Bell Telephone Exchange Building (Powelton Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Bell Telephone Exchange Building | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 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°W / 39.95778; -75.20417Coordinates: 39°57′28″N 75°12′15″W / 39.95778°N 75.20417°W / 39.95778; -75.20417 |
| 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
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^ "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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