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LISTEN: The historic Cotton Exchange building in Savannah is an icon of Georgia’s history. Now it’s on sale for the first time in more than 150 years. Here’s more from GPB’s Orlando Montoya.
In a Georgia city known for its historic buildings, an iconic structure is up for sale for the first time in about 150 years, according to the real estate firm listing it.
The 1886 Savannah Cotton Exchange was a center of the global cotton trade for about four decades during the heyday of Georgia’s cotton era, which ended roughly in the 1920s.
The building’s red brick facade includes motifs of the crop…