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The Bourse Building, opened in 1895, was the first Commodities Exchange in the United States. The Bourse Building was the first in the world to simultaneously house a stock exchange, maritime exchange and grain-trading center.The HistoryIn 1890, influential Philadelphian businessman George E. Bartol visited the Bourse of Hamburg, Germany. The historic German merchant exchange offered… Read More
