Alexander
Lumber Co. goes back in Taylorville's history to April 1900 when
the company opened for business in this community. Company records
are vague at to where it was originally located in Taylorville,
but it is thought that the lumber yard was at the corner of Washington
and Poplar, the location that the company used until the early
1960's.
A
Mr. H. Osborne is shown as the Alexander Lumber Co. manager at
Taylorville from 1900 to 1931 when he retired.
In
1962 Alexander Lumber Co. purchased property at 1209 North Cheney
and built a new lumber yard which it moved into slightly over
a year later.
Ron
Lock has been the Alexander Lumber Co. manager in Taylorville
since 1984 |