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

Richard Studebaker
Driver

Brad Timm
Yard Foreman

Galen Johnson
Transfer Driver

Craig Studemaker
Driver
Meet Our Huntington Team

Jim Hahn
Driver

Roger Hahn
Driver

Nate Fenker
Sales

Konner Morris
Driver
Meet The Goshen Team

Steve Detamore
Yard Foreman
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Van Lantz
Driver

Isaiah Mossell
Driver

Chad Michen
Driver

Josephine Donald
Outside Yard
Meet The Warsaw Team

Mike Braddock
Sales

John Yurkin
Sales

Ruby French

Gordan Shuler
Driver

Aaron Lindsey
Sales

Craig Burnworth
Driver

Darrell Sopher
Driver

James Stephens
Driver

Josh Tew
Sales

Heather Thatcher
Bookkeeper

Sean Thomas
Sales

Alex Dials
Driver
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Jason Rose
Yard Foreman

Scott O’Brien
Driver

Jeff Guenin
Driver

David Ramos
Driver

Jay Ferguson
Sales

Cordell Sailors
Sales

Kayla Fuller
Sales

Rob White
Sales

Austin Sarll
Sales

Jonathon Harden
Sales
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