Providence Telephone Building

The Telephone Building is a historic commercial building at 112 Union Street in . It was built as the headquarters and exchange of the Providence Telephone Company, which occupied it from 1893 to 1917.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Providence City Hall and Strand Ballroom & Theatre.

Town hall
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is the center of the municipal government in . It is located at the southwest end of Kennedy Plaza at 25 Dorrance Street in Providence.

Music venue
The Strand Ballroom & Theatre is a live music venue located in downtown . The theatre opened in 1915 as a vaudeville theatre and later became a cinema and concert venue.

Hotel
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The Graduate by Hilton Providence is an upscale hotel that opened in 1922 as the Hotel, part of the Bowman-Biltmore Hotels chain. It is located on the southern corner of Kennedy Plaza at 11 Dorrance Street in downtown .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Providence and Downtown Providence.

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is the state capital and largest city in , as well as the third largest city in . It used to be a heavily industrialized bastion of organized crime, but 's recent renaissance has created new parks and attractions and brought emphasis back to its historic roots as an intellectual center.

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Downtown includes the core of the downtown area as well as Waterplace Park, the Providence Place Mall, and Capitol Hill.

Neighborhood
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The is a predominantly industrial historic district in . It covers a roughly 19-acre area in the city's Jewelry District, just south of .

Providence Telephone Building

Latitude
41.8235° or 41° 49′ 25″ north
Longitude
-71.41353° or 71° 24′ 49″ west
Levels
5
Open location code
87HCRHFP+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 972037433
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q7252488
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