Our History

Duncan Lumber is an independently-owned member of Do it Best Corp., the only US-based, member-owned comprehensive and fully integrated hardware, lumber and building materials buying cooperative in the home improvement industry. Our store is stocked with products tailored just for you and your community, and our online catalog features 67,000 items available for purchase. If you need it, we have it, with fast and free delivery to our store.

Duncan Lumber was established by Sam Duncan in 1909. Today, it is a full service Home, Truss, and Rental Center in New Tazewell, Tennessee. It continues to be a locally owned and family operated business. What started as a company selling one tree at a time, is now in its fourth generation with the fifth and sixth not far behind.

Duncan Lumber strives to be the place where we have, or can get, whatever you need for your entire project(s). Here at Duncan Lumber we are more than just a lumber store. We can work alongside you from the block to the final decorations of your project. With friendly, knowledgeable employees that can help you every step of the way, you should stop by and see us.