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Telephone Exchange Building

1930 First Street, Baker City, OR

Two story brick commercial building built in 1910.

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Telephone Exchange Building

Photo taken by Richard Doody in May 2010

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Description 

Hand crank telephones were introduce to Baker City in 1889. The city;s first central exchange was established in 1898 with 40 subscribers and one operator. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company acquired the system in 1901. It built this structure to houses its office and switchboard in 1910. The building was vacated in 1954.

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Baker County, Oregon (98)
Building (4,370)
Built 1910 (1,118)
Built during 1910s (8,813)
Oregon (2,474)

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  • May 4, 2018: Added by Richard Doody

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  • Richard Doody

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