Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building is a registered historic building in Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

. It was designed by Harry Hake

Harry Hake

Harry Hake was a prominent architect in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, at the turn of the 20th century.- List of works :*Crosley Field*Cincinnati and Suburban Telephone Company Building...

, and listed in the National Register

National Register of Historic Places

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on April 20, 1995.

The Cincinnati Bell Company opened its building at Seventh and Elm streets in 1931. At that time, it housed the world`s longest straight switchboard, with 88 operator positions.

The building was built in such a way as to protect the city's phone network. With a push of a button a heavy steel doors will lock and metal covers will spring up over the windows on the lower floors.

On the building's facade relief sculptures of telephones are carved into the limestone frieze.