Our Specialties: Historic Preservation Project Management, Planning, Designing, Drawings, Specifications, Consulting, Architectural Assessments, Dating Structures & Sites, Historic Structures For Sale, Dismantled, Relocated, & Re-erected, Reproduction Millwork, Architectural Reproductions, Plastering on Wood Lathe, Stairways, Fences, Cupolas, Architectural Salvage, Construction Management, General Contractors, Timber Framing, Wood Restoration, Building Inspections, Antique Timber Frames.

The qualified contractor. Original materials are the most reliable way to recreate the look, feel and smell of period work at a new site. The veracity and presence of historic finished work is practically impossible to counterfeit in brand new construction. Preserving the eloquent character of the original fabric in a new sound construction takes patience, passion and experience. Historic materials lie outside the canon of current construction practices. William Gould believes that to be qualified the contractor must share the client's vision and passion for the historic structure and be experienced enough to furnish reliable costs and schedules.

Documenting and dismantling the historic structure. Only by adhering to the most rigorous standards for documentation and storage can the integrity of dismantled historic fabric be preserved. Materials stored for even short intervals can rot or warp if stored improperly or be rendered effectively useless by incoherent labeling systems. Experience has shown that it doesn't pay to cut corners whether the dismantled material is to be stored for two months or two decades. To make sure that the material stays labeled until it is needed, William Gould affixes a color coded vinyl tag to each piece in an unobtrusive spot. Just like new goods, stored dismantled materials must be carefully stickered, protected from the elements and well ventilated. They can be safely stored outdoors, on bunks and under tarps, but the coverings must be diligently rigged and vigilantly maintained. William Gould has preserved dismantled structures for decades at a time by following these procedures.

Our debt to posterity and to the original builders. William Gould notifies the state archaeologist of every significant historic structure he dismantles. The archaeologist records and documents the original site and develops an archival report. There is no charge to the owner. No building recreation is ever truly successful in bringing the original back, no matter how respectful, loving and sensitive it is to the original. Something is forever lost and William Gould believes that we have an obligation to both the past artisans and to future posterity to document that loss.