Sierra Mill & Lumber Co, Opens New Office Building

The Sierra Mill & Lumber Company of Sacramento recently opened their fine new office building at the northwest corner of Third and V Streets. Covering approximately 4500 square feet it is so designed that every department can function at maximum efficiency.

The old office was located in one corner of the mill buildir-rg, space rvhich is now being used in the mill operations, rvith nTar-ry nerv modern r,voodr'vorking machines being installed.

The company lvas started as the Sacramento Cabinet in 1913 at 12th and North B Streets by Fred Gustafson, Stanley Moore and Henry Watson. Some time later Mr. Gustafson pnrchased the interests of Moore and Watson and in 1923 took in W. Henry Gilbert and Elliott McSwain ancl changed the name to Sierra Mill & Lumber Company.

It was in 1928 that'the firm moved to its present site r.vhich covers lf square blocks all under one roof. Mr. N[cSrvain sold his interests in 1929 to Mr. Gustafson and in 1939 Gustafson solcl a third interest to his son Stanley, rvho today manages the business. Mr. Gilbert and the senior Gustafsorl are in semi-retirement.

The Sierra Mill & Lumber Company today rates as one of the outstanding plants of its kind in Northern .California, 'ivith seventy employees on its payroll. They supply lumber yards in Northern California with all kinds of mill rvork, doors, window sash, etc. While particular emphasis is placed on the manufacturing end of the business, this firm also carries a complete stock of all kinds of lumber, and the new office is an indication of this firm's steady grorvth and its insistence on high quality workmanship.