Niece Lumber
Reference
Founded in 1920 by Chester A. Niece, the original business supplied lumber, coal and feed. Niece had its own sawmill and purchased logs locally; coal and feed were phased out between the 1950s and 70s.
The Blair family purchased the company from Chester Niece in 1966, and continued to grow the business. For a time, Niece received lumber by rail via Conrail and the BR&W.
Full disclosure: historical images were swiped from the Niece Lumber website without permission.
Today the C.A. Niece Company is a leading supplier of lumber and millwork, as well as windows, kitchens and baths; the business now covers three city blocks. Note the railroad track remnants in the street, second image below.
The biggest deviation from reality is that it'll be on the wrong side of the canal; I'll just need to learn to live with it.
The Model
I love modeling lumber yards, so an opportunity like this was impossible to pass up. Obviously, given its size, I cannot model the business faithfully as it was in the late 1970s (even if I had any reference photos from that time). So, I'll be representing it with a few relatively small buildings from various sources. I may also include an animated forklift.