Built 1927-1928 Architectural style Art Deco | NRHP Reference # 88001112 Added to NRHP 5 August 1988 | |
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Location 730 Twelfth St., NW
Washington, D.C. Architecture firm Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker Similar Folger Shakespeare Library, Arena Stage, Ford House Office Bui, Takoma station, Battery Kemble Park | ||
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Building is an 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. 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.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Building Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA