Absher Construction Co. of Puyallup were the general contractors for the new Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Switching Center in Lakewood. In a July 2, 1958, photograph taken from the southeast corner, three men are examining the reinforced steel in the footings prior to the cement pouring. The new telephone center would be close to Gravelly Lake Drive and would serve an additional 2000 telephone numbers in the Lakewood area immediately with the capacity of 15,000 numbers in the future. The $700,000 project would consist of a complete new dial switching center made of reinforced steel and brick veneer measuring 69 x 99 feet. Photograph ordered by Absher Construction Co. (TNT 6-3-58, p. 10)

Building construction--Lakewood--1950-1960; Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Lakewood);