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Exchange Buildings (1803–08; demolished 1864)

Commons category link is locally definedDemolished buildings and structures in LiverpoolGrade II listed buildings in LiverpoolUse British English from February 2017
Liverpool, Exchange Flags, 1808 1864 (b)
Liverpool, Exchange Flags, 1808 1864 (b)

Exchange Buildings (1803–08; demolished 1864) was a large classical style office building by John Foster Sr. possibly a joint work with James Wyatt, demolished and replaced 1864–67 by a building of the same name (Exchange Buildings (1864–67)) in French Renaissance style by Thomas Henry Wyatt.The courtyard faced Liverpool Town Hall and contained the Nelson Monument. It was the centre of the cotton trade, cotton traders were based in the surrounding streets, surviving offices used by cotton traders include the Albany Building in Old Hall Street, Berey's Buildings, Bixteth Street and Mason's Building in Exchange Street East, in 1896 cotton trading moved indoors to Brown's Buildings were the former Martin Bank Headquarters is now.

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Exchange Buildings (1803–08; demolished 1864)
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