The Eli, formerly the Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building, is a skyscraper at 227 Church Street in downtown New Haven, Connecticut.
It rises as a rectangular monolith for thirteen floors, with the upper stories stepped back in stages.
The interior lobby area, also two stories in height, continues these themes, and is richly finished in a variety of materials.
The company was one of New Haven's largest employers, and was responsible for the growth of the telephone system in the entire state.
[4][5] The building is regarded as New Haven's "premier" example of Art Deco architecture, and displays one of the area's most extensive employment of Stony Creek pink granite.