Old Savannah Cotton Exchange

Completed in 1887 when Savannah ranked among the world's top cotton ports, this Romanesque 'King Cotton's Palace,' designed by William Gibbons Preston, was built over a street ramp and helped set world cotton prices.

Old Savannah Cotton Exchange is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 1957. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0807, -81.0900 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Old City Exchange Bell (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Solomon's Lodge No. 1 F. & A.M Savannah, Georgia, The Invention of the Cotton Gin, and Birthplace of the University Of Georgia.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.