Please note:
The following contractors have experience in various aspects of
old barn and farm building restoration, rehabilitation,
renovation, and adaptive use. in providing the following list, no
endorsement is expressed or intended and none should be implied.
Their listing in no way constitutes a recommendation or
endorsement by the Ohio Historical Society or The Ohio State
University.
- Architectural
Reclamation
312 S.
River Street, Franklin, OH 45005
(513) 746-8964
Contact: Susan, Bruce or Andy Stewart- Specialty:
historic preservation & renovation, structural repairs,
log and timber-frame buildings, masonry and
foundation
work.
- Geographic
Area: southwestern Ohio
Ken Arthur
4157 Hasting-Newville Rd., Lucas, OH
(419) 892-3014
- Specialty: Timber frame
building, reconstruction, dismantling
Ballmer Construction
9502-21-2, Fayette, OH
43521
(419) 446-2171 Fax: (419) 446-1040
Contact: Mark L. Ballmer
Specialty: Roofing, general repairs
Geographic Area: Fulton County, Ohio
The Barn Consultant
36 Woodberry Drive, Mt. Vernon,
OH 43050
((740) 393-2246
Contact: Charles W. Whitney
Specialty: Historic research/documentation, structural
inspection and evaluation, wood identification.
Geographic Area: Ohio and surrounding states
Barn Works, Inc.
P.O. Box #19, Peninsula, OH
44264
(330) 657-2135
Contact: Lawrence D. Sulzer
Specialty: Timber frame and traditional building
services; dismantling, reconstruction, restoration and
adaptive reuse; historic research/documentation; structural
evaluation and inspection
Geographic Area: Ohio, West Virginia, and western
Pennsylvania
BARNS ARE NOBLE
Box 588, Westbrookville, N.Y. 12785
(937) 614-9101
Contact: Mark Pilipski
Specialty: Building Renovation and Restoration;
Historic Oak timber stone wall; barn raising and razing.
Website: http://wwwspiritcrow.com/barns/
Geographic Area:
John Burnell
600 Edgewood Drive, Kent, OH 44240
(330) 673-0585
Contact: John Burnell
Specialty: Stonemasonry, restoration masonry, and
general masonry
- Geographic Area:
Ohio and
adjoining states
Don Carey
6127 North Locust Street, Peninsula, OH 44264
(330) 472-4430
- Doncareyco@aol.com
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Contact: Don Carey
Specialty: Assistance available in timber frame restoration
and all aspects of barn restoration.
Century Construction
Company
7851
Middle Ridge Rd., Madison, OH 44057
(440) 428-6272 Fax: (440) 428-5465
Contact: George Bamberg
Specialty: Post and beam construction, rehabilitating older
structures with structural material salvaged from older
structures.
Geographic Area: Ohio and western Pennsylvania
Christian & Son, Inc.
15022 Gearhart Road, Burbank, OH
44214
(330) 624-7282
Contact: Rudy Christian
Specialty: Structural & historic surveys, architectural
& 3D drawings, maintenance programs & repair
specifications
Geographic Area: Midwestern Ohio
Ciolek Builders
1940 East Curtis Road, Birch Run, MI 48415
(517) 777-5316
Contact: Dave Ciolek
Specialty: Old barn renovation and free span specialist
Geographic Area: northern Ohio, Michigan
Curry Lumber
331 West Henry Street, Wooster, OH 44691
(330) 264-5223 fax: (330) 263-4599
Contact: Daniel R. Flory, Vice President
Specialty: General carpentry on post frame structures
Geographic Area: 100-mile radius from Wooster
Dingey Movers
526 Harvard Street, Zanesville, OH 43701
(740) 453-6724
Contact: Bart Dingey
Specialty: Experienced barn movers
Geographic Area: eastern Ohio
Doddington Millwork Company
2750 Martin Road, Dublin, OH
43017
(614) 792-6659
Contact: David Jones
Specialty: Custom architectural millwork
Durable Slate Company
1050 North Fourth Street, Columbus,
OH 43201
(614) 299-5522
Toll free number: 800-666-7445
Fax: (614) 299-7100
Contact: Cherie Downey
Email: cdowney@durableslate.com
Website: http://www.durableslate.com
Specialty: Slate roof restoration and repair, masonry
restoration, metal roofing rehabilitation, structural repairs
Geographic Area: For roofing - Ohio and northern Kentucky;
For structural work 100-mile radius of Columbus, OH
Fuller Design Group, AIA
133 East Main Street, Kent, OH
44240
(330) 673-4818 Fax: (330) 673-7037
Email: info@fullerdesigngroup.com
Contact: Rick Hawksely
Specialty: Consulting, evaluation, design and construction
documents for renovation, preservation and adaptive reuse of
historic barns, houses and other agricultural structures
Geographic Area: Ohio and western Pennsylvania
Gaker Professional Engineers
5101 LeSourdsville-West Chester
Road, Hamilton, OH 45011
(513) 777-3595
Contact: David S. Gaker
Specialty: New timber frame barns and houses
George Yonnone Restorations
P.O. Box 278, West
Stockbridge, MA 01266
(413) 232-7060
Website: http://www.gyrestorations.com
Contact: George Yonnone
Specialty: Structural repair and restoration of colonial
homes, barns and log cabins; antique structure evaluation,
consultation, house and barn restoration; timber frame repairs;
sill analysis and replacement; structural repairs, jacking,
squaring and leveling; stone foundation evaluation; porch
restoration; site condition analysis; general contracting; large
wood column restorations; barn removal and relocation.
Fast Engineering
6139 Glasgow, Sylvania, OH 45360
(419) 885-4258
Contact: Larry Fast
Specialty: Timber frame structures
Graham's Barn Repair
11415 Pollock Road, Grand Rapids, OH
43522
(419) 832-9431
Contact: Lindsay Graham
Specialty: Rehabilitation and repair of timber and plank
frame barns and outbuildings, experienced building mover
Geographic Area: northwest Ohio
Hamilton's Lightning Rods
P.O. Box 93, Ellsworth, OH 44416
(330) 332-3156
Contact: John Hamilton
Specialty: Design and installation of lightning protection,
antique systems, and modern system's sales
Geographic Area: Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Kentucky, and New York
Hanacek Moving
2451 West 130th Street, Hinckley, OH
44233
(330) 225-5735
Contact: Fred Hanacek
Specialty: Barn moving and reconstruction, specializing in
resale of barn parts
Geographic Area: Northeast Ohio
Heritage Resources
5410 Selma Road, Springfield, OH 45502
(513) 265-5588
Contact: Michael J. Wright
JT Construction
9594 Pleasant Hill, Road, N.W., Dundee, OH
44624
(330) 852-3601
Contact: Joseph D. Trayer
Specialty: Masonry, framing, and roofing
Keith Marshall Construction Company
3877 Crumrine Road, Greenville, OH
(937) 548-0463
Contact: Keith Marshall
Speciality: Custom sawing using a Wood-MizerŪ Portable
Sawmill; landscape timbers, turning blocks, barn timbers, log
cabins, cross tiles, furniture, fencing, framing, siding, beams,
shingles
Keller-Hall, Inc.
1247 Eastwood Avenue, Tallmadge, OH 44278
(330) 633-2654
Contact: James A. Slater
Specialty: Barn renovation and construction management
David Kridler, Stonemason
Township Road 215, Fresno, OH
43824
(740) 623-8706
Contact: David Kridler
Specialty: Barn foundations, and 19th century stone
structures
Geographic Area: Ohio and surrounding states
Lepi Enterprises, Inc.
630 G.W. Morse Street, Zanesville,
OH 43701
(800) 327-5374 (toll free) (740) 453-2980 Fax:
(740) 453-4691
Contact: Jim Lepi
Ludwig Moving Company
6550 South SR 587, New Riegel, OH
44853
(419) 595-2350 or (419) 447-4285
Contact: Barton Ludwig
Specialty: Barn moving, foundation reconstruction
Malabar Farm State Park
4050 Bromfield Road, Lucas, OH
44843
(419) 892-2784
Contact: Louis M. Andres, Superintendent
Specialty: Consulting on barn rehabilitation and
reutilization
Geographic Area: Ohio
Medina Restoration Company
5590 Grafton Road, Valley City,
OH 44280
(330) 220-7557
Contact: Stacy McGooklin
Specialty: Repairs and restoration
New Old Products, Inc.
P.O. Box 1272, Kokomo, IN 46903
(317) 868-3092
Contact: Sandy Easley
Specialty: Parts for repair and restoration of antique
lightning rods
Geographic Area: Ohio and surrounding states
Oakbridge Timber Framing
20857 Earnest Road, Howard, OH
43029
(614) 599-5711
Contact: Jim Kanagy, John Miller
Specialty: All types of timber frame construction
Geographic Area: Ohio and surrounding states
Oney Electric, Ltd. & Lightning Protection Services
5386 S.
Twp. 17, Tiffin, OH 44883-9710
(419) 447-7149 Fax: (419) 447-0264
Contact: Dwight Oney
Specialty: U-L approved lightning protection, installation
and service
Geographic Area: Ohio and surrounding states
Petitjean Brothers Construction
10710 Conover Road, Versailles,
OH 45380
(937) 526-3352 Fax: (937) 526-3352
Contact: Albert G. Petitjean
Specialty: Carpentry-timber frame repair, balloon framing,
roofing, and clear spanning
Geographic Area: Versailles and 20 mile radius
Performance Plus, Inc.
314 Oakdale Drive, Berea, OH 44017
(440) 239-0956 Fax: (440) 239-0956
Contact: James A. Slater
Specialty: Overall barn repairs and consulting
Geographic Area: Ohio and surrounding states
Re-Barn Co. (Design Management)
641 West Market Street, Akron,
OH 44303
(330) 762-1411
Contact: Mark Delaney Smith, AIA
Specialty: Design-build antique barn conversions,
dismantling, moving, adaptive use of old barns
Geographic Area: Ohio and western Pennsylvania
D.B. Schwartz Construction
2406 South Salem Road, Monroe, IN
46772
(No telephone, mail only)
Contact: David B. Schwartz
Specialty: All work involving older structures
Geographic Area: Indiana and Ohio
Senn Contracting
7583 S. Twp. Road 195, Attica, OH
44807-9416
(419) 426-6501
Contact: Gerald E. Senn, President
Specialty: Standing seam metal roofs
Geographic Area: North-central Ohio
Simmons Brothers Construction
777 West Smith Road, Medina, OH
(330) 722-1415
Contact: Bill Simmons
Specialty: Foundation work
Spiers Architectural Design
212 West Bowman, Wooster, OH
44691
(330) 262-7785
Contact: Keith Spiers
Specialty: Timber frame design
Carl Steepleton & Co.
500 West Bayton Street, Alliance,
OH 44601
(330) 823-6558
Contact: Carl Steepleton and Jim Mehl
Specialty: Barn structures, covered bridges, inspections,
evaluations and estimates (Established 1960)
Geographic Area: Ohio, West Virginia and western
Pennsylvania
Sweetgrass Joinery, Ltd.
P.O.
Box 81, East Claridon, OH
44033
(440) 635-4371
Contact: Scott A. Carlson
Specialty: Handcraft "new" traditional
timber-framed barns and outbuildings, repair and restore
timber-framed barns with traditional materials and methods of
joinery (framework only)
Geographic Area: northeastern Ohio
Swiss Valley Associates, Inc.
50026 Baptist Ridge Road; Sardis, OH 43946
(740) 483-2501
Contact: Matt Brake
Specialty: Engineering design and construction
services for historic structure restoration
T. L. Tharp Construction
15282 L. Fredericktown-Amity Road,
Fredericktown, OH 43019
((740) 392-4916
Contact: Terry Tharp
Specialty: All areas of barn construction and renovation
Geographic Area: Central Ohio
Timber Framers Guild
P.O. Box 60, Becket, MA 01223
(888) 453-0879
Specialty: The Guild publishes a company membership listing
of firms which offer new timber frame construction services,
architectural timber fabricating, architectural design services,
computer aided design software, engineering, timber frame
restorations, dismantling and assembly, timber and recycled timber
suppliers, tool and equipment suppliers. A few Ohio
companies and those of nearby states are listed in the
directory. The Guild also conducts workshops and seminars
and publishes a quarterly newsletter
Geographic Area: United States
Traditional Timber Frame Structures
7845 Emerson Avenue,
Parkersburg, WV 26101
(304) 464-4100 Fax: (304) 464-4428
Contact: Charles L. Pickering
Specialty: Restoration and rehabilitation of timber and log
frame structures
Geographic Area: southeastern Ohio and northwestern West
Virginia
Walkers
P.O. Box 309, Tallmadge, OH 44278
(330) 633-1081
Specialty: Historic building materials, dismantled buildings
and barns, reconstruction, architectural antiques
Geographic Area: Statewide
Weygant Construction
2419 Congress Road, Wooster, OH 44691
(330) 263-6967
Contact: Jeff Weygant
Specialty: Barn moving and reconstruction
Geographic Area: northeastern Ohio
Woodreams
237 North Pleasant Street, Oberlin, OH 44074
(440) 774-4281
Contact: Doren Harley
Specialty: Quality craftsmanship in wood
Geographic Area: north central Ohio
Woodland Improvement, Inc.
4193 Caddy Road, Bowerston, OH
44695
(330) 735-2943
Contact: Hugh Burns
Specialty: Timber conservation and wood siding
Woodford Bros. Inc.
6500 Route 80, P.O. Box 108, Apulia Station,
NY 13020
(800) OLD BARN or (315) 653-2276 Fax: (315) 696-5931
Contact: Mike, Tom, Dick, or Art
Specialty: All types of barn renovations and repairs
Geographic Area: Maine to Illinois
Zollinhofer Restoration
Fenn Road, Medina, OH
(330) 722-7544
Contact: Bob Zollinhofer
Specialty: Old building restoration
If you know of other barn contractors and consultants to add to
this list, please contact:
Ann Christy - The Ohio State University, Food, Agricultural and
Biological Engineering, 590 Woody Hayes Drive, Columbus, OH
43210, (614) 292-7851 Fax: (614) 292-9448, email: christy.14@osu.edu
Steve
Gordon - Ohio Historic Preservation Office, Ohio Historical
Society, 567 East Hudson Street, Columbus, OH 43211, (614)
298-2000 Fax: (614) 298-2037, email: sgordon@ohiohistory.org
Revised June 2004
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