GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY BUILDING

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GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY BUILDING

3632
North Roxboro Road
,
Durham
NC
Cross street: 
Olympic Avenue
Architectural style: 
Modern
Neighborhood: 
Northern Durham
Type: 
Commercial
Use: 
Office

Comments

  • Submitted by Jane on Monday, May 23, 2011 - 2:13am

    Worked as a temp in the building many, many years ago and later sent temps to work there!

  • Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 2:13am

    I always liked this building. And anyone with a learner's permit in the 60s and 70s liked the parking lot, which I think every kid in North Durham used for driving practice at one time or another. :)

  • Submitted by Shelley on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 2:13am

    NOT a fan of that structure. I repeat, NOT a fan.

  • Submitted by Batman on Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 2:13am

    I have to admit that I am a fan of this building; great mid-century styling,clean lines, restrained, unpretentious, neatly tucked in the hillside making its facade modest. Unique to many buildings of the 1950's-1970's, its design isn't out to prove a point, and unlike many, it has always been well maintained.

  • Submitted by Tom Duncan on Monday, January 13, 2014 - 1:49pm

    My dad transferred to Durham in 1957 with General Telephone. Before the building on Roxboro Road was built, the General Tel offices were on Broad Street. But I was able to get some great indoor air-conditioned summer jobs at the Roxboro Road location!

  • Submitted by Joseph Sparks on Thursday, October 30, 2014 - 4:28pm

    I started my telephone career with GTE in this building in 1979. Later retiring from Verizon in Washington State. Fond memories of GTE. It was a good company then.

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  • Sat, 07/23/2011 - 9:04am by gary

Location

36° 2' 18.0636" N, 78° 53' 49.4196" W
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3632
North Roxboro Road
,
Durham
NC
Cross street: 
Olympic Avenue
Architectural style: 
Modern
Neighborhood: 
Northern Durham
Type: 
Commercial
Use: 
Office

 


General Telephone Company, December 1960
(Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)


General Telephone Company, December 1960
(Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)

One of the more interesting Modernist office buildings still extant in Durham - added onto considerably.

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Comments

Submitted by Jane on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 2:13am

Worked as a temp in the building many, many years ago and later sent temps to work there!

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 2:13am

I always liked this building. And anyone with a learner's permit in the 60s and 70s liked the parking lot, which I think every kid in North Durham used for driving practice at one time or another. :)

Submitted by Shelley on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 2:13am

NOT a fan of that structure. I repeat, NOT a fan.

Submitted by Batman on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 2:13am

I have to admit that I am a fan of this building; great mid-century styling,clean lines, restrained, unpretentious, neatly tucked in the hillside making its facade modest. Unique to many buildings of the 1950's-1970's, its design isn't out to prove a point, and unlike many, it has always been well maintained.

Submitted by Tom Duncan on Mon, 01/13/2014 - 1:49pm

My dad transferred to Durham in 1957 with General Telephone. Before the building on Roxboro Road was built, the General Tel offices were on Broad Street. But I was able to get some great indoor air-conditioned summer jobs at the Roxboro Road location!

Submitted by Joseph Sparks on Thu, 10/30/2014 - 4:28pm

I started my telephone career with GTE in this building in 1979. Later retiring from Verizon in Washington State. Fond memories of GTE. It was a good company then.

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