Telephone Exchange Building (Norwich, Connecticut)

Telephone Exchange Building
Telephone Exchange Building (Norwich, Connecticut) is located in Connecticut
Telephone Exchange Building (Norwich, Connecticut)
Telephone Exchange Building (Norwich, Connecticut) is located in the United States
Telephone Exchange Building (Norwich, Connecticut)
Location23 Union Street, Norwich, Connecticut
Coordinates41°31′36″N 72°4′35″W / 41.52667°N 72.07639°W / 41.52667; -72.07639
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1906 (1906)
Built byC. Morgan Williams
ArchitectLeoni W. Robinson
Architectural styleColonial Revival
Part ofDowntown Norwich Historic District (ID85000707)
NRHP reference No.83003590[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 28, 1983
Designated CPApril 4, 1985

The Telephone Exchange Building is a historic building at 23 Union Street in downtown Norwich, Connecticut, behind Norwich Town Hall. Built in 1906-07, it was the first purpose-built telephone exchange utility building in the city, and is a little-altered example of period exchanges built by the Southern New England Telephone Company.[2] The building now houses city offices. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1983.[1]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Telephone Exchange Building". National Park Service. Retrieved February 1, 2015.