The Exchange Building is a 19-story
skyscraper
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, which was formerly known as the
Cotton Exchange Building and the
Merchants Exchange Building, and is the twelfth-tallest building in
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...
. It should not be confused with the
Memphis Cotton Exchange
The Memphis Cotton Exchange is located in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, downtown Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United States, on the corner of Front Street and Union Avenue. It was founded in 1874 as a result of the growing cotton market ...
which is located on Front Street and Union Avenue. The Exchange Building is located at the corner of Second Street and Madison Avenue in
downtown Memphis
Downtown Memphis, Tennessee is the central business district of Memphis, Tennessee and is located along the Mississippi River between Interstate 40 to the north, Interstate 55 to the south and I-240 to the east, where it abuts Midtown Memphis.
It ...
, Tennessee. It is tall and has of living space. The building is made of steel and concrete, and employs many decorative elements including
Tennessee marble
Tennessee marble is a type of crystalline limestone found only in East Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. Long esteemed by architects and builders for its pinkish-gray color and the ease with which it is polished, this stone has been ...
, granite, and detailed plaster work.
Location
The building, which has an alternate address of 130 Madison Avenue, sits on 0.25 acres at the northwest corner of Madison Avenue and Second Street, just south of
Court Square, Memphis.
History
The building was built in 1910 by the Memphis Cotton and Merchants Exchange. Locally, it became known as the "Exchange Building." The building was designed by Memphis architect
Neander Montgomery Woods Jr. in the Beaux Arts style.
The Exchange Building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1979. The building is listed as the Memphis Merchants Exchange in the
.
Current use
The building is used as a mixed use building with hotel units and residential apartments, with occupancy that includes the top floors. Conversion to residential use was completed in 1996.
The building houses 202 units, including handicap equipped housing units.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Memphis
This list of tallest buildings in Memphis ranks completed buildings by height in the U.S. city of Memphis, Tennessee, the 28th largest city in the United States. The tallest building is the 100 North Main building at 430 ft (131m), built in ...
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Downtown Memphis
Downtown Memphis, Tennessee is the central business district of Memphis, Tennessee and is located along the Mississippi River between Interstate 40 to the north, Interstate 55 to the south and I-240 to the east, where it abuts Midtown Memphis.
It ...
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References
External links
Emporis Listing of building
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Skyscraper hotels in Memphis, Tennessee
Residential buildings completed in 1910
Residential skyscrapers in Memphis, Tennessee
Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
Beaux-Arts architecture in Tennessee
National Register of Historic Places in Memphis, Tennessee
1910 establishments in Tennessee