Illus: Grahams Road looking north with the Springfield Sawmill offices on the right.

The new offices in Grahams Road for J Baird & Co Ltd, Springfield Saw Mills, were completed in December 1914.  It was a three-storey building with a well-designed and proportioned elevation in a traditional style.  It contained a waiting hall with an enquiry office on the ground floor; and the general office on the first floor.  Two private rooms, a typists’ room, strong room and cleaner’s store were also included in the building.  An unusual feature for the time was an internal telephone apparatus.