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Hand Converted Historic Building Materials

We can supply your restoration or historic reproduction project with a wide range of wood products that are hand converted using traditional methods and tools.

Materials we can supply range from authentic hand-hewn timbers to riven shingles and clapboards to traditional timber framing pegs.

We can make virtually any traditional historic wooden object using traditional materials and methods.

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Holder Bros. fabricated and installed this timber framed roof system for a porte cochere. The roof is cruciform in plan with four gables, one of which joins the mai...

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Gabel Holder elected to Timber F...

Gabel Holder was recently elected to a three year term on the Board of Directors of the Timber Framers Guild. The Timber Framers Guild is "a non-profit educational membership association dedicated to the craft of timber framing. We serve as a center of timber frame information and design for the professional and the general public." (from www.tfguild.org) Upon bein... read more

The appeal of heart pine fl...

Antique heart pine makes a very beautiful and durable wood floor. What is it about this wood that people love so much? I think it is many things. Antique heart pine has a distinctive beauty that sets it apart from other woods. The deep reddish brown...

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