Back in '85, 1885 that is, a father gave his son, as a 21st birthday gift, a mule and a wagon loaded with firewood. With that gift, an Atlanta tradition of excellence was born.

Harvey Gatewood Randall started business on October 5, 1885, selling the firewood his father gave him as a birthday gift. His first sales site was at the corner of Marietta Street and North Avenue in Atlanta, the site of the company headquarters today. Soon, his brothers W.L. and P.H. joined him in the business and Randall & Brothers was formed. Years later in 1919, the company was incorporated using the name we see today, Randall Brothers, Inc.

One of the first major expansions in the product line was the addition of coal as a residential and commercial fuel source. At one time, Randall Brothers had seven coal yards serving the Atlanta area. Coal was such a major product line for the company until the 1940’s that the company had become affiliated with Creech Coal Company, a coal mining company in Kentucky. As coal began to fade as a fuel source the company refocused its business and began servicing and selling the equipment, instead of the fuel. This makes the Randall Brothers HVAC department one of the oldest heating and air companies in Atlanta.

Even as the company concentrated its' efforts on selling coal, they also began to focus on the business of selling lumber. As the lumber side of the business grew, machinery was added for dressing the lumber and manufacturing windows and doors. Facilities to manufacture a complete line of custom architectural millwork soon followed.

By 1936, Luther H. Randall, Sr. had succeeded his father, H.G. Randall, and had also acquired his uncle's interest in the business.

During World War II, rationing threatened the company's very existence by limiting its ability to acquire lumber. An acquisition, a company now known as Narjoe Timber and Supply Company, was the key for the company to survive the tight supply during those years. Today, Narjoe, as we call it, supplies Randall Brothers with high-quality pressure-treated and flame proof lumber, and yellow pine.

By 1972, Luther H. Randall, Jr. had succeeded his father, Luther H. Randall, Sr., as president of the company.

The company has continued to focus on servicing contractors in the metro Atlanta area and independent dealers both inside and outside the metro area. Presently, we serve dealers in areas from eastern Alabama, southern Tennessee, most of South Carolina to the coast and most of Georgia. Our ability to cover dealers in eastern Georgia and coastal South Carolina was made possible when we opened our distribution facility in Statesboro, Georgia, in September 1995.

By 1998, Luther H. Randall, III had succeeded his father Luther H. Randall, Jr., as president of the company.

As the fourth generation of the Randall family takes over the reins of the company and leads us into the new millennium, the one constant established by H.G. Randall in 1885 remains: a tradition of excellence. Our long history of innovation and customer service provides an energetic platform for Randall Brothers to grow alongside the country's best professional builders and dealers.