Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building

New Haven, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

The Eli, a skyscraper at 227 Church Street in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, is the city's finest example of Art Deco architecture. Completed in 1938 and designed by Douglas Orr and Roy W. Foote, it originally served as the administration building for the Southern New England Telephone Company (SNET), which oversaw the construction of Connecticut's telephone networks. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.