Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Western Headquarters Building

Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Western Headquarters Building
Location 201 Stanwix Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°26′24.62″N 80°0′18.35″W / 40.4401722°N 80.0050972°W / 40.4401722; -80.0050972Coordinates: 40°26′24.62″N 80°0′18.35″W / 40.4401722°N 80.0050972°W / 40.4401722; -80.0050972
Area 1.4 acres (0.57 ha)
Built 1956 and 1957[1]
Architect Press C. Dowler
Architectural style Modern
NRHP reference # 11000921[2]
Added to NRHP December 15, 2011

The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania Western Headquarters Building (also known as the Verizon Building) is a structure at 201 Stanwix Street in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 12-story building, which was built between 1956 and 1957. In 1985 it was utilized for office space, corporate television & fiber optic teleconferencing facilities for intra-organization, face-to-face meetings. An historic #5ESS cutover in 1986 was covered by the news crew here marking the entrance into the digital age of telecommunications for an antiquated landline infrastructure in the United States. Converted to luxury rental apartments in 2012. [1] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 15, 2011.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/assets/historic_review_commission/2011/bell_telephone_nomination.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  2. 1 2 http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20111223.htm


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