Wall Street received it's name from the 12-foot-high wooden wall that was erected in 1653 across lower Manhattan to protect Dutch settlers from attacks by the British and Indians. The Stock Exchange's first home resided in a rented room at 40 Wall Street in 1817. The Stock Exchange of today at 18 Broad Street, designed by George B. Post, was opened in 1903.

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