Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building (Meridian, Idaho)

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building

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| image = Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Building (2).jpg

| caption = The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. Bldg. in 2019

| location= 815 N. Main St., Meridian, Idaho

| coordinates = {{coord|43|36|42|N|116|23|34|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Idaho#USA

| built = {{Start date|1928}}

| builder = Heikes, William; et al.

| architecture = Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

| added = September 17, 2008

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 08000905{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

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The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building in Meridian, Idaho, is a 1-story commercial office constructed of reinforced concrete, stucco, and brick in 1928. The building features a short, modest tile roof above its Main Street entrance, indicating a Spanish Revival design influence. The Main Street exposure is clad with brick veneer, and above the entrance is a corbelled brick frieze band. A masonry garage was added at the rear of the building in 1948. The garage was remodeled in 1998.

The building was constructed by local contractors William Heikes, Gus Scholin, and William Howry from plans provided by the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=08000905}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company Building |publisher=National Park Service|author=Madeline Buckendorf |date=September 16, 2007 |accessdate=April 21, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=08000905|photos=y|title=accompanying pictures}}

Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company

The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company (MST&T) was formed in 1911 from assets previously owned by the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company and other telephone exchanges.{{cite news |title=Good-Bye to the Rocky Mountain Bell Company |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=July 21, 1911 |page=4}}{{cite news |title=Articles of Incorporation |newspaper=Idaho Statesman |location=Boise, Idaho |date=July 21, 1911 |page=8}} In 1927 MST&T incorporated its Meridian exchange from assets purchased from Homer Tolleth's Independent Telephone Exchange.

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Further reading

  • [http://www.ahgp.org/inter-mt/rocky-mountain-bell-telephone-company.html Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company], American History and Genealogy Project
  • Frank Thomason and Polly Ambrose Peterson, Meridian (Arcadia Publishing, 2010), pp 90

{{National Register of Historic Places}}

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Ada County, Idaho

Category:Meridian, Idaho

Category:Spanish Colonial Revival architecture

Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1928

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