Herbert P Cummings founded our company in Ware, Massachusetts in 1879.

The firm grew rapidly and by 1890 it was working throughout the northeast, building large industrial facilities, bridges and hydro development projects. By 1920 the emphasis changed from heavy industry to general building for manufacturing plants, churches, banks, schools, colleges, universities and hospitals. During our early years the company maintained offices in Boston MA, Burlington & Middlebury VT, Woodsville NH, Winthrop & Portland ME, and Glens Falls NY.
In 1935 we established three divisions to concentrate on work in western Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. These division offices are located in the towns of Ware, MA, Winthrop, ME, and Woodsville, NH.

The company primarily operated as a general contractor, self-preforming concrete and masonry work in addition to general carpentry, through the 1970's. During the 70's we began to take on work as a construction manager/constructor. By the mid 1980's approximately 50% of our workload was preformed as a general contractor and 50% as a construction manager. The percentage of our construction management work increased steadily. Although we remain active in the bidding market, recently over 95% of our work follows a construction management form of delivery.

Today the H.P. Cummings Construction Company is one of the oldest continuously operating construction companies in the United States.