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AREA CODE 253

Area code 253 was split from 206 during 1997, and established to serve southern Seattle suburbs, Tacoma and the southern portion of the Puget Sound.  Area was originally served by Sunset Telephone & Telegraph Co, then Pacific Telephone & Telegraph in 1917, was split to Pacific Northwestern Bell in 1961 and became USWest in 1984 after the divestiture. USWest became Qwest in 2000 and the current company CenturyLink in 2011.

 

ARLETTA


 Century Telephone of Washington now Century Link, remote switch hosted by the Gig Harbor Office.



BONNEY LAKE

 Original Pacific Northwestern Bell --> US West --> Qwest now Century Link office built in the 1960s to provide service to the growing suburban community of Bonney Lake.



FEDERAL WAY

 Original Pacific Telephone & Telegraph --> Pacific Northwestern Bell --> US West --> Qwest now Century Link office.



GIG HARBOR

 Century Telephone of Washington now Century Link office serving Gig Harbor and Artondale on the southern Puget Sound.



GRAHAM

 Original Pacific Telephone & Telegraph --> Pacific Northwestern Bell --> US West --> Qwest now Century Link office.



KENT
Original Pacific Telephone & Telegraph --> Pacific Northwestern Bell --> US West --> Qwest now Century Link office serving the southern Seattle industrial city of Kent.



KENT "MEREDIAN"

 Original Pacific Northwestern Bell --> US West --> Qwest now Century Link office. Built in the 1960s to relieve Kent and provide service to the growing eastern areas of the city including Covington .



KENT "O'BRIEN"

 Original Pacific Northwestern Bell --> US West --> Qwest now Century Link office. Built in the 1960s to relieve Kent and provide service to Boeing aircraft. The was originally known as the Kent "Boeing" office however as industrial growth continued in the area during the 1970s it became the "O'Brien" office.



PUYALLUP

 Original Pacific Telephone & Telegraph --> Pacific Northwestern Bell --> US West --> Qwest now Century Link office.



SUMNER

 Original Pacific Telephone & Telegraph --> Pacific Northwestern Bell --> US West --> Qwest now Century Link office.


Photo of Tacoma "Fawcett" office in 1935, from Bell Technical Journal



TACOMA "FAWCETT"
Original Pacific Telephone & Telegraph office built in the 1930s to serve Tacoma and the surrounding area. Became a Primary Office with direct distance dialing in the late 1960s using a Cross-Bar Tandem switch with direct trunk group connection to the Seattle Primary and intertoll trunks to the Morton Tandem. A #4ESS switch was installed in December 1992. Today the tandem is homed to the Seattle East office.



TACOMA "GREENFIELD"

 Original Pacific Telephone & Telegraph --> Pacific Northwestern Bell --> US West --> Qwest now Century Link office.



TACOMA "JUNIPER"
Original Pacific Telephone & Telegraph --> Pacific Northwestern Bell --> US West --> Qwest now Century Link office.



TACOMA "LENOX"
Original Pacific Telephone & Telegraph --> Pacific Northwestern Bell --> US West --> Qwest now Century Link office.



TACOMA "LOGAN"
 Thanks to AB for the photo

 Original Pacific Telephone & Telegraph --> Pacific Northwestern Bell --> US West --> Qwest now Century Link office.



TACOMA "SKYLINE"
Original Pacific Northwestern Bell --> US West --> Qwest now Century Link office built in the 1960s to relieve the Tacoma Fawcett office.



TACOMA "WAVERLEY"
Original Pacific Northwestern Bell --> US West --> Qwest now Century Link office serving Fife and the surrounding area.

TACOMA "WAVERLEY 7"

 

 

 		Original Pacific Northwestern Bell --> US West --> Qwest now Century Link office serving the south portion of Federal Way and Lakeland South.

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