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More than 24 hours after a fire engulfed a lumberyard just east of downtown Kansas City, firefighters are still on the scene working to put out flames and hot spots in stacks of lumber.
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
Visitors are invited to freely walk through the lumberyard, where lumber slabs are exposed to the elements.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
The Lumberyard One of Leadville’s newest and trendiest places to stay, The Lumberyard reimagines a historic lumberyard as a sleek, modern lodging space.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
This lumberyard owner telling me recently that tariffs on Canadian lumber will hit his business hard.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2025
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025
Visitors are invited to freely walk through the lumberyard, where lumber slabs are exposed to the elements.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
The Lumberyard One of Leadville’s newest and trendiest places to stay, The Lumberyard reimagines a historic lumberyard as a sleek, modern lodging space.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
This lumberyard owner telling me recently that tariffs on Canadian lumber will hit his business hard.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Lumberyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lumberyard. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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lumberyard
noun
lum·ber·yard
-ˌyärd 
: a place where lumber is kept for sale
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