| Alpha-Numeric Key: | NA-268 |
| Corporate Name: | L. M. Brewer Lumber Company |
| Local Name: | |
| Owner Name: | L. M. Brewer Lumber Company. Nacogdoches Show Case & Mfg Co. with W. J. Moore, president, 1907. Sold by H. S. Cobb to R. A. Thompson and a Mr. Brewer of Nacogdoches, Brewer Lumber Company.
[possibly Galloway & Wright Lumber Company earlier] |
| Location: | Nacogdoches: Old Tyler Road, east side of Houston East & West Texas and north of Powers Street |
| County: | Nacogdoches |
| Years in Operation: | 18 years |
| Start Year: | 1905 |
| End Year: | 1922 |
| Decades: | 1900-1909,1910-1919,1920-1929 |
| Period of Operation: | 1905 to 1922 |
| Town: | Nacogdoches |
| Company Town: | 0 |
| Peak Town Size: | Unknown |
| Mill Pond: |  |
| Type of Mill: | Specialized manufacturing including trophy and show cases, shingles, and planing work
 Sawmill |
Pine Sawmill |
Hardwood Sawmill |
Cypress Sawmill |
 Planer |
Planer Only |
Shingle |
Paper |
| Plywood |
Cotton |
Grist |
Unknown |
| Other |
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| Power Source: | Unknown
| Horse |
Mule |
Oxen |
Water |
| Water Overshot |
Water Turbine |
Diesel |
Unknown |
| Pit |
Steam |
Steam Circular |
Steam Band |
| Gas |
Electricity |
Other |
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| Maximum Capacity: | |
| Capacity Comments: | Unknown |
| Produced: |
| Rough Lumber |
Planed Lumber |
Crossties |
Timbers |
| Lathe |
Ceiling |
Unknown |
Beading |
| Flooring |
Paper |
Plywood |
Particle Board |
| Treated |
Other |
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| Equipment: | Unknown |
| Company Tram: | |
| Associated Railroads: | Houston East & West Texas; Texas & New Orleans. |
| Historicial Development: | W. J. Moore opened The Nacogdoches Show Case Factory in Nacogdoches in 1905. It was located east of the HEWT tracks and 220 yards north of Powers Street. Moore's company, possibly the successor to the 50,000-ft planing mill plant of Galloway & Garrison Lumber Company, manufactured speciality items, including trophy and show cases. L. M. Brewer also opened a planing mill next to Moore's business, possibly as early as 1907. Brewer's plant, in October 1908, suffered a fire that burned part of the roof away. Moore speculated unwisely, including his involvement in the Southeast Texas Lumber Company, and was soon in financial straits. By 1910, the company was owned by H. S. Cobb of Dallas, who sold it to R. A. Thompson of Dallas and L. M. Brewer in April of that year.
L. M. Brewer placed an ad in the Nacogdochdes Daily Sentinel in 1910 advertising the opening as well of his shingle mill. The ad reads, “I have put in a shingle mill at my place and will cut blocks for any one wishing it, on the halves.” The planing mill still was located in 1922, according to a Sanborn-Perris map, east of the Houston East & West Texas tracks and several hundred yards north of Powers street.
Sometime after 1922, the grounds passed into the control of J. E. Stone Lumber Company.
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| Research Date: | MCJ 04-11-96 |
| Prepared By: | M. Johnson |