PORTLAND, Ore. — Well before the city of Portland passed an ordinance last summer requiring houses built before 1916 to be salvaged for re-use, Preston Browning was passionate about reclaimed lumber.

Traveling throughout Ohio, you might see some old barns, many in various stages of decay. Many historic barns have disappeared over the years, either from fires or storm damage, but a central Ohio ...

TOWN OF BERLIN, Wis. — The decision to tear down the barn wasn't an easy one for Ann and Jerry Ohde. At one time, it was gleaming white, and an important center of the life that Ann had built with her ...

Larry Gerdes is having his barn taken down and disassembled in Malta Bend, Mo. It’s about the size of a three-car garage but stands much taller in a clearing surrounded by six-foot stalks of corn. The ...

The old 1949 barn in Mississippi had seen better days. A few years earlier, a tornado scored a direct hit and tore a gaping hole in the roof. The rainwater that followed ate large holes in the ...

SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP - The landmark Sunset Drive-In Theatre just outside Ontario will soon be home to a Shelby-area barn salvage business. Joe Lykins, the owner of Buckeye Barn Salvage, Monday said he ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Old barns have special appeal for Jim Riedl. There’s history. The economic value of hand-hewn beams fashioned from old-growth timber. And, Riedl says, there’s mystery. A darkened, ...

Out past the rows of corn, down the gravel road in Trimble, Mo., stands The Barnwood Farm, purveyor of wood reclaimed from old barns and other buildings. The company does full scale lumber and barn ...

Nathan Brown, the founder, and his sister Liz Brown, senior sales executive, by some of their wood at Old World Timber, 1195 Versailles Road in Lexington. Charles Bertram [email protected] ...

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Ton by ton, about four times a year, Friends of Historic Preservation volunteers salvage building materials from Iowa City structures slated for demolition. Their efforts keep about 40 tons of usable ...

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