Austin Lumber Company

About Austin Lumber Company

Austin Lumber Company trades as Austin Lumber and describes itself as family-owned since 1929. Its history page is written in the first person: the writer's grandparents moved to East Austin in 1925 and, with the writer's great-grandfather and great-uncles, started Austin Lumber Co in December 1929; the writer's father, Don Willhoite, the third generation, took over in the 1950s and ran the business until 1992, and died in December 2001. The fourth generation is shown working in the mill, and the business is described as 100 per cent WBE. The site records a fire on New Year's Eve 2005 as its darkest day, says Austin Lumber never missed a day after it, and describes rebuilding, with a 2008 rebuild focused on green building materials; in 2010 it worked on several HGTV shows, was featured in a CNN segment and was awarded City of Austin SMBR Small Business of the Year. After 88 years in an ever-changing East Austin, the site says the company was forced to relocate and close its mill and has since adapted to ecommerce commercial sales, specialising in commercial HUB networking. It lists certifications from TxDot, SBA and SAM.gov and holds HUB, SBE, DBE, WBE and SBA-EDWOSB status, and offers commercial clients copies of the certifications they need to meet HUB and WBE requirements for building materials; it has been a member of the National Association of Women in Construction since 1992. The business now works by appointment only and call-ins, giving a La Grange, Texas 78945 address, an office line on 512-476-5534 and a direct line on 512-848-5146. As described on austinlumber.com, read 23 September 2026.

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