Royal Exchange (New York City)
The Royal Exchange building in New York City, later known as the Old Royal Exchange, was a covered marketplace located on Broad Street near the intersection with Water Street. Originally a one story building in 1675, it was rebuilt with a meeting hall on the upper story in 1752.
The Royal Exchange building was the location of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York from 1770 until the Revolutionary War.
The New York State Legislature met for several sessions in the Royal Exchange building from 1785 to 1790 after the Congress of the Confederation started meeting in its previous location, the then New York City Hall which became known as Federal Hall.
The first meeting of the Supreme Court of the United States was held in the Royal Exchange building in February, 1790.[1] The court moved to Philadelphia in 1791.
References
- ^ Library of Congress, though the Supreme Court itself calls it the Merchants Exchange Building.
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