The company's founder, John Barnabas Pike, came to America from Holland with his parents as a small boy. He sailed up the Hudson River, and traveled the Erie Canal by packet boat to Rochester. It is here that John's father, a carpenter, settled shortly before the Civil War. John followed his elder's footsteps and, in 1873, became a carpenter contractor.
 

John B. Pike's first office was located on Minerva Place in downtown Rochester, and specialized in fine millwork. In the early 1900s, John Derrick Pike designed a new company office and mill at One Circle Street. This became the headquarters for John B. Pike and Son, Inc., directed by John D. Pike's son-in-law, Thomas F. Judson, Sr. In 1985, Judson Sr.'s son, Thomas F. Judson, Jr. established The Pike Company, Inc. Today, he still serves at One Circle Street in Rochester as chairman and chief executive officer.
 

The Rochester-based, family-owned commercial builder has had a role in creating scores of high-profile structures throughout the Northeast. In fact, the firm's accomplishments have been significant since its first project of size, the original Stromberg-Carlson Company plant, built in 1901 in Rochester. Its credits locally include such architectural gems as the Rochester Museum and Science Center, as well as the Rochester Savings Bank, which was completed over 70 years ago. Others include Midtown Plaza in Rochester, one of the nation's first enclosed shopping malls; the Archives at the International Museum of Photography at the George Eastman House in Rochester; and Corning Incorporated world headquarters, in Corning, New York.
 

Outside the region, The Pike Company's preconstruction and construction expertise has been put to use in building schools, hospitals, commercial and industrial developments, bridges, highways, marine projects, and tunnels from Maine to Florida and as far west as Vancouver, British Columbia. Included among its major achievements nationally are the Universe of Energy pavilion and the World of Motion pavilion at Walt Disney World's Epcot Center and IBM Corporation's $150 million semiconductor manufacturing facility with Class 10 Cleanrooms in Manassas, Virginia.
 

Throughout its history, Pike's commitment to integrity and craftsmanship, along with our dedication to doing the job right the first time, has remained constant. Indeed, The Pike Company's legacy of construction excellence and customer satisfaction has been and continues to be as enduring as the structures it has helped to build.