Curry Lumber & Pole Building Co.

Curry Lumber & Pole Building Co.

Trading name	Curry Lumber, D. C. Curry Lumber Company 1901- Wooster Planning Mill, D. C. Curry & Company 1868-1901, James Curry & Sons 1866-1868, James Curry 1853-1866
Type	Lumber Yards
Industry	Construction; Retail
Fate	Active
Founded	Wooster, Ohio (1853 (1853)) Incorporated June 20, 1901
Founder(s)	James Curry
Headquarters	Wooster, Ohio 1853-1921; Wooster, Ohio, 1921-, United States
Area served	331 W Henry St, Wooster, Ohio
Key people	D. C. Curry son 1864- ; John R. Curry 1854- ; Wellington Curry 1867-
Website	www.currylumber.com

Locations

• 331 W. Henry St., Wooster, Ohio 44691

Historical documents

• D.C. Curry Lumber Company - Celebrating 162 years of independent operation and expertise US Builders Review. Case Studies. by Jeanne Dudley and John Canoti. February 1, 2016.
• 1901 - Wooster High School annual

Timeline

• 1853 - Founded by James Curry in Wooster, Ohio
• 1864 - D. C. Curry joined the company
• 1867 - Fall, Father and three sons formed partnership and purchased the lumber yard and planing mill of Stibbs & Co
• 1874 - Partnership with James Curry (father) and three oldest sons (John R., D.C. and Welling) dissolved; Company named D. C. Curry & Company after son (North Street, Wooster)
• 1876 - February 4, Planing Mill destroyed by fire at 1:04 PM
• 1878 - May 10, Fire Planing Mill reported by Young's Brewery
• 1885 - January 29 Fire
• 1887 - April 13 Fire
• 1887 - Purchased machinery and leased building formerly occupied by James Curry & Sons (East Liberty Street, Wooster)
• 1889 - Rebuilt on their old site on North Street, Wooster
• 1901 - June 20, the D. C. Curry Lumber Company was incorporated in Ohio
• 1921 - Moved to W. Henry St., Wooster, Ohio
• 1950 - Curry started building post-frame buildings (pole barns) out of round poles, and are still building post-frame buildings today

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Newspaper articles

Newspaper full-text articles

• July 01, 2012: "News owners at Curry Lumber retain old-time values" by Linda Hall, The Daily Record, p. 123.

• April 13, 2018: "Curry Lumber to close after 165 years" by Dan Starcher, The Daily Record, p. 123.

• April 13, 2018: "PHOTOS: Curry Lumber is sold and will close" by Dan Starcher, The Daily Record, p. 123.

Newspaper ads

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Newspaper citations with no attached images

• May 16, 1878: "Another Fire, D. C. Curry & Co.'s Planing Mill" by Unknown, Wooster Weekly Republican, p. 3 column 4.

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• Beall Avenue School ‎ (← links)

External Links

• Curry Lumber is sold and will be closing YouTube video by the Daily Record.
• CURRY LUMBER LIQUIDATION AUCTION - 165 Year Old Hardware Store & Lumberyard Liquidation Friday June 15th, 4:30 PM – 2 Crews