Feb 17, 200608:12 AMThe Life

HSPB-26: General Telephone Building

Feb 17, 2006 - 08:12 AM
click thumbnail to enlargeLatest in a series - photo of plaque #26, located at 365 North Palm Canyon:

This structure was built c. 1934 by the California Water & Telephone Company as a business office and switching center. It was purchased by General Telephone in 1967 and continued as a switching center until 1984. The structure is constructed of poured-in-place concrete highlighted by a Spanish Eclectic facade.

HSPB-26. This plaque sponsored by the McCallum Desert Foundation.


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