Osborne Lumber Co., Inc.

Osborne Lumber Company was founded in 1950 by Warren Osborne and a group of partners that included a salesman from Interbay Lumber Company named Timothy A. Fogarty.  We operated out of a small two acre yard on the Newark rail head, formerly the site of Leslie Salt / Cotton Brothers Planning Mill and prior to that the Carter Brothers Rail Car Foundry.  Dusty in the summer and muddy in the winter.  Our sales reflected the nature of the region, agriculture and manufacturing.

As the post war housing expansion moved south we were ready and able to furnish materials for the new homes, schools, highways and businesses.  In 1974 Warren Osborne retired and the controlling shares of the company were sold to Timothy Fogarty, an experienced lumber salesman and visionary.  As the needs of the east bay grew the need for an Osborne Lumber Company expansion was evident. 

In 1984 we moved to our present 7 acre facility, where we supplied lumber and building materials for the incredible growth of Silicon Valley.  This growth allowed us to diversify our product lines and grow into a full service lumberyard catering to commercial contractors, multi-family residential builders, custom home builders, remodelers, public infrastructure, and local industry.

Today our business is still family owned and operated.  We have maintained our core values -- commitment to service and to meet and exceed our customers expectations.