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Telephone Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Colorado State Register of Historic Properties
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Location	931 14th St., Denver, Colorado
Coordinates	39°44′41″N 104°59′42″W / 39.74472°N 104.99500°W / 39.74472; -104.99500
Area	less than one acre
Built	1929
Architect	William N. Bowman; et al.
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival, "Modern American Perpendicular Gothic"
MPS	Downtown Denver MPS
NRHP reference No.	04001555
CSRHP No.	5DV.522
Added to NRHP	January 26, 2005

The Mountain States Telephone Building (also known as Telephone Building) is a historic building located at 931 14th Street in Denver, Colorado, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 2005.

It served as the headquarters of the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company, later known as Mountain Bell. Constructed in a variant of the Gothic Revival style named "Modern American Perpendicular Gothic," the building was designed by local architect William N. Bowman. The new building, completed in 1929, was built to provide dial telephone service for the first time in Denver.

It is a 15-story building with buff-colored terra cotta, on a pink granite base. According to its NRHP nomination, the "Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, the building's original owner, called its architectural style 'Modern American Perpendicular Gothic,' referring to its setbacks, massing, vertically, and Gothic Revival style ornamentation." The Gothic Revival architecture of the Mountain States Telephone Building is featured on many of Denver's Architectural tours.

The entrance of the building features 13 murals from the history of telecommunications by Allen Tupper True, which were painted in 1929. The murals are located at several of the entrance lobbies and in one location inside the building.

See also

• Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building (Miles City, Montana)

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. "Directory of Colorado State Register Properties: Denver City & County (S-Z)". Colorado Historical Society Office of Archaeology and Historic Planning. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
3. R. Laurie Simmons; Thomas H. Simmons (October 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Telephone Building / 5DV522". National Park Service. Retrieved October 24, 2017. With 15 photos.
4. "Denver Architectural Scavenger Hunt". letsroam.com. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
5. "Rocky Mountain Cultural Tour=2020-01-14".
6. "Telephone building" Colorado Encyclopedia Accessed Oct. 9, 2021
7. Hill, David "Historic Allen True murals centerpiece of new downtown Denver hotel" CPR.org (Colorado Public Radio) accessed Oct. 9, 2021
8. Zimmer, Amy "The murals of Allen True" Colorado Virtual Encyclopedia Accessed Oct. 9, 2021.
9. "Allen Tupper True Murals" Telecommunications History Group Accessed Oct. 9, 2021.

External links

• Media related to Telephone Building (Denver, Colorado) at Wikimedia Commons
• Telecommunications Virtual Museum: 931 14th St: Historic Building, Virtual Tour

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