A New Home

A S PART of its ongoing pro- Fr gram of upgrading, South Bay Forest Products Co. recently completed the striking corporate-homestead seen here.

Situated on the front of its 22 acre Orange, Ca., facility, the 6,300 sq. ft., two story building is the

New corporate headquarters building is showcase of redwood... curly grain and redwood finger ioint paneling, accented with cedar, feature handsome interior.

general headquarters for both the Orange Div. and the Healdsburg (Ca.) div. In addition to the executive offices, all billing and invoicing is done at this site.

The upgrading program also includes the addition of a second large dry kiln two years ago; a fourth major storage shed flnished last yeari acquisition of property so the facility is now served by both the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads; and the addition to redwood in their sales lines of cedar, spruce, pine and fir. South Bay also has one of the largest milling facilities on the West Coast.

The building is unique in its extensive use of redwood. Clear all heart is used on the exterior and both redwood and cedar are used extensively on the interior walls. Curley grain redwood is used as an accent on ceilings as well as walls. Redwood fingerjoint paneling is also used on interior walls.

Construction of the unique building took more than a year.

Ken Alexander, John Hollstein and Roger Braniger. 13l 0perations mgr. John Hodge in his olfice. lll Staffers George Badenoch and Charles Freitas, backdropped by handsome wall of redwood fingerloint paneling. l5l Comptroller,Andy Ersek, enloying his new office.