New York Stock Exchange
Landmarks of New York
This central market place for the purchase and sale of securities was founded in 1792 by merchants who met daily beneath a buttonwood tree that grew nearby. Completed in 1903 from designs by George B. Post, sculptors of Pediment Group were J.Q.A. Ward and Paul W. Bartlett.
Marker is on Broad Street south of Wall Street, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
