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Chicago Telephone Company Building
Life Span: 1888-1967
Location: Northeast corner of Franklin & Washington
Architect: Joseph Lyman Silsbee
Chicago Telephone Company Building
Northeast corner of Franklin and Washington streets. In this handsome home of steel, granite, and terra cotta the great monopoly beholds the expiration of some of its important
patents, but relies as firmly on the public concessions which those patents brought to its use and possession. This very elegant building stands at the descent into the Washington Street tunnel, the cynosure of thousands of West Side travelers.- It is 100 feet high, in 7 stories and basement, 40 feet on Washington Street, 90 on Franklin, and has 2 elevators for its employes. The granite arch and tiling at the entrance are notable. It was erected in 1888, and is occupied by the Chicago Telephone Company.
Demolished in 1967.
Chicago Telephone Company Building
Northeast corner of Franklin & Washington
Rand McNally Bird’s Eye Views
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