cotton Exchange & Board of Trade Building
Address:
21st Street at Mechanic Street / Galveston, TX
Country: United States
Is this exchange still active at this location: no
Activity Period: 1940-1967
URL: Not listed
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