Marker Inscription
H. J. Lutcher and G. B. Moore moved their lumber operations from Pennsylvania and established a headquarters here in 1877. Over the next several decades they built a timber empire with vast holdings in Texas and Louisiana and an extensive network of sawmills, railroads, warehouses, canals, dock facilities, and transport ships. The company erected a mission style headquarters here in 1913. Lutcher and Moore and their successors Dr. E. W. Brown and William H. Stark amassed great wealth and founded many of Orange County's cultural institutions. The company ceased operations in the early 1930s. Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995
About this site
Lutcher & Moore Lumber Company is a historical marker in Orange, Orange County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 66 historical markers documented in Orange County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 91 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.0799, -93.7293 near Orange. The nearest cataloged historic site is Levingston, Samuel H. (historical marker), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Norsworthy, B. H., Wingate, David Robert, and Brown, Samuel M., Dr..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5361011495. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
