
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: On the site of the Old Custom House, this building opened as a Corn Exchange in 1856, architects, Bellamy & Hardy of Lincoln. It reopened as the Museum of Commerce and Transport in 1925. Recorded plaque organisation: Hull City Council.
The Corn Exchange in Hull, constructed in 1856, served as a vital trading hub for grain and reflects the city's significant role in Victorian commerce; it later transformed into the Museum of Commerce and Transport in 1925, preserving the area’s commercial heritage.
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