The Cotton Exchange Museum is located the Memphis Cotton Exchange building, which served as the heart of America's cotton trade when "Cotton was King." The present building was erected in 1939.
Original Cotton Exchange Building 1923
Source: Memphis in the Twenties, Memphis-Shelby Co. Public Library Click Photo To Enlarge
Cotton Exchange Building
Cotton Exchange Building Current Photo
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Cotton Museum Entrance
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Cotton Museum Interior
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A plaque on the side of the building pays tribute to novelist John Grisham, who used the building as a setting in his 1991 novel The Firm.
