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

Bell Telephone Exchange Building
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Bell Telephone Exchange Building detail, May 2010
Bell Telephone Exchange Building (Powelton Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is located in Philadelphia
Bell Telephone Exchange Building (Powelton Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Bell Telephone Exchange Building (Powelton Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
Bell Telephone Exchange Building (Powelton Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Bell Telephone Exchange Building (Powelton Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is located in the US
Bell Telephone Exchange Building (Powelton Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Location 8-12 N. Preston St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′28″N 75°12′15″W / 39.95778°N 75.20417°W / 39.95778; -75.20417Coordinates: 39°57′28″N 75°12′15″W / 39.95778°N 75.20417°W / 39.95778; -75.20417
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1900
Architectural style Georgian Revival
NRHP Reference # 02000227
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.

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



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