Chinese Telephone Exchange

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chinese_Telephone_Exchange
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historic_building
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces 1971
gptkbp:address gptkb:743_Washington_Street
gptkbp:architecturalStyle Chinese architecture
gptkbp:closed 1949
gptkbp:currentUse gptkb:Chinese_Telephone_Exchange_Museum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chinese Telephone Exchange
gptkbp:location gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:neighborhood gptkb:Chinatown,_San_Francisco
gptkbp:notableFor employing Chinese-speaking operators
manual telephone switchboard
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 71000187
gptkbp:numberOfOperators up to 40
gptkbp:opened 1901
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Pacific_Telephone_and_Telegraph_Company
gptkbp:operatorsWere Chinese American women
gptkbp:replacedBy automatic dial system
gptkbp:servesCommunity Chinese-American
gptkbp:significance first telephone exchange in the U.S. to serve a non-English-speaking community
gptkbp:telephoneNumbersWere assigned by name, not number
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chinatown,_San_Francisco
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6