Merchants Exchange Building (St. Louis)

38°37′34″N 90°11′15″W / 38.62612°N 90.187379°W / 38.62612; -90.187379

Interior of the Merchants Exchange Building during the 1876 Democratic National Convention, in which Samuel J. Tilden was named the party's nominee for president

The Merchants Exchange Building was a building at Third Street[1] at Chestnut and Pine in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1875 to 1958, that housed the St. Louis Merchants Exchange and hosted the 1876 Democratic National Convention.

  1. ^ Morgan, George H. (September 1911). "Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 38 (2): 222–223. Retrieved 10 August 2023 – via JSTOR. It is the legitimate successor of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, organised in 1836, and incorporated January, 1837. It owns and occupies a magnificent building, occupying two-thirds of a square, fronting 239 feet on Third Street by a depth of 222 feet. In the western part of the building is located the grand hall, where the daily meetings of the exchange are held, and where business is transacted from 9.30 a.m. to 1.15 p.m.