Chicago Telephone Company Kedzie Exchange

United States historic place


Chicago Telephone Company Kedzie Exchange
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Location	17 S. Homan Ave., Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°52′49″N 87°42′39″W / 41.88028°N 87.71083°W / 41.88028; -87.71083 (Chicago Telephone Company Kedzie Exchange)
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1906 (1906)-07
Architect	Pond and Pond
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	01000594
Added to NRHP	May 30, 2001

The Chicago Telephone Company Kedzie Exchange is a historic telephone exchange building located at 17 S. Homan Avenue in the East Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Built in 1906–07, it was one of the many telephone exchanges built in Chicago in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as telephone use grew rapidly. Chicago architecture firm Pond and Pond designed the Classical Revival building. The building's design is noteworthy for its decorative elements, which include a dentillated cornice and belt course and an arched entrance with floral corbels. Early telephone exchanges were staffed almost entirely by women, and Pond and Pond believed that a decorative design would be more inviting to female workers than a plain and functional building. Major Chicago firm Holabird & Roche designed three additions to the building in 1913, 1928, and 1948. The telephone exchange closed in the 1960s, and the building was subsequently used by the Wilhelm K. Roentgen Elementary School through the 1990s.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 30, 2001.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
Bluestone, Daniel (August 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Chicago Telephone Company Kedzie Exchange" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-18. Retrieved November 17, 2018.

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