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LIKE THE STRUCTURES AND EXCLUSIVE HOMES IT HAS BUILT SINCE 1888, SPIEKER GENERAL CONTRACTORS IS A TOLEDO ICON.

  • Henry J. Spieker founded his contracting and construction company in 1888 with this cornerstone: business is best done on a handshake and being true to one's word. As noted in an early written account, the company was built on the bedrock of

  • "respect our country, our profession and ourselves, to be honest and fair with our fellow men, as we respect them to be honest and" – evoking a term popular at the time of the firm’s founding – "square with us. So we may be courteous to men, faithful to friends, true to God, a fragrance in the paths we tread."

  • Such has been the moral, ethical, and professional compass that has guided Spieker General Contractors for more than 132 years, from its original home at Elm and Utica Streets in Toledo to its present expansive headquarters on Tracy Road in Northwood, Ohio.
Spieker's commitment to high quality and distinctiveness is reflected in these standout buildings
The Willys-Overland Administration Building
The Commodore Perry Hotel, Toledo, OH
Hotel Waldorf
Ohio Building
The Toledo Blade
Toledo Club
The DeVilbliss MFG. Co.
The Toledo Machine & Tool Co.
Toledo Museum of Art
Willys Overland Factory Building No. 45
Stolberg & Parks
Sacred Heart Home for the Aged, Little Sisters of the Poor, Oregon, OH
Champion Spark Plug Company plant, Toledo, OH
Champion Spark Plug Company plant, Cambridge, OH
Assembly plant, Kaiser-Jeep Corporation, Toledo, OH
Toledo Sports Arena and Exhibition Hall
Toledo Hospital, Toledo, OH
Toledo Country Club
Bowsher High School, Toledo, OH
St. Ursula Academy, Toledo, OH
Department Store, Toledo, OH
Waite High School, Toledo, OH
Today, the Spieker team carries on the vision of Henry J. Spieker and has taken the company to new horizons. Spieker is a full-service contracting organization, offering site procurement and development, engineering, pre-engineered buildings, and build-lease contracting, in addition to its signature construction expertise. LEARN MORE
  • With a depth of experience and personnel, Spieker General Contractors can design and build a structure quickly and cost-effectively.

  • The modern Spieker General Contractors follows the guidelines set down in 1888: that it’s important “to look upon our work as an opportunity to be seized with joy and made the most of … To find time to do every needful thing.”