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Southwestern Bell Main Dial Building : ウィキペディア英語版 | Southwestern Bell Main Dial Building
The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company constructed a two-story building in 1924. The structure, which encompassed , was to house the main dial equipment for the new automatic dial equipment that the company had introduced to Tulsa in November 1924. The architecture of the building was Gothic Style. In 1930, the company added four floors to the top of the 1924 structure to house its divisional offices and toll terminal equipment needed for the underground cable that connected Tulsa with Oklahoma City. The 1930 addition was constructed in Zig Zag Art Deco Style.〔(Tulsa Preservation Commission, "Southwestern Bell Main Dial Building." ) Accessed July 19, 2015.〕 ==Building description== Southwestern Bell intended to build a two-story building to house its new automatic dial equipment in 1924. However, company engineers expected to add more stories in the future as the Tulsa telephone system expanded. They specified that the initial support structure be capable of carrying at least seven more stories.〔("National Register of Historic Properties Nomination Form." ) United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. February 28, 1984.Accessed July 20, 2015.〕 The original two-story building was designed using Gothic Style architecture, which was then in vogue in the United States. The exterior was covered in light brown brick. The first floor has large arched windows framed with terra cotta. The color of the frames matches that of the quoins that reach to the top of the second floor. The second-floor windows are rectangular and separated by brick panels decorated with terra cotta torches. The second floor spandrels are made of buff-colored terra cotta tile.〔
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