On our drive back to Florida we stopped in southern Savannah Georgia. It was fabulous! I love all the old buildings as they flaunt history and style all at the same time. The Savannah Cotton Exchange building is gorgeous. It was completed in 1887 during the era when Georgia was one of the cotton capitals of the world.
The Old Savannah Cotton Exchange was ranked as the first cotton seaport on the Atlantic as well as being second in the world for cotton production. During this time, over two million bales of cotton were moved through this port per year. The building was designed by William Gibbons Preston, an Architect from Boston and won the competition amongst 11 architects.
