About Us

Galyon Lumber Company is determined to:

provide the highest grade of wood products available
inform, consult, and service those who specify or use wood products
supply the correct building products economically and time sensitive
ensure each customer has a pleasant, satisfying and cost effective experience

During the early 1870's in Knoxville, Tennessee, L.A. Galyon formed the Galyon Lumber Company as a mill and lumberyard to sell wood products in East Tennessee. Eugene Galyon, L.A.'s son, continued the business in the early 1900's. In the Pre-World War II years, Charles Paxton formed Tennessee Eastern Lumber Company to sell Appalachian hardwoods to furniture companies, and also to export hardwoods to Europe. Mr. Paxton's Son-in-law, L.A. Galyon, II,
took over this business after World War II utilizing his knowledge of the softwood business. The firm eventually employed about sixty men to work the three-acre yard including rail sidings, dry kiln, and dry house, shipping lumber and timbers throughout Tennessee.

Fueled by the rapid growth of nearby Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the company began to sell softwoods to the construction markets in East Tennessee. The company continued to furnish hardwoods to furniture companies in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina.

Over the years, Galyon Lumber has evolved as a wholesale supplier of heavy timber prefabricated products, selling directly to commercial general contractors and government agencies. Shipping throughout the continental United States. Galyon Lumber supplies many kinds of wood products with emphasis on prefabricated heavy timber, glulams, parallam ® PSL, and timber and glulam trusses and roof decking including hardware and shop drawings. Many species, such as southern yellow pine, douglas fir, redwood, cypress, and cedars are available.