Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility

United States historic place


Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


38°54′15.48″N 77°0′32.4″W / 38.9043000°N 77.009000°W / 38.9043000; -77.009000
Built	1927
Architect	McKenzie, Voorhees & Gmelin
Architectural style	Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	06001159^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 14, 2007^[2]

The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility is an Art Deco industrial building, located at 1111 North Capitol Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C., in the NoMa neighborhood which houses the headquarters of National Public Radio.

History

It was built in 1927. It housed C & P Telephone Company’s fleet of repair trucks, and telephone overhaul shop.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, in 2006.^[3] It was leased with an option to purchase, by the Smithsonian Institution. It was redeveloped with new construction as the fourth headquarters building of National Public Radio, which opened in April 2013. A new office tower of 10 to 12 stories was built behind the historic façade.^[4]^[5]

References

^ National Register of Historical Places - DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (DC), District of Columbia County
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ LandmarkHunter.com | Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Warehouse and Repair Facility
^ Current.org | NPR acquires site for new HQ, to move in 2012 Archived May 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ J St. calls city for OK to convert telephone warehouse - Washington Business Journal