This collection contains a small selection of archives relating to the Corn Exchange building.
The Corn Exchange is the oldest market building remaining in Sydney. It is located at 173-175 Sussex Street Sydney and was originally next to Market Wharf. It was designed by City Architect, George McRae and built in 1887 as a temporary fruit market.
The building operated as a fruit market for four years and was then converted into offices, named the Corporation Buildings. In 1900, the Corn Exchange opened in the Corporation Buildings.
From 1917 a number of different commercial tenants inhabited the upper levels of the building.
During the 1970s and 1980s the building was in use as the home of PACT Youth Theatre.
In the 1980s, the Western Distributor viaduct was constructed between the Corn Exchange and the wharf.
It became part of the Nikko Hotel in the 1980s and was extensively restored but has been a commercial space since the 1990s.
The Corn Exchange building was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register in 2002. It continues to house commercial offices.
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