Looking back 40 years

1971 in Review
Total orders for 1971 were $488,573, which was an average of $40,783 per month in sales. This was the third year in a row of growth, with millwork orders increasing 11% over the prior year and more than double the sales from 1961.

December saw the most sales, which was very common at Beckstoffers. Total sales were $101,746, which was $43,000 over next highest month. The highest dollar value for an order was placed by contractor Kjellstrom & Lee in December for $59,501 of millwork for Richmond Memorial Hospital. This was located on Westwood Avenue in Richmond’s Ginter Park area.

Contractor Herman F. Blake placed the highest number of orders – 28. All of these were for newly constructed homes and the orders averaged about $2,700 per address.

Some of the notable orders that year were a US Post Office Addition in Petersburg (Hendrick Construction), Redeemer Lutheran Church (Barker Construction), two small orders for American Tobacco Company at 400 Jeff Davis Highway (Taylor & Parrish), the Multiphasic Screening Unit at Medical College of Virginia or MCV (Century Construction), The Rountowner Motor Inn in Williamsburg (Philip Richardson Company), Henrico Parrish Church-St. John's (Davis & Spiers), an order for the Virginia Orthopedic Association (Kayhoe Construction), the President's office at the University of Richmond Admin Building (Taylor & Parrish), Sunset Hills Baptist Church located at the intersection of Horsepen & Patterson (Century Construction), a Racquet Club at 6200 West Club Lane (Kayhoe Construction), Non Commission Officer’s (NCO) Building #2101 at Camp Pickett, VA (Payne Construction)and Toy Maker's Shop #8 (Philip Richardson Company).
Records were not available for the number of employees working at the Mill.