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This is a list of notable telephone company buildings.
Telephone company buildings have played a key role in the telecommunications industry for more than a century. In 2008 it was stated that "the job for which these unassuming but ubiquitous brick houses were built, and the technology within them, are changing dramatically. In fact, it's tough to say what the CO will look like 10 years from now." Some challenges are "far higher power densities, heat dissipation requirements and power feeds than we ever built those locations for in the past," said Pieter Poll, chief technology officer for Qwest Communications.
A number of telephone company buildings have been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places for their architecture; see :Telecommunications buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.
This is a list of notable telephone company buildings.
Telephone company buildings have played a key role in the telecommunications industry for more than a century. In 2008 it was stated that "the job for which these unassuming but ubiquitous brick houses were built, and the technology within them, are changing dramatically. In fact, it's tough to say what the CO will look like 10 years from now." Some challenges are "far higher power densities, heat dissipation requirements and power feeds than we ever built those locations for in the past," said Pieter Poll, chief technology officer for Qwest Communications.
A number of telephone company buildings have been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places for their architecture; see :Telecommunications buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.
United States
*Old Bell Telephone Building (Osceola, Arkansas)
The Old Bell Telephone Building is a historic commercial building at 109 North Ash Street in downtown Osceola, Arkansas. It is a two-story flat-roof brick building, built in 1911 to house the town's telephone exchange. The building is three bays ...
, listed on the NRHP in Mississippi County, Arkansas
* Telephone Exchange Building (Powhatan, Arkansas), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lawrence County, Arkansas
* Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Exchange Building (Prescott, Arizona), listed on the NRHP in Prescott, Arizona
*Telephone Building (Denver, Colorado)
The Mountain States Telephone Building (also known as Telephone Building) is a historic building located at 931 14th Street in Denver, Colorado. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 2005.
It served as the headq ...
, NRHP-listed
* Southern New England Telephone Company Building, Hartford, Connecticut, NRHP-listed
* Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building, New Haven, Connecticut, Art Deco, NRHP-listed
*Telephone Exchange Building (Norwich, Connecticut)
The Telephone Exchange Building is a historic building at 23 Union Street in downtown Norwich, Connecticut, behind Norwich Town Hall. Built in 1906-07, it was the first purpose-built telephone exchange building in the city, and is a little-alter ...
, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in New London County, Connecticut
* Southern Bell Telephone Company Building, Atlanta, Georgia, listed on the NRHP in Georgia
*Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company Building (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company Building in Idaho Falls, Idaho, at 246 W. Broadway Ave., was built in 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United St ...
, listed on the NRHP in Bonneville County, Idaho
* Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building (Meridian, Idaho), listed on the NRHP in Ada County, Idaho
* Telephone Company Bungalow, Paris, Idaho, listed on the NRHP in Bear Lake County, Idaho
* Chicago Telephone Company Kedzie Exchange, Chicago, Illinois, listed on the NRHP in west side Chicago, Illinois
* Swedish American Telephone Company Building, Chicago, Illinois, listed on the NRHP in Near East Side, Chicago, Illinois
* Blackstone House and Martinsville Telephone Company Building, Martinsville, Indiana, listed on the NRHP in Morgan County, Indiana
* American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Building (Davenport, Iowa), NRHP-listed
* Union Electric Telephone & Telegraph, Davenport, Iowa, NRHP-listed
* Interior Telephone Company Building, Grinnell, Iowa, listed on the NRHP in Poweshiek County, Iowa
* New England Telephone Building, Quincy, Massachusetts
*Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building (Miles City, Montana)
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company in Miles City in Custer County, Montana was built in 1914. Also known as the Rowland, Thomas & Co. Building, it includes Renaissance Revival. It was listed on the National Register of Histor ...
, listed on the NRHP in Custer County, Montana
*Bell Telephone Building (St. Louis, Missouri)
The Bell Telephone Building, located at 920 Olive Street in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, was built in 1889 for the purposes of housing the switchboard and local headquarters of the Bell Telephone Company. The building served as the main teleph ...
, NRHP-listed
* Beaumont Telephone Exchange Building, St. Louis, Missouri, listed on the NRHP in St. Louis, Missouri
* Independent Telephone Company Building, Missoula, Montana, listed on the NRHP in Missoula County, Montana
* Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Exchange Building in Fairmount, Fairmont, Nebraska, listed on the NRHP in Fillmore County, Nebraska
* Nebraska Telephone Company Building, Lincoln, Nebraska, listed on the NRHP in Lancaster County, Nebraska
*Webster Telephone Exchange Building
The Webster Telephone Exchange Building is located in North Omaha, Nebraska. It was designed by the well-known Omaha architect Thomas Rogers Kimball. After the Easter Sunday Tornado of 1913, the building was used as the center of recovery operatio ...
, Omaha, Nebraska
* Bell Laboratories Building (Manhattan), known also as ''Bell Telephone Laboratories'', New York, New York, NRHP-listed and a National Historic Landmark List of RHPs in NYC
*Central New York Telephone and Telegraph Building
The Central New York Telephone and Telegraph Building, also known as the Onondaga Historical Association Building, an''Accompanying 12 photos, from 1979'' designed by Henry W. Wilkinson, an''Accompanying 3 photos, exterior, from 1972'' was list ...
, Syracuse, New York, NRHP-listed, in Onondaga County
* Snow Camp Mutual Telephone Exchange Building, Snow Camp, North Carolina, listed on the NRHP in Alamance County, North Carolina
* Telephone Co. Building (Grand Forks, North Dakota), NRHP-listed, in Grand Forks County
* Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building, Cincinnati, Ohio, NRHP-listed
* Old Telephone Building (Fredericktown, Ohio), listed on the NRHP in Knox County, Ohio
* Marion County Telephone Company Building, Marion, Ohio, listed on the NRHP in Marion County, Ohio
*Southwestern Bell Telephone Building (Stroud, Oklahoma) Bell Telephone Building or variations such as Southwestern Bell Telephone Building and Old Bell Telephone Building, may refer to:
;in Canada
*Bell Telephone Building (Montreal)
;in the United States
* Old Bell Telephone Building (Osceola, Arkansa ...
, listed on the NRHP in Lincoln County, Oklahoma
*Bell Telephone Company Building (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
The Bell Telephone Company Building is a historic 17 story skyscraper located at 1835 Arch Street in the Logan Square neighborhood on the edge of downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which was used as a long distance telephone exchange by the Bell ...
, NRHP-listed
*Bell Telephone Exchange Building (Powelton Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Bell Telephone Exchange Building, also known as the Preston Telephone Exchange, is a historic telephone exchange located in the Powelton Village neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1900, by the Bell Telephone Company. I ...
, listed on the NRHP in west Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* Bell Telephone Building (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), a relatively tall building
*Providence Telephone Building
The Telephone Building is a historic commercial building at 112 Union Street in Downtown, Providence, Rhode Island, downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It was built as the headquarters and exchange of the Providence Telephone Company, which occupied ...
, Providence, Rhode Island, NRHP-listed
* American Telephone and Telegraph Company Building (Denmark, South Carolina), listed on the NRHP in Bamberg County, South Carolina
* Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Building, Austin, Texas, listed on the NRHP in Travis County, Texas
* San Angelo Telephone Company Building, San Angelo, Texas, listed on the NRHP in Tom Green County, Texas
* San Marcos Telephone Company, San Marcos, Texas, listed on the NRHP in Hays County, Texas
*Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Building (Brigham City, Utah)
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...
, listed on the NRHP in Box Elder County, Utah
* Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. Garage, Salt Lake City, Utah, listed on the NRHP in Salt Lake City, Utah
* Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Building, Longview, Washington, listed on the NRHP in Cowlitz County, Washington
* Sunset Telephone & Telegraph Building, Tacoma, Washington, listed on the NRHP in Pierce County, Washington
* Vancouver Telephone Building (Vancouver, Washington), listed on the NRHP in Clark County, Washington
* Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Building, Washington, D.C., listed on the NRHP in Northwest Quadrant, Washington, D.C.
* Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility, Washington, D.C., National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D.C.
* Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building, Washington, D.C., listed on the NRHP in Northwest Quadrant, Washington, D.C.
* Wisconsin Telephone Company Building, La Crosse, Wisconsin, listed on the NRHP in La Crosse County, Wisconsin
See also
*Telephone Company Building (disambiguation) Telephone Building, Old Telephone Building, Telephone Company Building, or variations with abbreviations or otherwise, may refer to:
* American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Building (Davenport, Iowa)
* American Telephone and Telegraph Company Buildin ...
*Bell Telephone Building (disambiguation) Bell Telephone Building or variations such as Southwestern Bell Telephone Building and Old Bell Telephone Building, may refer to:
;in Canada
*Bell Telephone Building (Montreal)
;in the United States
*Old Bell Telephone Building (Osceola, Arkansas ...
*Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Building (disambiguation) Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Building or variations may refer to:
* Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Building (Brigham City, Utah), NRHP-listed in Box Elder County
* Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. Garage, Salt Lake ...
* Telephone Exchange Building (disambiguation)
References
{{reflist Telephone exchange buildings Telecommunications buildings in the United States