- Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility
Location: 1111 North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. Coordinates: 38°54′15.48″N 77°0′32.4″W / 38.9043°N 77.009°WCoordinates: 38°54′15.48″N 77°0′32.4″W / 38.9043°N 77.009°W Built: 1927 Architect: McKenzie,Voorhees & Gmelin Architectural style: Art Deco Governing body: private NRHP Reference#: 06001159[1] Added to NRHP: May 14, 2007[2] The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility is an Art Deco industrial building, located at 1111 North Capitol Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C., in the NoMa neighborhood.
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History
It was built in 1927. It housed C & P Telephone Company’s fleet of repair trucks, and telephone overhaul shop.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in 2006.[3] It was leased with an option to purchase, by the Smithsonian Institution. It is being redeveloped as a future home of National Public Radio. A new office tower of 10 to 12 stories will be built behind the historic façade.[4][5]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/DC/District+of+Columbia/state2.html
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ http://landmarkhunter.com/181840-chesapeake-and-potomac-telephone-company-warehouse/
- ^ http://www.current.org/npr/npr0805hq.shtml
- ^ http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/07/23/story2.html
External links
- http://dcmud.blogspot.com/2009/06/npr-to-start-work-on-noma-home.html
- http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/histpres/decisions.cfm
- http://www.nomabid.org/newsletter/mar08/
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- Buildings and structures completed in 1927
- Washington, D.C. Registered Historic Place stubs
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