Triple R Brothers

A visual timeline of our story.

Booty Ritter
(First Generation)
James "Doc" Ritter
(Second Generation)
Detroit Avenue
Property Purchase
Ritter Forest
Products Begins
Allan Ritter
(Third Generation)
Millwork Division
Expansion
Sherman Lumber
Acquisition
Relocation
To HWY 365
Beaumont
Location Opens
Ritter Receives
Spindletop Award
Montalbano Lumber
Joins Triple R Brothers
Peyton Ritter
(Fourth Generation)
Ideal Lumber Company Joins Triple R Brothers
Industrial Matt Co. Joins Triple R Brothers

The business retains the Ritter family's values and culture that all started in 1947.

With nearly 50 years of experience serving Houston and surrounding areas with superior-quality matts, Industrial Matt Co joined the Triple R Brothers family.

With over 65 years of experience serving the Galveston Island community, Ideal Lumber Company joined the Triple R Brothers family.

Peyton Ritter (Fourth-Generation) is named President of Triple R Brothers.

With over a century of experience, Montalbano Lumber joined the Triple R Brothers family. Montalbano Lumber is Houston’s longest operating lumber company.

We receive the Spindletop Award given by the Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce to businesses that have outstanding corporate citizenship and community impact.

Our 2nd location in Beaumont on Hwy 105 opens to supply homeowners and builders in Beaumont, Lumberton, and Sour Lake.

We relocate our Nederland location to Highway 365 to better serve homeowners.

Ritter Lumber acquires Sherman Lumber, giving Ritter its first Beaumont location.

Shortly after the 50th anniversary, the company expands twice by adding a full-service Millwork Division in Lufkin and a community-oriented lumber and hardware store in Hemphill, TX.

Allan Ritter (Third Generation) becomes President of Ritter Lumber.

Ritter Forest Products began as an entity of Ritter Lumber and has been supplying the best hardwood mats and oak timbers for commercial and industrial projects.

Ritter Lumber purchases the Detroit Avenue yard and warehouse. This allows Ritter Lumber to service homeowners and professional builders.

James “Doc” Ritter (Second Generation)  purchases McCauley’s interest, giving the Ritter family 100% ownership. Ritter Lumber is still 100% family owned.

Booty Ritter (First-Generation) and W.K. McCauley open a small contractor-oriented lumber company in Nederland, Texas. Booty sees an opportunity to provide lumber and building materials to a growing Mid-County.