Hammond Lumber history

1967: All of Hammond Lumber Company’s retail stores can trace their beginnings to 1967, when Skip’s son, Donald, started the retail division.

1975: A new planer mill is built and Hammond Lumber’s second retail store opens in Skowhegan.

1983: After a fire burns the Starbird Lumber building, Hammond Lumber acquires the business and opens it’s third location in Farmington.

Maine Pine Log Homes was launched in 1987.

1989: Peter Allen Lumber is acquired and becomes Hammond Lumber Company’s fourth location, serving customers in the Lewiston-Auburn area.

1991: Hammond Lumber’s store in Greenville is purchased from its previous owner, serving customers in the Dexter, Jackman, Rockwood, and Moosehead Lake region.

1997: Fairfield Lumber in Fairfield is purchased and becomes Hammond Lumber’s sixth location, serving customers in Central Maine.

2002: The former Wickes store in Bangor is bought, re-opens as Hammond Lumber Company’s seventh location, and serves customers in Northern and Eastern Maine.

2003: Hammond Lumber Company celebrates its 50th Anniversary!

2006: Belgrade and Bangor store get remodeled by adding showrooms, administrative and warehouse space.

2007: FSC chain of custody certification is achieved, allowing Hammond Lumber to sell certified wood products throughout Maine.

2008: Hammond Lumber Company’s eighth location is built and opens in Portland.

May 2010: Downeast Building Supply in Brunswick, Maine, is purchased from the Morrell family.

2011: Hammond Lumber’s tenth, eleventh, and twelfth stores open in Damariscotta, Boothbay Harbor, and Pemaquid.

2013: Hammond Lumber Company celebrates its 60th anniversary! Sixty years ago, Clifton “Skip” Hammond borrowed $50 from his wife, Verna, bought a sawmill and started a lumber business in Belgrade, Maine.

2014: Hammond Lumber Company purchase the assets of Dexter Supply in Wilton, representing a hand-off from one long-time Maine family business to another.

In 2017, a transition was announced naming Mike Hammond as President and Don Hammond would assume the role as Vice President.

2018: Hammond Lumber Company acquires EBS Building Supply, converting 10 locations while also closing and relocating employees from the Pemaquid and Wilton store.