Webster Telephone Exchange Building

The Webster Telephone Exchange Building at 2213 Lake Street in North Omaha, was designed by prominent Nebraska architect Thomas Kimball and it appears on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the current home of the Great Plains Black History Museum.

[edit] Webster Telephone Exchange Building

The Webster Telephone Exchange building, which houses the Museum, was built in 1906. It is a modified Tudor style building designed by famed architect Thomas Kimball for the Nebraska Telephone Company. The building was a central headquarters after the Easter Sunday Tornado of 1913. Telephone operators stayed at their stations during the tornado, and despite shards of glass and reports of mass calamity, continued service immediately afterwards. Victims from the nearby central business district of Near North Omaha were brought to the building, as well

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, recognizing its historical significance. Today the building is dilapidated and the Museum has received offers to move it to other locations. The future of the Webster Telephone Exchange Building is uncertain.

[edit] See also

• History of North Omaha

[edit] References

• Omaha's Terrible Evening. Tragic Story of America's Greatest Disaster.
• 1913 Easter Sunday Tornado Omaha Public Library.

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