Old Bell Telephone Building

100 blk. of Ash St., Osceola, Arkansas. County/parish: Mississippi.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 06, 1987. NRIS 87001353.

Part of Osceola MRA (NRIS 64000029).

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Old Bell Telephone Building (Osceola, Arkansas)

The Old Bell Telephone Building is a historic commercial building at 109 North Ash Street in downtown Osceola, Arkansas. It is a two-story flat-roof brick building, built in 1911 to house the town's telephone exchange. The building is three bays wide, with the door in the right bay, with a transom window above. There is an original brass slot for accepting payments between the doorway and the center window. The building was built by R. C. Rose, a local attorney who owned the telephone exchange.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

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