National Historic Landmark · New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans Cotton Exchange Building

United States historic place in New Orleans, Louisiana. Added to the National Register in 1977, and a National Historic Landmark.

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What it is

Wikipedia · New Orleans Cotton Exchange

The New Orleans Cotton Exchange was established in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1871 as a centralized forum for the trade of cotton. It operated in New Orleans until closing in 1964. Occupying several buildings over its history, its final location, the New Orleans Cotton Exchange Building, is now a National Historic Landmark.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address231 Carondelet St., New Orleans, LA
CountyOrleans County
ListedDec 22, 1977
Reference number77000675
Type of placebuilding
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Access not on record
Address231 Carondelet St., New Orleans, LA
Coordinates29.95215, -90.07137 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitNew Orleans Jazz National Historical Park · 1 mi · on Park Atlas
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Reference

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 77000675. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.