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CLOSE-UP VIEW OF THE 10TH AND 11TH FLOOR WINDOWS. WINDOWS HAVE WHITE TERRA COTTA SILLS, HEADS AND MULLIONS. ARCHES ARE OF TERRA COTTA INCLUDING ORNAMENTATION ABOVE THE 11TH FLOOR WINDOWS. CIRCULAR ORNAMENTATIONS BETWEEN ARCHES ARE TERRA COTTA PAINTED IN BRONZE COLOR. LOUVERS ON THE WINDOWS ARE NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN. THIS IS THE FRONT ELEVATION. - Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Building, 1519 Franklin Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA
Depicted place California; Alameda County; Oakland
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS CAL,1-OAK,18-14
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: This structure is historically important for its association with early 20th century growth of telephone service in the East Bay and the fact that it is still used by the firm that built it. At the time of the 1927 addition, the structure was called the Glen Court Central Office Building of P.T.&T.; Company.
  • Survey number: HABS CA-2317
  • Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1927 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1992 Demolished
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca1697.photos.180752p
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Object location37° 48′ 15.98″ N, 122° 16′ 10.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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