New York Stock Exchange
- Address: 11 Wall St
- Neighborhood of Financial District, NYC in Manhattan NYC
- Nabe of Wall Street in Financial District, NYC
- Borough of Manhattan NYC in New York City
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1903/04/00 | John Quincy Adams Ward | Sculptor | Pediment of New York Stock Exchange building is cronstructed by the Piccirilli Brothers with sculptures by John Quincy Adams Ward | |||
| 1903/04/00 | Piccirilli Bros | Contractor | Pediment of New York Stock Exchange building is cronstructed by the Piccirilli Brothers with sculptures by John Quincy Adams Ward | |||
| 1903/04/22 | George B Post | Architect | After almost 2 years of construction, the New York Stock Exchange's new home opens at a cost of nearly $4 million. | |||
| 1913/04/14 | J P Morgan | In Memoriam | New York Stock Exchange closes for two hours in honor of the funeral of J P Morgan. | Death of John Pierpont Morgan | ||
| 1922/00/00 | Trowbridge and Livingston | Architect | An office building is added to the New York Stock Exchange building. | |||
| 1929/10/24 | Winston Churchill | Visitor | Churchill visits the NY Stock Exchange. At the opening bell, share prices fell by an average of 11 percent. Bankers slowed the panic by authorizing the exchange to bid for large blocks of leading shares. The Dow Jones index closed down 2 percent. | Winston Churchill's 1929 North American Tour | ||
| 1929/10/24 | Winston Churchill | Visitor | Churchill visits the NY Stock Exchange. At the opening bell, share prices fell by an average of 11 percent. Bankers slowed the panic by authorizing the exchange to bid for large blocks of leading shares. The Dow Jones index closed down 2 percent. | Stock Market Crash of 1929 | ||
| 1929/10/28 | New York Stock Exchange loses 12.82 percent of its value. | Stock Market Crash of 1929 | ||||
| 1929/10/29 | Dow Jones index loses another 12 percent, dropping $14 billion in value. During the course two trading days, $30 billion of the market's $80 billion value had vanished. | Stock Market Crash of 1929 |
| Particulars for New York Stock Exchange: | |
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| Sight Category | Building |
| Area of Significance | Commerce |
| Area of Significance | Economics |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Architectural Style | Neoclassical |
| Owner | Private |
| Historic Use | Professional |
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