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SAN JOSE — After more than a century, Southern Lumber will close next month, ending a long run as a unique store for furniture makers, carpenters and home builders who favored high-quality wood.

The company on Thursday announced the closing on its message board with a brief statement, “Southern Lumber will be closing its doors for good next month after 110 years. Thank you for all your loyalty and support over the years!” Owner Jeff Pohle could not be reached for comment. Salesman Ed Smith confirmed the closing by telephone but could not offer a date of closing.

According to the store’s website, Southern Lumber began as a logging operation in the Santa Cruz Mountains selling timber to the quicksilver mines in the Almaden Valley and lumber to the orchards and farms of the Santa Clara Valley.

During the Great Depression, Pohle’s grandfather bought the lumber company and turned it into a family-owned business focused on providing customers with high-quality woods. The store covers 3.4 acres on Monterey Highway just south of downtown.

In a Silicon Valley Business Journal article published Thursday, Pohle said, “Market conditions right now are crazy, and I’m at a point in my life where I just don’t want to do this anymore.”