At the beginning of the 20th Century, the use of cars was on the brink of becoming widespread. Steel and metal construction was called upon to construct car garages. These were first produced by the Butler Manufacturing Co. In order to improve on the fire resistant elements of the garage and decrease the costs, total metal assembly soon replaced the original styles that incorporated a blend of metal and wood.

In the initial stages of the 20th Century, the Austin Company started using pre-engineered construction as it is applied to steel framing. The capacity to offer cheap metal driller buildings to oil ventures working in Oklahoma gave prominence to a corporation called Star Building.