Bell Telephone Exchange Building (Powelton Village, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Bell Telephone Exchange Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Bell Telephone Exchange Building detail, May 2010
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Location	8-12 N. Preston St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°57′28″N75°12′15″W / 39.95778°N 75.20417°W / 39.95778; -75.20417
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1900
Architectural style	Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.	02000227 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 20, 2002

Bell Telephone Exchange Building, also known as the Preston Telephone Exchange, is a historic telephone exchange located in the Powelton Village neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1900, by the Bell Telephone Company. It is a three-story, five-bay, brick building on a raised basement and once set within a set of rowhouses. It is in the Georgian Revival style. It features an arched entrance and decorative cornice above the second story. It was used as a telephone exchange until 1928. ^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Jean K. Wolf (July 2001). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Bell Telephone Exchange Building. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 8, 2026. (Downloading may be slow.)