Bell Telephone Exchange Building (Powelton Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Bell Telephone Exchange Building
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Bell Telephone Exchange Building detail, May 2010
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| Location | 8-12 N. Preston St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| 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]
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