Area less than one acre MPS Osceola MRA Opened 1911 | Built 1911 (1911) NRHP Reference # 87001353 Added to NRHP 6 August 1987 | |
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Location 100 blk. of Ash St., Osceola, Arkansas Part of Hale Avenue Historic District (#08000722) | ||
The Old Bell Telephone Building is a historic commercial building at 109 North Ash Street in downtown Osceola, Arkansas. It is a two story flat-roof brick building, built in 1911 to house the town's telephone exchange. The building is three bays wide, with the door in the right bay, with a transom window above. There is an original brass slot for accepting payments between the doorway and the center window. The building was built by R. C. Rose, a local attorney who owned the telephone exchange.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
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Old Bell Telephone Building (Osceola, Arkansas) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA