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 Snowshoe Thompson Cabin
Reclaimed Hand-Hewn Douglas Fir Timbers
More than a century ago in the Northern Sierras, the legendary mountaineer and intrepid mail carrier, Snowshoe Thompson, used this remote cabin and corral as waystation. After the building was significantly damaged in a blizzard in the 1990s, a nature photographer contacted us, hoping we could rescue the timbers of the crib-style structure before they were washed down the mountainside.
We transported the enormous, hand-hewn Douglas fir timbers to a warehouse in Nevada, and eventually created samples for a Napa Valley estate.
Of extraordinary size, condition, age and color, 30,000 board feet of the 16" x 24" x 30' timbers created magnificent, vaulted ceilings and doorways throughout the Tuscan-style villa, and a massive fireplace mantel.
The completed interiors of the estate were featured in Architectural Digest magazine.
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Woodbank offers superior
reclaimed, salvage and green
certified wood products,
featuring the deep character,
density and color variation that
can't be duplicated artificially.
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Reclaimed
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Salvage
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Green Certified
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rescued from existing structures, deconstructed and remanufactured into new products |
raw logs obtained from urban and agricultural settings, waterways, etc., including standing dead |
harvested from forests and plantations strictly managed to environmental and other standards
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1923 grain storage building in Idaho: old-growth Doug fir circle-sawn timbers, joists and planking
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