Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Building
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Building | |
![]() Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Building in 2011 | |
38°53′56″N 77°1′42″W / 38.89889°N 77.02833°W / 38.89889; -77.02833 | |
Built | 1927-1928 |
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Architect | Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker |
Architectural style | Art Deco |
NRHP reference No. | 88001112[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 5, 1988 |
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Building is a historic structure located in Downtown Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
History
This was the third building C&P Telephone built in downtown Washington and the second in a two-year period of time.[2] This seven-story structure housed the company's new dial switching equipment that could not be accommodated in its existing facilities. It was designed with Art Deco detailing and ornamentation by the New York architectural firm of Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker. The company began its first conversion to dial telephone service on May 3, 1930, when 60,000 telephones in downtown Washington were switched over from the old manual system.[2]
See also
- Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building
- Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites". DC Preservation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
External links
Media related to Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Building at Wikimedia Commons
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