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The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building is a historic structure located in Downtown Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. As the number of businesses in Washington increasingly relied on telephone service, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company built this building as its new main exchange. Designed by architect Leon Eidlitz, it was the first of a complex of buildings the company would construct at this site. The building houses what was considered to be the largest telephone switchboard at the time. It began operations in September 1904 and served 6,000 at the beginning. The new system eliminated the multiple rings on party lines and the need for an operator to interrupt the line to determine whether a subscriber had completed a call or wanted to receive calls. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility Media related to Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building at Wikimedia Commons
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When was Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building listed on the National Register?
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 12, 1988.
What type of historic resource is Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building?
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The period of significance for Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building is recorded as the civil_war era.
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