New York Cotton Exchange

The NYCE was founded in 1870 by a group of one hundred cotton brokers and merchants, and is the oldest commodities exchange in the city.

[citation needed] The exchange diversified its product line over the years to also deal in wool and orange juice futures.

[citation needed] The New York Cotton Exchange was a tenant on the 8th floor of 4 World Trade Center until September 11, 2001.

Following the terrorist attacks that day, it had to relocate to temporary facilities in Long Island City that had been set up as an emergency backup location following the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Since 2003, its headquarters and trading facility have been in the New York Mercantile Exchange Building in lower Manhattan.

1885 building, Beaver & William Streets, designed by George B. Post ; this structure was demolished in 1922 to make way for another structure for the NYCE. [ 1 ]
Old New York Cotton Exchange at 1 Hanover Square
Plaque at the old exchange building reads: "Built in 1923 by the well-known architect Donn Barber , this building was revolutionary in many ways."