Bell Telephone Company Building (Philadelphia)

Bell Telephone Company Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Bell Telephone Company Building in Philadelphia
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Location	1835 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates	39°57′21″N 75°10′15″W / 39.9557°N 75.1708°W / 39.9557; -75.1708
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1925
Architect	Stopper, Eugene; Zantzinger and Borie
Architectural style	Moderne
NRHP reference No.	00000849[1]
Added to NRHP	August 07, 2000

The Bell Telephone Company Building is a historic 17 story skyscraper located at 1835 Arch Street in the Logan Square neighborhood on the edge of downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which was used as a long distance telephone exchange by the Bell Telephone Company. Its construction in 1925 marked the beginning of the era of long distance trunk lines in telephone communication. The building was listed by the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.