Snow Camp Mutual Telephone Exchange Building Explained

Snow Camp Mutual Telephone Exchange Building
Location:SR 1004, .2 mi. S of SR 1005, Snow Camp, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.8889°N -79.4306°W
Built:, 1927, 1986
Architecture:One-over-one house
Added:June 9, 1989
Refnum:89000497

Snow Camp Mutual Telephone Exchange Building is a historic telephone exchange building located at Snow Camp, Alamance County, North Carolina. It was built in 1915, and is a small, square, vernacular, two-story frame structure. It has a pyramidal roof and rests on a stone foundation. One-story gabled wings were added in 1927 when the building was converted into a dwelling. A one-story kitchen addition was built in 1986. The building housed the switchboard, operator, and company telephone equipment.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michael T. Southern and Lynn Gentry . Snow Camp Mutual Telephone Exchange Building. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . February 1989. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.