Porters Building Centers began as Kearney Lumber Company on June 7th of 1952. The company started in what was an abandoned mule barn in Kearney, Missouri by Mack and Mary Helen Porter. Mack cashed in the revenue generated from two years of teaching math, science, and coaching. Mary Helen sold her new car. The company has grown to seven locations. Two contractor and distribution yards in Mosby and Kansas City, each with rail spurs and five traditional lumberyard-home centers in Kearney (headquarters), Cameron, Chillicothe, Laurie, and Greenview. All in Missouri. Porters stock many fine products other than those that you would find in an Ace Hardware store. We are distributors for Weather Shield and Weatherseal windows and doors, along with manufacturing our own double hung wood window line, and our own pre-hung door shop. We also feature paints and stains from Behr Process. We purchase our lumber direct from the mills with quality as our first consideration.