National Register of Historic Places

Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building

Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Listed
April 19, 1995
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
95000495

About this property

Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building is a registered historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was designed by Harry Hake, and listed in the National Register on April 20, 1995. The Cincinnati Bell Company opened its building at Seventh and Elm streets in 1931. At that time, it housed the world's longest straight switchboard, with 88 operator positions. The building was built in such a way as to protect the city's phone network. With a push of a button heavy steel doors will lock and metal covers will spring up over the windows on the lower floors. Representations of rotary telephones are carved into the limestone frieze on the building's facade. Continuing the communication motif, still other reliefs depict a runner, telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell, and nautical flag signals. The general contractor was the J. and F. Harig Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Location

209 W. Seventh St.
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
39.10285, -84.51712

Categories

COMMUNICATIONSARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building listed on the National Register?

Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 19, 1995.

What type of historic resource is Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building?

Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building?

The period of significance for Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building is recorded as the industrial era.

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