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

Bell Telephone Exchange Building
Location:8-12 N. Preston St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:39.9578°N -75.2042°W
Built:c. 1900
Architecture:Georgian Revival
Added:March 20, 2002
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:02000227

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.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-07-18. 2007-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H053682_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bell Telephone Exchange Building]. 2012-07-18. Jean K. Wolf. PDF. July 2001.