Fort Worth's First Telephone Exchange
On this site in September 1881 Fort Worth's first telephone exchange was founded by Southwest Telegraph and Telephone Company. It initially served 40 customers and employed three local employees. One hundred years later telephone service is supplied by Southwestern Bell serving 750,000 customers and employing 3,300 people.
Marker is at the intersection of West 2nd Street and Houston Street (U.S. 287), on the right when traveling west on West 2nd Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
