AT&T Building (Indianapolis)
Encyclopedia
AT&T Building is a high rise in Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

. It was opened in 1932 and is 22 stories tall. It is primarily used for office space and is the headquarters
Headquarters
Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities...

 for AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...

 in Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

. The AT&T Building is connected with the AT&T 220 Building
AT&T 220 Building
AT&T 220 Building is a high rise in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was completed in 1974 and has 23 floors. It is primarily used for office space. It is connected with the AT&T Building, which is located just to the north and both buildings house the Indiana headquarters for AT&T.-External links:**...

, which is located just to the south. The building has been expanded and has achieved its present form only after a few iterations.

The headquarters building previously at this site, completed in 1907, was moved in 1930 to make way for the new construction. Over a 34-day period, the 11,000-ton building was shifted 52 feet south, rotated 90 degrees, and then shifted again 100 feet west. Amazingly, this was done without interrupting customer's telephone service or telephone business operations. The new headquarters was completed in 1932, and was 7 stories tall. It was later expanded in the 1940s and 1960s to bring it to its current size and height. (The original building was demolished in 1963.)

External links

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK