Sited over the former Western Union Building on In 1932 a long distance telephone call between the US and Europe was routed through AT&T.It was the site of one end of the first transcontinental telephone call, the first intercity Picturephone call, and the first transatlantic telephone call.
Though AT&T's headquarters relocated to 550 Madison Avenue in 1984, 195 Broadway remains in use as an office building as of 2020.