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    The Webster Telephone Exchange Building is located in North Omaha, Nebraska. It was designed by the well-known Omaha architect Thomas Rogers Kimball....
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    North Side neighborhood in North Omaha. It was housed in the Webster Telephone Exchange Building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places...
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    Nebraska Telephone Company Building, Lincoln, Nebraska, listed on the NRHP in Lancaster County, Nebraska Webster Telephone Exchange Building, Omaha, Nebraska...
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  • (n.d.) Jewell Building Archived March 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine City of Omaha Landmarks (n.d.) Webster Telephone Exchange Building City of Omaha...
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    A telephone exchange name or central office name was a distinguishing and memorable name assigned to a central office. It identified the switching system...
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  • recover the bodies. The victims were then removed to the Webster Telephone Exchange Building at 2213 Lake Street. More than 50 people died at one intersection...
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    operators from the Webster Telephone Exchange Building in Omaha did not leave their stations either during or after the tornado. The building was used as an...
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    Cathedral Union Station USS Marlin Vinton School Weber Mill Webster Telephone Exchange Building West Lawn Mausoleum Formerly listed Jobbers Canyon Historic...
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    Hungarian engineer Tivadar Puskás proposed the telephone switch, which allowed for the formation of telephone exchanges, and eventually networks. In the United...
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    Old Market (Omaha, Nebraska) (category Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska)
    buildings available from the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. There are also several specifically noted historic buildings within the district. Buildings within...
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    Livestock Exchange Building housed the Stockyards National Bank, offices, a bakery, cafeteria, kitchen, soda fountain, cigar stand, telephone and telegraph...
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    Cathedral Union Station USS Marlin Vinton School Weber Mill Webster Telephone Exchange Building West Lawn Mausoleum Formerly listed Jobbers Canyon Historic...
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  • List of African-American historic places (category Lists of buildings and structures in the United States)
    Historic District, Missoula Jewell Building, Omaha Malcolm X House Site, Omaha Webster Telephone Exchange Building, Omaha Moulin Rouge Hotel, Las Vegas...
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    theater has a theatre organ, made by Wurlitzer. The current site of the building was previously home to the "Creighton Theater". John A. McShane organized...
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  • Kimball, early Omaha architect; designed Webster Telephone Exchange Building and several other significant buildings in North Omaha Rowena Moore, founder...
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    Rose Blumkin Performing Arts Center (category John Eberson buildings)
    Built in 1926 in a combination of both Moorish and Classical styles, the building was rehabilitated in 1986. John Eberson, a nationally notable architect...
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    Exchange Building. Its significance was recognized when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The city redeveloped the building in...
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  • Boys Town (organization) (category Buildings and structures in Nebraska)
    which was developed to include a school, dormitories, and administration buildings. Adapting the "Junior Republic" model, the boys elected their own government...
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    The Telephone Co. Building in Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States, was built in 1904. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in...
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    Nebraska Omaha Star office at NE corner of 24th & Grant Streets Webster Telephone Exchange Building, also used for the 20th-century Great Plains Black Museum...
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  • Association Fair Deal Cafe - Demolished Omaha Star building - NRHP Webster Telephone Exchange Building (Great Plains Black History Museum) - NRHP Kountze...
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    Joslyn Castle (category Folly buildings on the National Register of Historic Places)
    school system moved to a larger facility in the former Tech High School building. The Castle then became the property of the State of Nebraska. In 1996...
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    Cathedral Union Station USS Marlin Vinton School Weber Mill Webster Telephone Exchange Building West Lawn Mausoleum Formerly listed Jobbers Canyon Historic...
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    St. Cecilia Cathedral (Omaha) (category 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States)
    of the building is Spanish Renaissance Revival, rather than the European Gothic architecture popular in the early 20th century. The building is roofed...
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    Blackstone Hotel (Omaha, Nebraska) (category Hotel buildings completed in 1915)
    had four glass sunrooms and ornate furnishings throughout. In 1920, the building was purchased by Charles Schimmel, an immigrant from Vienna. After converting...
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    List of Omaha landmarks (category Buildings and structures in Omaha, Nebraska)
    Heritage Preservation Commission. In addition, it includes structures or buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places and those few designated...
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  • North 19th and Binney Streets. 1907 The Webster Telephone Exchange Building is built by the Nebraska Telephone Company at 22nd and Lake Streets. 1908 The...
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    Joel N. Cornish House (category Apartment buildings in Omaha, Nebraska)
    porch on the south facade has been established as an original part of the building by a family photograph. Its ornate carving embellishes the tongue and groove...
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    Nebraska; Historic Buildings Survey[usurped], p. 7, gives a construction date of 1920. "NSHPO Approves Three Nominations", Restoration Exchange Omaha, gives...
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    Cathedral Union Station USS Marlin Vinton School Weber Mill Webster Telephone Exchange Building West Lawn Mausoleum Formerly listed Jobbers Canyon Historic...
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