Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Building

Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Building
Location 730 Twelfth St., NW
Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°53′56″N 77°1′42″W / 38.89889°N 77.02833°W / 38.89889; -77.02833Coordinates: 38°53′56″N 77°1′42″W / 38.89889°N 77.02833°W / 38.89889; -77.02833
Built 1927-1928
Architect Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker
Architectural style Art Deco
NRHP Reference # 88001112[1]
Added to NRHP August 5, 1988

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.[2] 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.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites". DC Preservation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
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