Chinese Telephone Exchange

GPTKB entity

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
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	gptkb: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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Chinese Telephone Exchange