Southern New England Telephone Company Adminstrative Building

227 Church St., New Haven, Connecticut. County/parish: New Haven.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 24, 1997. NRIS 97001447.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building

The Eli, formerly the Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building, is a skyscraper at 227 Church Street in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. Completed in 1938, it is the city's finest example of Art Deco architecture, and was headquarters to the Southern New England Telephone Company (SNET), which oversaw the building of the state's telephone networks. Designed by Douglas Orr and Roy W. Foote, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132355548

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