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The Box of Public Phone Became A Historic Place in US

Public phone in Arkansas became a historic place and will be it will be a tourist destination.
Public phone was a means of all people for communicate. As technology advances, public phones now gradually been forgotten. In America, public phone box is hard to find. However, there is one that is still standing and functioning, namely in Arkansas. Public phone box was even used as one of the national historic sites (National Register of Historic Places).

Located in Arkansas, this phone is across the park precisely Prairie Grove Battlefield State Civil War, or about 225 kilometers of Little Rock. It's the only public phone box which was still standing, the aluminum and glass design.

Located in Arkansas, this phone is across the park precisely Prairie Grove Battlefield State Civil War, or about 225 kilometers of Little Rock. It's the only public phone box which was still standing, with the aluminum and glass design.

"It's made by Bell Telephone Co. One among thousands of public phone box that once they produce, and still stands till now," said David Parks, President of The Prairie Grove Telephone Co., which manages the pay phone, was launched from by Reuters on Friday, November 27th, 2015.

Parks said, the telephone box in a location that was established in the 1950s. Until now, the phone still works, but is only able to collect revenues of US $ 4 per year. That is, each year only 16 calls at a cost of 25 cents for a call. He told, the company had thought to destroy the phone. However, voices in social media even said another.

The height of the demand to retain a phone booth that was heard by a maintenance agency in Arkansas history. A phone that was included in the list of historic locations and in the near future will become a tourist destination.

"We think this is very important. Not just about the design, but also as a symbol of communication in the last century," said Ralph Wilcox of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program.

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