Committed To Excellence Since 1871
Morsches Builders Mart is descended from the lumber business of Simon Jack Peabody, a major benefactor of Columbia City. Simon was born in Noble County in 1851. In the late 1880s, Ferdinand F. Morsches began working as a laborer at Peabody’s company. The son of a German immigrant brewer and baker, he rose to become manager of the company’s three mills, which by 1907 employed sixty-five men, including teamsters, timber cutters, and miscellaneous laborers. Morsches later became vice president under Peabody.
After Peabody’s death in 1933, the mill became the Morsches-Nowels Lumber Company. It continued to manufacture all types of northern Indiana hardwood, producing between seven and 10 million feet annually and employing approximately 125 workers by 1940. Ferdinand Morsches was president of the firm, J. H. Morsches, vice president, and A. S. Nowels, secretary. The Morsches family later gained full ownership of the company. The Morsches Lumber Company eventually became exclusively a retail lumberyard beginning in the 1960s becoming Morsches Builders Mart. Four generations of the Morsches family operated the plant; Paul Morsches, Sr., was followed as president by his son, Paul, Jr., and later by Franz.
Meet Our Columbia City Team

Todd Bills
Driver

Mark Burnworth
Sales

Richard Studebaker
Driver

Brad Timm
Yard Foreman

Kirk Lude
Driver

Galen Johnson
Transfer Driver

Joe Lude
Sales

Mark Weigold
Yard Employee

Sherri Bates
Sales

Ryder Sroufe
Yard Employee

Dave Deckard
Estimating

Daniel Davison
Sales

Craig Studemaker
Driver

Annie Morsches
Marketing Director

Jacob Collett
Driver
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Tom Jennings
Sales

Jim Scher
Sales

Jim Hahn
Driver

David Koedel
Sales

Matthew Hahn
Yard Employee

Roger Hahn
Driver
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Van Lantz
Driver

Leroy Edwards
Driver

Brandon Potts
Driver

Isaiah Mossell
Driver
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Tim Kolar
Sales

Ryan Krider
Yard Foreman

Mike Braddock
Sales

John Yurkin
Sales

Wesley Shuler
Driver

Tom See
Yard Employee

Mike Thurston
Sales

Mike McGuire
Sales

Chris Smith
Driver

Ruby French

Dekota Jones
Yard Employee

Gordan Shuler
Driver
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Tim Ness
Sales

Jason Rose
Yard Foreman

Taylin Halderman
Sales

Matt Ryggs
Sales & Estimating

Scott O’Brien
Driver

Tyler Branham
Driver

Jeff Guenin
Driver
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