Fort Recovery Lumber was organized in Fort Recovery, Ohio at a location on Broadway Street. The franchise was incorporated in June 1915 by Louis Moeller, who moved to Fort Recovery from Minster. Previously, Louis was president and manager of the company. He had managed the Minster Lumber Company previously for eight years. For this reason, he was president and manager of the company.

Peter VadenBosch joined the company as Vice-President several years later and was part owner until 1951. Mr. VanderBosch was a brother-in-law of Mr. Moeller. Louis Moeller remained President and manager of the company until his death in June 1954.      

William Knapke and Albert Bubp were employed in the early 1930s. After the death of Louis Moeller, the presidency was voted to William Knapke and Albert Bubp was made Secretary-Treasurer. Mr. Bubp passed away in 1968.     

 James Bubp and David Bubp, sons of Albert Bubp, joined the lumber company in the 1960s. Richard Knapke, son of William Knapke, joined the company also. Richard and William passed years later. As a result, James and David became the officeholders in the company. During this time, Brian Bubp, son of James Bubp, and Chris Moeller, son-in-law of David, joined the company. Many years later, James and David retired. Therefore, Chris and Brian to become the new and current officeholders in 2004.       

On January 12, 1949, a fire of unknown origin destroyed the building on Broadway Street. The fire was discovered about 8:30 on the evening of January 11th and the fire was extinguished. Approximately at 5:00 the next morning, January 12, the building was burning again however only the safe as saved at this time. The safe was composed of walls with 24″ cement surrounding it, therefore the contents were not damaged. Reconstruction began to resume business as soon as possible. Nevertheless, business was resumed in May of 1949.

The original building on Broadway street was moved in 1978. Due to a need for expansion, the company moved to its present location at 2550 Wabash Road. Because of this, they were able to build 7 storage buildings, a shop, an office, and a large showroom. Since then, the business has expanded even more to better suit the customers.

We are proud to be family owned and operated for 106 years. We would not be where we are today without the support of the community. We hope to continue to honor our past relatives and be apart of the Fort Recovery community by continuing with generations to come.