Bell Telephone Exchange Building (Powelton Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Bell Telephone Exchange Building

Bell Telephone Exchange Building detail, May 2010
Location 8-12 N. Preston St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "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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