Bell Telephone Exchange Building (Powelton Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Bell Telephone Exchange Building | |
Bell Telephone Exchange Building detail, May 2010 | |
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Location | 8-12 N. Preston St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 39°57′28″N 75°12′15″W / 39.95778°N 75.20417°WCoordinates: 39°57′28″N 75°12′15″W / 39.95778°N 75.20417°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c. 1900 |
Architectural style | Georgian Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 02000227[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 20, 2002 |
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. It is a three-story, five bay, brick building on a raised basement and once set within a set of rowhouses. It is in the Georgian Revival style. It features an arched entrance and decorative cornice above the second story. It was used as a telephone exchange until 1928.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jean K. Wolf (July 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bell Telephone Exchange Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-18.
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