Verizon Maryland LLC Verizon Virginia LLC Verizon Washington, DC, Inc.
Formerly
DC: The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Bell Atlantic - Washington, D.C., Inc. MD: The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore City The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland Bell Atlantic - Maryland, Inc. VA: The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia Bell Atlantic - Virginia, Inc.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland
C&P Tel. Co. of Maryland logo, 1964-1969
The C&P Telephone Company of Maryland was founded in 1884 as The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore City.[1] It changed its name to The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland on January 3, 1956, and the corporate name at this point changed to C&P Telephone of Maryland.[2]
C&P relaxed its rule against the hiring of African-Americans for white collar jobs in January 1943 due to labor shortages during World War II, but telephone operator positions remained racially segregated until the hiring of Hermie Graham for a position at a C&P office in Govans in 1974.[3]
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia
C&P Tel. Co. of Virginia logo, 1964-1969
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia was founded in 1903.
After AT&T's 1969 corporate identity overhaul, which included the famous Saul Bass Bell logo, all four companies' names were shortened to C&P Telephone on marketing materials, bills, vehicles, etc.
In 1994, Bell Atlantic renamed all of its operating companies. C&P Telephone was renamed:
Bell Atlantic – Maryland, Inc.
Bell Atlantic – Virginia, Inc.
Bell Atlantic – Washington, D.C., Inc.
Bell Atlantic – West Virginia, Inc.
After Bell Atlantic's merger with GTE in 2000, the system was renamed Verizon, and so were its Bell Operating Companies. The C&P companies were renamed:
Verizon Maryland, Inc.
Verizon Virginia, Inc.
Verizon Washington, DC, Inc.
Verizon West Virginia, Inc.
In 2010, Verizon left the West Virginia wireline market entirely, selling Verizon West Virginia to Frontier Communications as part of a major sale of assets. The company was renamed Frontier West Virginia, Inc.
In 2011, Verizon Virginia became a limited liability company, changing its name to Verizon Virginia LLC.
In December 2012, Verizon Maryland, Inc., incorporated in Maryland, was merged into Verizon Maryland Merge Co., a Delaware corporation; the name of the Delaware-based company was then changed to Verizon Maryland LLC[4]