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FRUDDEN LUMBER COMPANY. Local lumber company incorporated in 1888 and capitalized at $35,000. With annual sales of approximately $300,000, the Frudden Company was located at the foot of Seventh Street with branch lumberyards in Ackley, Charles City, Eagle Grove, Ossian and Marshalltown, Iowa. | FRUDDEN LUMBER COMPANY. Local lumber company incorporated in 1888 and capitalized at $35,000. With annual sales of approximately $300,000, the Frudden Company was located at the foot of Seventh Street with branch lumberyards in Ackley, Charles City, Eagle Grove, Ossian and Marshalltown, Iowa. | ||
The 1916-1917 ''White's Dubuque County Directory'' listed 523-25 [[BANK AND INSURANCE BUILDING]] as the address. | The 1915 ''Dubuque City Directory'' and the 1916-1917 ''White's Dubuque County Directory'' listed 523-25 [[BANK AND INSURANCE BUILDING]] as the address. | ||
In October 1988 Frudden Lumber Company, founded by [[FRUDDEN, Arbst F.|Arbst F. FRUDDEN]] and family-owned for three generations, was sold to the North Missouri Lumber Company of Manhattan, Kansas. Based at CYCARE Plaza, Frudden had forty employees and nine lumberyards in eastern Iowa. | In October 1988 Frudden Lumber Company, founded by [[FRUDDEN, Arbst F.|Arbst F. FRUDDEN]] and family-owned for three generations, was sold to the North Missouri Lumber Company of Manhattan, Kansas. Based at CYCARE Plaza, Frudden had forty employees and nine lumberyards in eastern Iowa. | ||
[[Category: Lumber Company]] | [[Category: Lumber Company]] | ||
Revision as of 23:48, 16 June 2011
FRUDDEN LUMBER COMPANY. Local lumber company incorporated in 1888 and capitalized at $35,000. With annual sales of approximately $300,000, the Frudden Company was located at the foot of Seventh Street with branch lumberyards in Ackley, Charles City, Eagle Grove, Ossian and Marshalltown, Iowa.
The 1915 Dubuque City Directory and the 1916-1917 White's Dubuque County Directory listed 523-25 BANK AND INSURANCE BUILDING as the address.
In October 1988 Frudden Lumber Company, founded by Arbst F. FRUDDEN and family-owned for three generations, was sold to the North Missouri Lumber Company of Manhattan, Kansas. Based at CYCARE Plaza, Frudden had forty employees and nine lumberyards in eastern Iowa.