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AT&T Center | |
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Alternative names | Wisconsin Telephone Building |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Commercial office |
Architectural style | neo-gothic |
Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
Address | 722 North Broadway |
Coordinates | 43°02′21″N87°54′27″W / 43.0393°N 87.9075°W |
Construction started | 1918 |
Completed | 1924 |
Landlord | AT&T |
Height | 213 ft (65 m) |
Technical details | |
Structural system | steel frame |
Floor count | 19 |
Lifts/elevators | 6 |
Design and construction | |
Architecture firm | Eschweiler & Eschweiler |
Other information | |
Public transit access | MCTS The Hop |
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