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From: Edgar Farrar Richardson <>
Subject: Re: [LAORLEAN-L] Re: Cotton Exchange
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 09:51:20 +0200
In-Reply-To: <006401bfe7a0$0d7331a0$6401a8c0@home>


Thanks to Jamie and Nancy,

They must have built a new Cotton Exchange building in the 20's. Is there a
date on the present building?

on 7/07/00 1:15, Jamie Wallis at wrote:

> The Cotton Exchange Building is located at the corner of Carondelet and
> Gravier Streets in New Orleans. I was looking at the building today and it
> is
> the Dryades Savings Bank today. If you need a picture of the place let me
> know.
>
> Jamie
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 4:38 PM
> Subject: [LAORLEAN-L] Re: Cotton Exchange
>
>
>> To Mr Richardson,
>> The Cotton Exchange Building was located at the corner of Carondelet
> and
>> Gravier Streets in New Olreans. It was erected at a cost of $400,000. and
>> opened in May of 1883. It was demolished in the 1920s.The Exchange was
> formed
>> by 18 cotton merchants to facilitate and regulate trading. This
> information
>> came from the book "New Orleans: a Pictorial History " by Leonard
>> V>Huber.There are pictures and some more info if you are interested

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