Our First Sixty Years of Home Building

Established as a classic, family-owned construction company following World War II, McBride & Son traces its origin to 1946 when Joseph C. McBride, a carpenter and maintenance man for Carter Carburetor Co., saw the need to provide affordable housing for returning GI’s. With a loan for tools, McBride entered the construction business and built his first home in North St. Louis County. The company’s modest profits, always reinvested, resulted in conservative but steady growth.

During the 1950’s and 1960’s, expansion led to subdivision housing and apartments. Although construction slowed nationally on the 1970’s, McBride & Son was chosen by a major lending institution to develop a large, historic tract of land which would provide upscale housing for 4500 residents.

In the late 1980’s, McBride & Son was the first major St. Louis homebuilder to cross the Mississippi River into Illinois to develop residential communities in several municipalities.

In 1988, McBride & Son’s Stock Ownership Plan was implemented. The corporation became fully owned by its employees.

In the 1990’s, the McBride & Son set their sights on expansion entering the  Indianapolis, Indiana and Atlanta, Georgia markets.

McBride & Son Homes added the Louisville, Kentucky and Kansas City, Missouri, markets in the year 2000.

In 2001, McBride & Son Homes closed over 1,000 homes for the first time.

Today, with annual closings of well over 2,500 homes, the company is now ranked in the nations top 40 homebuilders.

With expansion and a work ethic that can only be found in a company owned by its employees, McBride & Son Homes looks forward to an even brighter future.