NYSE Trading Floor

The trading floor inside the neoclassical NYSE building at 18 Broad Street, dedicated on April 22, 1903, with a larger frontage on New Street and a narrow frontage on Wall Street. Photograph by Irving Underhill, copyright 1903 (source NYSE).

The New York Stock Exchange, a name adopted in 1863, was originally established by a group of 24 stockbrokers in 1792, outside of 68 Wall Street, New York City. In 1903, the NYSE moved into this new building with a much larger trading floor, designed by George B. Post, with paneled Georgian marble walls, huge windows and a gilded ceiling, four stories above ground. The trading posts, dotted through the center of the room began as simple signposts, but expanded over time. Trading Floor and office space were expanded further in 1922 with construction of the 11 Wall Street addition.