American Stock Exchange Building
American Stock Exchange Building | |
Formerly New York Curb Exchange Building | |
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Location | 86 Trinity Place, Lower Manhattan, New York City[1] |
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Coordinates | 40°42′31″N 74°00′45″W / 40.70861°N 74.01250°WCoordinates: 40°42′31″N 74°00′45″W / 40.70861°N 74.01250°W |
Built | 1921, expanded in 1931[2] |
Architectural style | Art Deco[2] |
NRHP Reference # | 78001867 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 2, 1978[1] |
Designated NHL | June 2, 1978[2] |
The American Stock Exchange Building, formerly known as the New York Curb Exchange Building, is the former headquarters of the American Stock Exchange.
History
In 1908, the New York Curb Market Agency was established, to codify trading practices. In 1911, the curbstone brokers came to be known as the New York Curb Market, which then had a formal constitution with brokerage and listing standards. After several years of outdoor trading, the curbstone brokers moved indoors in 1921 to a building on Greenwich Street in Lower Manhattan. In 1929, the New York Curb Market changed its name to the New York Curb Exchange. Within no time, the Curb Exchange became the leading international stock market, listing more foreign issues than all other U.S. securities markets combined. In 1953 the Curb Exchange was renamed the American Stock Exchange. The building currently has a building area of 181,725sq.ft.[3]
On December 1, 2008, the Curb Exchange building at 86 Trinity Place was closed, and both the Amex Equities and Amex Options trading floors were moved to the NYSE Trading floor at 11 Wall Street.[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 3 "American Stock Exchange". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 14, 2007. Archived from the original on 2012-10-11.
- ↑ "NEW YORK CURB EXCHANGE". CrediFi. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ↑ "NYSE Amex Equities Information". New York Stock Exchange.
Further reading
- Sobel, Robert (1970). The Curbstone Brokers: The Origins of the American Stock Exchange. Washington, D.C.: BeardBooks. ISBN 1-893122-65-4.
- Sobel, Robert (1972). AMEX: A History of the American Stock Exchange. Washington, D.C.: BeardBooks. ISBN 1-893122-48-4.