Bountiful Lumber & Supply Company

This lumber business is older than the state of Utah. Levi Heywood and Heber Holbrook opened it around 1890, selling boards from the Moss Sawmill at the head of the Bear River out of a little twenty-four-foot-square building on half an acre. It was incorporated in 1892, four years before Utah became a state, and has run continuously ever since — one of the oldest retail businesses in the region. The yard moved, grew, and changed hands over the decades; the building still in use went up in 1919, and the name became Bountiful Lumber and Supply in 1927.

What the plaque says

The Bountiful Lumber and Building Association, incorporated four years before Utah statehood was granted, is one of the oldest retail businesses in continual operation since partners Levi S. Heywood and Heber A. Holbrook first opened their doors for business in about 1890. Handling lumber from the Moss Sawmill at the head of Bear River they sold from a 24 ft. by 24 ft. building on one-half acre of ground just west of the present yard. Two years later the business was moved across the street to where the Mountain Bell building now stands. This building now in use was constructed under the direction of manager Jed Stringham in 1919. Thomas L. Fisher purchased the business in 1925, and in 1927 it was incorporated under the name of Bountiful Lumber and Supply.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Ensign Peak — 6.7 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Lagoon Amusement Park — 6.8 mi
  A beloved family amusement park operating since 1886
• Salt Lake City — 8.1 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 8.1 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City

More markers nearby

• Bountiful Tabernacle — steps away
• Bliss Hall — 0.3 mi
• The Bamberger — 0.3 mi
• Brick-Making in Bountiful — 0.4 mi