Curator's Spotlight for May: Duluth’s Board of Trade Building
1885 Board of Trade Building, Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth Did you know that the Board of Trade building on the corner of 3rd Ave W and 1st Street was the fifth home of the Duluth Board of Trade? Perhaps you've heard about the two Board of Trade buildings, but what happened to their other homes? And what even is a “board of trade?” The story of Duluth’s Board of Trade begins, as many Duluth stories do, with Phila
Where Fortunes Were Made: A Member Tour of the Duluth Board of Trade building on May 7th
Join Executive Director Wayne Gannaway and Curator Terry Johnson for an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at one of the city's most significant landmarks. Built in 1895 to replace a structure lost to fire, the Board of Trade building was once the global nerve center of the grain industry. In its heyday, this architectural gem transacted more wheat futures than anywhere else on Earth. Now managed by INH Properties, the building remains a testament to the era when Duluth sat at
