WE’VE COME A LONG WAY!

Roots of the Chappell Door Company began in an old barn near Pleasure Ridge Park, Kentucky. Robert Chappell made the first door with material he bought from the Mengel Door Company when that company moved its plant out of Louisville. Robert used 6" thick press boards and turnbuckles for the glue press. He applied the glue to the material with paint rollers and brushes. He then trimmed the doors to size with a “Skil” saw. The first doors made were sold to a residential builder in Louisville. Robert’s son-in law, Bill Spennigan, who lived in Detroit, Michigan, used his money, along with Robert’s time and experience and together they formed the Chappell Door Company in 1955. The two men rented a small building in Louisville. Their equipment consisted of a Dewalt saw, a Sears table saw, a bench saw for trimming doors to size, a hand router for cutting lites, a glue mixer, press boards and turnbuckles for the press. In August 1955, they made the first door at the new location.

The Chappell Door Company moved to Jeffersonville, Indiana in July, 1960. They began producing solid core doors with nine employees. A group of investors purchased the company in August, 1972, and in late 1973 moved into a building of 15,000 square feet located in Washington Court House, Ohio. Expansion continued in 1979 when Chappell occupied a new building of 45,000 square feet. This building was expanded to 80,000 square feet in 1988.

Today Chappell services an area consisting of all states east of the Mississippi River, plus the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma. Current production is approximately 100,000 doors per year, including five ply, seven ply and stock door construction. All doors produced are for the architectural, institutional and commercial markets. These products include solid particle core, solid SCL core and mineral core doors in all species of wood veneers, high pressure plastic laminates and medium density overlays.

The quality and service which you have come to expect from Chappell Door will flourish and expand with your continued support. Please allow us to help with your future projects in any way we can.

Sincerely,
CHAPPELL DOOR COMPANY

OUR VISION

Grow a secure and profitable company that honors God, focuses on customer satisfaction, and shares improvements with customers, employees, and shareholders.

I Corinthians 10:31...33
... Whatever you do, do all for the honor and glory of God... not seeking the advantage of one, but the advantage of the many, so that they may be saved.