Family-owned Hartzell Hardwoods has turned Piqua, Ohio, timber into premium walnut and thick oak lumber since 1875. The six-generation company pioneered steaming walnut, now produces 22 million board feet annually, and ships sustainably sourced hardwoods from its Ohio and Missouri facilities to customers in more than 40 countries. Hartzell remains especially known for walnut and thick stock, with a focus on careful drying, grading, and packaging.
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Yoder LumberSince John J. Yoder started it with five employees and a portable sawmill in 1944, Yoder Lumber has remained a third-generation, family-owned hardwood company rooted in Ohio’s Amish country. More than 80 years later, its vertically integrated operation helps builders and manufacturers source Appalachian hardwood for specialized projects, with lumber graded to NHLA and NELMA standards.MILLERSBURG, OH
Cherry Hill Hardwoods, IncFounded in 1987 by Clarence Hoffman and his two sons, Cherry Hill Hardwoods is a family-owned Pennsylvania lumber company that kiln-dries hardwood for wholesale customers, with white oak as its specialty. Now involving the founder’s grandchildren in daily operations, the company dries more than eight million board feet annually and serves customers across the Northeastern United States and export markets. Its NHLA-trained graders inspect and trim each board, backed by more than 35 years of hardwood-processing experience.RICHFIELD, PA
Hearne Hardwoods IncSince 1997, family-owned Hearne Hardwoods has grown from a four-person shop into a 20-employee specialty hardwood lumber company on an 18th-century homestead in southeastern Pennsylvania. Its 50,000-plus square feet hold more than 100 domestic and exotic species, including carefully matched live-edge slabs and a substantial tonewood operation for musical-instrument makers. Rick and his son Brian travel internationally to find unusual, naturally figured woods from sustainably managed forests, while the showroom and manufacturing operation help customers choose material for projects ranging from furniture to custom flooring.OXFORD, PA
Hickman WoodsFor four generations, Hickman Woods has grown, milled, and crafted Northern Appalachian hardwood into flooring and lumber from its family-managed forests in western Pennsylvania. The family’s roots reach back to Harry Hickman’s logging work in the 1930s, while Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring, founded in 2000, became known for character-grade rift-and-quarter-sawn and live-sawn flooring. Hickman Woods also manages FSC-certified forests and maintains control of the process from timber selection through sawmilling, drying, and flooring production.EMLENTON, PA