Since 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.
Carl Rosenberry & Sons Lumber, IncFor three generations, Carl Rosenberry & Sons Lumber has milled Pennsylvania hardwoods in Fort Loudon’s Appalachian valley, continuing a sawmilling tradition that began with D.R. Rosenberry in 1920 and became a family partnership in 1955. Its tree-length harvesting and milling system produces customer-specified lengths, while the company is especially known for custom wide-plank hardwood flooring and operates a kiln with 350,000 board feet of capacity. Rosenberry’s SFI-trained crews manage timber with sustainable forestry practices within a 60-mile radius of the mill.FORT LOUDON, 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
Hartzell HardwoodsFamily-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.PIQUA, OH
MapleLeaf HardwoodsFor more than 55 years, MapleLeaf Hardwoods has supplied craftsmen with custom-selected, kiln-dried figured hardwoods, with curly maple at the heart of its Hughesville, Pennsylvania operation. Most of its domestic lumber comes from the West Branch Susquehanna area, and each board is picked for figure rather than bought as mill-run material; more than 98% of the stock is FAS grade. The company also prepares book-matched sets and other luthier material, backed by a money-back satisfaction guarantee.HUGHESVILLE, PA