The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Building is an historic structure located in Downtown Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 1988.

History

This was the third building C&P Telephone

C&P Telephone

The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, usually known as C&P Telephone, was a d/b/a name for four Bell Operating Companies providing service to Washington, D.C., Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia....

 built in downtown Washington and the second in a two year period of time. This seven story structure housed the company’s new dial switching equipment that it could not be accommodated in its existing facilities. It was designed with Art Deco detailing and ornamentation by the New York architectural firm of Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker

Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker

Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker were a prestigious New York architectural firm.The firm had an illustrious heritage, the parent company being founded in New York City by Cyrus L.W. Eidlitz in 1885. In 1900 he added partner Andrew C. McKenzie and when Eidlitz left the firm in 1910 he was replaced by...

. The company began its first conversion to dial telephone service on May 3, 1930 when 60,000 telephones in downtown Washington were switched over from the old manual system.

See also

• Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building
  Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building
  The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building is an historic structure located in Downtown Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.-History:...
  
  
• Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility
  Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility
  The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility is an Art Deco industrial building, located at 1111 North Capitol Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C., in the NoMa neighborhood.-History:It was built in 1927....