Curry Lumber & Pole Building Co.

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About

Name

• Curry Lumber & Pole Building Co.

Retail

• Building Material / Garden Equipment and Supplies

Trading names

• Curry Lumber D. C. Curry Lumber Company Wooster Planing Mill D. C. Curry & Company James Curry & Sons

Services

• Lumber Yard

Facts

Founded

• 1853
  ^Wooster,Ohio

Merged/Sold, Dissolved

• 2018

Related

Key Persons

Founders

• James Curry

Owners

• Wellington Curry
  1867
• D. C. Curry
  1864
• John R. Curry
  1854

Location

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

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Quick Facts

• 1853 - Founded by James Curry in Wooster, Ohio
• 1853 to 1921 - At Corner of Liberty St. and Beall Ave.
• 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 - Company was incorporated by the State of Ohio as the D. C. Curry Lumber Company
• 1921 - Moved to W. Henry St., Wooster, Ohio
• 1930 - Wooster directory, Curry D. C. Lumber Co, The; William R. Curry, President and Treasurer; E. S. Curry, VP; L. M. Mann, Secretary - 371 W. Henry St., p. 98, 233.
• 1950 - Curry started building post-frame buildings (pole barns) out of round poles, and are still building post-frame buildings today
• 2012 - January, David Nally}} purchased the business.
• 2012 - Dave Nally and Wayne Hochstetler new owners
• 2018 - Current owner, David Nally announced that he is selling the business to Craig Cox, owner of Springhill Construction in Dundee and the building division will operate from Dundee, Ohio. The lumberyard will close.

Newspaper 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.

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

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

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

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
• 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.