Local Building Resources

Holistic Homebuilders
owner Sarah Highland
607.272.3475
sarahkh@lightlink.com

Sarah and her crew build our 2 car garage, with photography equipment storage unit and loft, in the beautiful traditional timberframe style. She also constructs pole buildings, and refrains from using man made materials like plywood and chipboard.

Shady Creek Construction
owner Chris Yoder
5907 State Route 414
Romulus NY 14541
888.778.8120

Chris Yoder and his crew specialize in metal roofing but also construct pole buildings using locally milled lumber. They built a beautiful horse barn on Iradel Road (between 96 and Sheffield) from hemlock in the board and batten style - I would love having a barn like that on my property!
testimony from Rochester Green Living

Green Building Directory from Cornell Cooperative Extension, listing local green buiding businesses, professionals and tradespeople.

Collins Lumber & Sawmill
Conkrite Road in Alpine, NY
607.594.3490

While they are not contractors, they do mill local wood for both contractors like Sarah Highland and hobbyists like me. We get all our wood from Collins, even though it's a 20 minute drive. Rough sawn hemlock is great to work with and lasts as well as pressure treated lumber.

Significant Elements
212 Center Street, Ithaca NY 14850
607 277 3450

Charity salvage yard, good place to pick up doors, windows, old fashion hardware, kitchen & bathroom ceramics; also runs lead paint awareness workshops (website under construction). Keep an eye out for their monthly FREE FRIDAY event.

Shaver Brothers
32 Perrine Street, Auburn NY 13021
800-564-7206

Lots of architectural salvage. Just neat to walk around, even if you are not looking for anything in particular! Seems to have a larger selection than Significant Elements, but is a bit of a drive.

Green Eco Services
"your one click source for all things green"
Their website has an extensive list of salvage yards in New York State if you can not find what you are looking for locally.