Cotton Exchange Savannah Georgia
by Carol Montoya
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Cotton Exchange Savannah Georgia
Artist
Carol Montoya
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Photograph - Photography
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"The Savannah Cotton Exchange stands as a grand reminder of cotton's influence on this city. Built in 1886 by Boston architect William G. Preston, the cotton exchange was one of the first major buildings to be constructed entirely over a public street. Built of red brick with a terra-cotta façade, iron window lintels and copper finials and copings, the building is one of the best surviving examples of the Romantic Revival period."
"The original building was built in 1872 when export revenue from cotton was $40 million when Georgia was the leading cotton producer in the country, and Savannah was one of the major cotton seaports on the Atlantic. By the 1880s the area was known as the "Wall Street of the South." Ironically the current building was constructed when cotton was only selling for as little as ten cents a pound. But it was a little insect, the boll weevil, which finally rendered the building obsolete by 1920."
Liverpool England and Savannah Georgia were the only two places in the world where the price of cotton was quoted. The beautiful terra cotta griffon fountain was demolished in 2008 by a car crash. A new replica was formed and created out of concrete over ten months time and dedicated in 2009.
http://www.visit-historic-savannah.com/cotton-exchange.html
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July 12th, 2017
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