The Acme Lumber and Manufacturing Company
The Acme Lumber and Manufacturing Company was ready for business in 1893. On three acres were a three-story planing mill, a steam power plant building, a lumber shed, an office building, a hardware store, and a sash and door factory.
The factory employed forty to fifty men. The company worked with 11,000,000 board feet of lumber in its first year of operation.
Sam Allen was listed in a railroad directory in 1884 as running a lumber yard in Houston.
Mill Details
Alpha Numeric Key:
HR
Owner Name
The Acme Lumber and Manufacturing Company. Sam Allen, president; T. J. Boyles, vice-president; V. E. Appleby, general manager; H. F. McGregor, treasurer.
Location
Adjacent to the railroad in Houston
County
Harris
Years in Operation:
2
Start Year:
1893
End Year:
1894
Decades:
1890-1899
Period of Operation:
1893 to at least 1894
Town:
Houston
Company Town:
2
Peak Town Size:
Unknown
Mill Pond:
2