The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building in Meridian, Idaho, is a 1-story commercial office constructed of reinforced concrete, stucco, and brick in 1928. The building features a short, modest tile roof above its Main Street entrance, indicating a Spanish Revival design influence. The Main Street exposure is clad with brick veneer, and above the entrance is a corbelled brick frieze band. A masonry garage was added at the rear of the building in 1948. The garage was remodeled in 1998.[2]
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building | |
.jpg) The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. Bldg. in 2019 | |
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| Location | 815 N. Main St., Meridian, Idaho |
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| Coordinates | 43°36′42″N 116°23′34″W / 43.61167°N 116.39278°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1928 |
| Built by | Heikes, William; et al. |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
| NRHP reference No. | 08000905[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 17, 2008 |
The building was constructed by local contractors William Heikes, Gus Scholin, and William Howry from plans provided by the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[2]
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
editThe Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company (MST&T) was formed in 1911 from assets previously owned by the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company and other telephone exchanges.[3][4] In 1927 MST&T incorporated its Meridian exchange from assets purchased from Homer Tolleth's Independent Telephone Exchange.[2]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c Madeline Buckendorf (September 16, 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building". National Park Service. Retrieved April 21, 2019. With accompanying pictures
- ^ "Good-Bye to the Rocky Mountain Bell Company". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. July 21, 1911. p. 4.
- ^ "Articles of Incorporation". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. July 21, 1911. p. 8.
Further reading
edit- Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company, American History and Genealogy Project
- Frank Thomason and Polly Ambrose Peterson, Meridian (Arcadia Publishing, 2010), pp 90
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