After purchasing sanding equipment, table saw, and hand drill, Richard and friends began to build the first products in 1,000-year-old Cypress harvested from an 1880’s Planer mill building. A classic Adirondack chair, southern porch swings and furniture rounded out the catalog of items.
Albany Woodworks on Preserving our Past, 1978
In 1978, Richard and Judith Woods, founders of Albany Woodworks, reclaim lumber from an 1800’s era barn being demolished in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. Looking for quality antique lumber to build his own home from, Richard was inspired by these This was the first of many turn-of-the-century and older buildings being demolished to be salvaged by Albany