Exchange Building, Memphis
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
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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 in 1979. The building is listed as the Memphis Merchants Exchange in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Tennessee.
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
- List of tallest buildings in Memphis
- Downtown Memphis
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Tennessee
References
- ^ "Architects-Neander Woods". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-06-23. (accessed June 18, 2011)
- ^ "SouthernEdition.com "I've Been to Memphis!"". Southernedition.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ "Exchange Building Sells at Bargain Price - Memphis Daily News". Memphisdailynews.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
- ^ "Exchange Building, Memphis". Skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
External links
Media related to Exchange Building (Memphis, Tennessee) at Wikimedia Commons