Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Ghost Building #2: Telephone Exchange Building

This building of the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company was constructed 1916-17. In 1923, it became the first telephone exchange in New England with automated equipment letting people place calls without having to speak first to an operator.

Boston Globe photo of New England Telephone & Telegraph exchange building
Brookline Chronicle, June 9, 1923

The building was torn down more than 20 years ago but a piece of it, visible in this 1923 newspaper illustration, remains.  Do you know where it is?

Check back next week for the answer and for another "Ghost Building of Brookline."

1 comment:

  1. The stone/marble entry way, still present on Marion Street, in front of the condos set back off the street?

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