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
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. It should not be confused with the
Memphis Cotton Exchange 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 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 Interstate 240 (Tennessee), Interstate 240 to the east, where ...
, 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
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, 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
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.
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
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Downtown Memphis
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References
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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
Cotton industry in the United States