General Information
| Other name(s): | New England Telephone & Telegraph Building |
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| Completion: | 1947 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Office building |
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Location
| Location: |
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Address: | 185 Franklin Street |
| Coordinates: | 42° 21' 20.38" N 71° 3' 18.39" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 91 m | |
| number of floors (above ground) | 20 |
Chronology
| 1951 | Dean Cornwell's 49-meter long mural "Telephone Men and Women at Work" is added to the lobby. |
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| 3 June 1959 | On the 84th anniversary of the telephone, a museum and exhibit in memory of Alexander Graham Bell is opened featuring his original tools, books, workbench, etc. saved from the original building he worked in when it was demolished in the 1920s. |
Participants
Architecture
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Cram and Ferguson
- Ralph Adam Cram (architect)
- Frank Ferguson (structural engineer)
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- : Eyewitness Travel Guide Boston. DK Publishing, London (United Kingdom), pp. 67.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20010406 - Published on:
30/09/2003 - Last updated on:
29/07/2014
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