Posted 5 days ago
earthandma…
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02/10/2026
Michigan Associated Telephone Company: The building was located in Muskegon, Michigan. I am not sure, but the building was probably built in the late 1930's. Indiana Associated Telephone Corporation: In the same style, the building was probably completed in the late 1930's, and the building was located in Elkhart, Indiana. Supposedly, the same type of buildings were located in Ohio, Illinois, and Wisconsin.. The headquarters building in California was different.
Just as interesting, Associated Telephone took over Standard Telephone Company which had built a series of art deco buildings. Here is a photo of a Standard Telephone building in Waynoka, Oklahoma.
Thank you to all : )
the Art Deco building in the 3rd photo is fantastic!!
BHIFOS, Thank you. Yes, a beautiful building. Standard Telephone was owned by J. Lindsay Nunn. He and his family were wealthy and had money. Just the same, he had good taste, and spared no expense to get it done right the first time. He sold off a lot of the telephone business early on (to Associated Telephone), and then concentrated on his other holdings in radio, newspapers, dairy, among other endeavors...