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Telephone Co. Building
Location24 N. 4th St., Grand Forks, North Dakota
Arealess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1904
Architectural styleEarly Commercial; Vernacular-Classical; Other
MPSDowntown Grand Forks MRA[2]
NRHP reference No.82001340[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 26, 1982

The Telephone Co. Building in Grand Forks, North Dakota was built in 1904. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

It includes Early Commercial, "Vernacular-Classical Detail", and other architecture.[1]

When listed the property included just the one contributing building on an area of less than 1 acre (0.40 ha).[1]

The listing is described in its North Dakota Cultural Resources Survey document.[3]

Along with Wright Block, the Clifford Annex, the Dinnie Block, and Golden Square, the Telephone Co. Building was one of many "commercial vernacular brick buildings with classical revival details" that were built during a major building boom, with high quality brickwork.[2] It was built in 1904 by the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company, which later became Northwestern Bell.[3] This replaced a previous exchange that was located on the fourth floor of an office building, which had some accessibility problems. A 1901 author pointed out that the cable ran into the office from a nearby pole and was unsightly, and that the wiring inside the building was not very orderly either. The building was rather crowded. The company was in the process of buying a lot for the new exchange building.[4]: 37 

References

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Norene Roberts and Joe Roberts (November 30, 1981). "National Register of Historic Places: Downtown Grand Forks MRA". National Park Service.
  3. ^ a b C. Kudzia, Norene Roberts, Joe Roberts, and Gary Henrickson (September 1981). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Telephone Co. Building". National Park Service.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) and Accompanying four photos, exterior, from 1981
  4. ^ Stone & Webster (1901). Report on the Property of the Erie Telegraph & Telephone Company: Comprising the Cleveland Telephone Company, the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company, the Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company, Michigan Telephone Company, Wisconsin Telephone Company.


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