Regina Telephone Exchange (Regina)

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In response to public demand for better telephone service, the Government of
Saskatchewan established its own telephone system in 1908. The Regina Telephone Exchange was built in 1913 to replace an earlier exchange destroyed in the tornado of 1912. The building's prominent location and its Beaux-Arts design, by Regina architects Storey and Van Egmond, reflect the importance of the expanding telephone network to the people of Saskatchewan.

The Regina Telephone Exchange is the oldest surviving government telephone building, and once housed Saskatchewan's first automatic dial switching station. The building was purchased by the Regina Public School Board in 1967, and subsequently acquired by Sask Sport Inc. in 1983.