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The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building in
Meridian,
Idaho, is a 1-story commercial office constructed of reinforced concrete, stucco, and brick in 1928. The building features a short, modest tile roof above its Main Street entrance, indicating a
Spanish Revival design influence. The Main Street exposure is clad with brick veneer, and above the entrance is a corbelled brick frieze band. A masonry garage was added at the rear of the building in 1948. The garage was remodeled in 1998.
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The building was constructed by local contractors William Heikes, Gus Scholin, and William Howry from plans provided by the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.][ With ]
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company (MST&T) was formed in 1911 from assets previously owned by the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company and other telephone exchanges.[
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References
Further reading
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
American History and Genealogy Project
* Frank Thomason and Polly Ambrose Peterson, ''Meridian'' (Arcadia Publishing, 2010), pp 90
National Register of Historic Places in Ada County, Idaho
Meridian, Idaho
Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
Buildings and structures completed in 1928
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