page_title: Lonja del Comercio building
section_title: Architecture
hierarchical_section_title: Lonja del Comercio building / Architecture
caption_attribution_description: La lonja del Comercio
context_page_description: The Lonja del Comercio building in Old Havana, Cuba served as the stock exchange in the capital until the 1959 Cuban Revolution. Today, it is an office building.
context_section_description: The construction of the Lonja del Comercio began in 1907 and ended in 1909. The building was designed by architects Thomas Mur and Jose Toraya, the structural engineers were the U.S. company Purdy and Henderson, engineers for many important Havana buildings including El Capitolio building, the Gran Teatro de La Habana and the 1947 Radiocentro CMQ Building by the architect Martín Domínguez Esteban who also designed the FOCSA Building in 1956.
caption: Lonja del Comercio building front elevation.
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