Webster Telephone Exchange Building | |
 The Webster Telephone Exchange Building | |
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| Location | 2213 Lake Street, Omaha, Nebraska |
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| Coordinates | 41°16′52.51″N 95°56′43.55″W / 41.2812528°N 95.9454306°W |
| Built | 1907 |
| Architect | Thomas R. Kimball |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000829[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 5, 1977 |
The Webster Telephone Exchange Building is located in North Omaha, Nebraska. It was designed by the well-known Omaha architect Thomas Rogers Kimball. After the Easter Sunday Tornado of 1913, the building was used as the center of recovery operations. In 1933, American Bell donated the building to the Omaha Urban League (now the Urban League of Nebraska).
The 33-room building is closely associated with Omaha's black history, serving as a home to Omaha's Urban League and its leader Whitney Young.[2] In 1976 it was converted for use as the Great Plains Black History Museum. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 and also designated a landmark by the City of Omaha.[3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Curtis, N.C. (1996) Black Heritage Sites: An African American Odyssey and Finder's Guide. ALA Editions. p 498.
- ^ "Webster Telephone Exchange Building". City of Omaha Landmark Heritage Preservation Commission. Retrieved 8/15/07.