The company was founded
in 1972 by Francis Lafayette and Bill Sheldon when they purchased the Griswold
Fence Company. Soon after, it became
Lafayette-Sheldon, Inc., then in 1986, F.R. Lafayette, Inc. when Francis
Lafayette bought Bill Sheldon’s share.
In the late 1980's, Francis Lafayette handed over the reins to his
daughter, Pam Lafayette. In 2008, Doug
Ford and Brent Tewksbury bought the company from their longtime employer and continued
the company's tradition of quality and dependability. Doug and Brent recently changed
the company's name to Lafayette Highway Specialties, opting to keep
"Lafayette" in the name because of the weight and respect it receives
throughout the industry.