About Northridge

Family-owned since 1978. Engineered, built, and stood behind by people who answer their own phones.

Northridge barn

Our Story

Three generations. One handshake.

Earl Northridge started this company with a borrowed pickup, a framing hammer, and a promise: if it has our name on it, it'll outlive us. Almost fifty years later, his grandkids still live by that promise — and so do the crews who frame, raise, and finish every Northridge building.

We design in-house, we build in-house, and we don't hand your project off to a stranger. From your first phone call to the final walkthrough, you'll talk to the same family that signs the warranty.

Timeline

Almost five decades of buildings.

  1. 1978

    Earl Northridge frames his first 40×60 dairy barn outside Cedar Falls.

  2. 1992

    Second generation joins. Operations expand to four Midwest states.

  3. 2006

    In-house engineering department opens — every plan now stamped by staff PEs.

  4. 2018

    10,000th building delivered. 50-year structural warranty introduced.

  5. Today

    Three generations, 60+ employees, and 18 states served from two plants.

Come visit the shop.

Coffee's always on. Stop by our Cedar Falls office or call to schedule a free site visit anywhere in our service area.

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