A group of Manhattan dairy merchants formed the 'Butter, Cheese and Egg Exchange'.

Additional food sellers (dried fruits, canned goods, and poultry) transformed it into the New York Mercantile Exchange in 1882. The headquarters was built, designed by H.J. Schwarzmann

The Centennial of the New York Mercantile Exchange Building. 1884-1984 The building is listed in the "AIA (American Institute of Architects) Guide to New York City, Fifth Edition".

The New York Mercantile Exchange is the world's largest physical commodity futures exchange, and the preeminent trading forum for energy, and precious metals, in North America. Each day, the business community turns to the Exchange where the market's collective assessments of the value for crude oil, gasoline, heating oil, natural gas, propane, gold, silver, platinum, palladium, and copper are used as pricing benchmarks.

New York Mercantile Exchange Museum