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Neil P. Anderson Building

1921 Neil P. Anderson Building

Neil P. Anderson building then & now split image. This building has held it’s spot on 7th Street since 1921. The “Cotton Exchange” was built by Sanguinet & Staats after the late Anderson had passed away in 1912, his son’s honor his memory with this namesake. Anderson was a talented broker, putting Fort Worth on the map in setting the pace for cotton trading in the Southwest markets. With cotton bas-reliefs on the outside and adorned with urns on top, this building housed some of the city’s leading businesses. The Exchange closed in 1939, but the Anderson interest owned the building until 1963. A recorded Texas Historic Landmark -1978.