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

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]

Bell Telephone Exchange Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Bell Telephone Exchange Building detail, May 2010
Location	8-12 N. Preston St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′28″N 75°12′15″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1900
Architectural style	Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.	02000227[1]
Added to NRHP	March 20, 2002

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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.