POCKRANDT LUMBER CO.

Pockrandt Lumber and Fuel Company was a landmark business in the Park during most of the past century. Located at 6325 Highway 7, the firm was situated in Center on the north side of the railroad tracks, with prominent visibility on Highway 7, across from the High School. It was well positioned to take advantage of the Park’s housing boom following World War II.

The company goes back to 1913, according to a 1933 ad.  The 1949 ad indicates that it goes back to 1900. What started as the Burnham Lumber Company became Pockrandt Lumber and Fuel in 1915, owned by Julius E. Pockrandt. In 1941 he added another location in Inver Grove.


1919



1960


In 1967, Pockrandt requested that Dakota Ave. south of Highway 7 be vacated.

Pockrandt and his wife Florence lived at 2910 Ewing Ave. So. in Minneapolis, a block from the eastern edge of St. Louis Park. He died on February 16, 1948 in Phoenix, leaving his wife Florence and daughter Dorothy Barrett.

The site is likely part of the 6363 Hwy 7 parcel today.


1962



 

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