A vignette at Adkins Architectural Antiques in Houston
Some of the “old” houses we feature are actually newly built—but they have the patina of age because architectural salvage was incorporated into their design and construction. Salvage centers can be found in most major cities and all regions, offering everything from windows and doors to hardware, plumbing, and lighting, from tile and stoves to unique architectural fragments. We’ve gathered up significant yards sufficiently organized to have a national clientele. (It’s by no means a comprehensive list; check locally, too, in the phone book and on the Internet as well as with antiques dealers and builders. Go to a search engine and type “salvage,” “architectural salvage,” or your exact need, such as “old bathtubs.”)
Find out how to shop for architectural antique salvage.
These places are “a cross between a Hollywood prop department and an elephant burial ground,” says Thomas O’Gorman, author of New Spaces from Salvage (Barron’s Educ., 2002). All those unattached parts, all those relics of the past—it’s a surreal experience and an architectural education. The urge to take something home and make it your own is almost irresistible.
Know of a store we missed? Please let us know by leaving a comment at the end of this directory!
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* Denotes nonprofit salvage store
Alabama
Cullman
Southern Accents Architectural Antiques
308 2nd Ave. SE
(877) 737-0554
antiques-architectural.com
Fairhope
Architectural Antique Warehouse
17985 Highway 27
(251) 928-2880
siteone.com/shop/architectural
Montgomery
Rescued Relics
423 Madison Avenue
(334) 240-4512
Arizona
Mesa
Stardust Building Supplies*
1720 West Broadway Rd.
(480) 668-0566
stardustbuilding.org
Phoenix
Stardust Building Supplies*
4240 West Camelback Road
(480) 668-0566
stardustbuilding.org
California
Anaheim
Amighini Architectural Salvage & Antiques
1505 North State College Blvd.
(714) 776-5555
salvageantiques.com
Berkeley
Ohmega Salvage
2407 San Pablo Ave.
(510) 204-0767
ohmegasalvage.com
Carmel
Off The Wall Architectural Antiques
Lincoln Street and 6th Ave.
(831) 624-6165
Encinitas
Builders Trading Company
1144 North Coast Highway 101
(760) 634-3220
builderstrading.com
Los Angeles
Olde Good Things
1800 South Grand Ave.
(213) 746-8600
11240 West Olympic Blvd.
(310) 477-8444
oldegoodthings.com
Oakland
The ReUse People*
9235 San Leandro Street
(510) 383-1983
thereusepeople.org
Pacoima
The ReUse People*
11017 Sutter Ave.
(818) 897-2798
thereusepeople.org
Pasadena
Pasadena Architectural Salvage
30 South San Gabriel Blvd.
(626) 535-9655
pasadenaarchitecturalsalvage.com
San Diego
Architectural Salvage of San Diego
2401 Kettner Blvd.
(619) 696-1313
architecturalsalvagesd.com
Santa Barbara
Taipan Architectural Salvage
214 Helena Ave.
(805) 845-5625
taipanarchsalvage.blogspot.com
Santa Cruz
Capitola Freight & Salvage
1575 38th Ave.
(831) 465-6990
capitolafreight.com
Sonoma
Artefact Design & Salvage
23562 Highway 121
(707) 933-0660
artefactdesignsalvage.com
Colorado
Denver
Architectural Artifacts
4750 Brighton Blvd.
(303) 296-0925
architectural-artifacts.com
Architectural Salvage, Inc.
5001 North Colorado Blvd.
(303) 321-0200
salvagelady.com
Connecticut
Middletown
Irreplaceable Artifacts
428 Main S.
860-344-8576
irreplaceableartifacts.com
New Britain
The ReCONNstruction Center*
230 South Street
(860) 597-3390
reconnstructioncenter.org
Washington, D.C.
The Brass Knob
2311 18th Street NW
(202) 332-3370
thebrassknob.com
Florida
Miami
American Salvage
7001 NW 27th Ave.
(305) 691-7001
americansalvage.com
West Palm Beach
Adam & Eve
528 16th Street
(561) 582-2224
adamandevesalvage.com
Sarasota
Sarasota Architectural Salvage
1093 Central Ave.
(941) 362-0803
sarasotasalvage.com
Georgia
Atlanta
Metropolitan Artifacts
4783 Peachtree Road
(770) 986-0007
metropolitanartifacts.com
Grantville
ReUse the Past
98 Moreland Street
(770) 583-3111
reusethepast.com
Greensboro
Pinch of the Past
1270 North East Street
(912) 656-4290
pinchofthepast.com
Savannah
Pinch of the Past
2603 Whitaker Street
(912) 232-5563
pinchofthepast.com
Illinois
Bloomington
Old House Society Warehouse*
214 East Douglas Street
(309) 820-0548
oldhousesociety.org
Chicago
Architectural Artifacts
4325 North Ravenswood
(773) 348-0622
architecturalartifacts.com
Salvage One
1840 West Hubbard Street
(312) 733-0098
salvageone.com
Elk Grove Village
Island Girl Salvage
160 Kelly Street
(847) 593-2433
islandgirlsalvage.com
Rockford
Vintage Brick Salvage
1303 Harrison Ave.
(800) VINTAGE
bricksalvage.com
Indiana
Centerville
White River Architectural Salvage & Antiques
100 West Main Street
(765) 855-1908
whiteriversalvage.com
Indianapolis
Architectural Antiques of Indianapolis
5000 West 96th Street
(800) 916-6777
antiquearchitectural.com
Doc’s Architectural Salvage
325 West 30th Street
(317) 924.4000
docsarchitecturalsalvage.com
Zionsville
White River Architectural Salvage & Antiques
7627 West Stonegate Drive
(317) 769-3482
whiteriversalvage.com
Iowa
Dubuque
Restoration Warehouse
1079 Elm Street
563-585-2933
restorationwarehouse.net
Kansas
Wichita
Old Town Architectural Salvage
126 North St. Francis Street
(316) 558-5120
oldtownarchitecturalsalvage.com
Kentucky
Lexington
Cowgirl Attic
1535 Delaware Ave.
(859) 225-3876
cowgirlattic.com
Louisville
Architectural Salvage, W.D.
614-618 East Broadway
(502) 589-0670
architecturalsalvage.com
Louisiana
New Orleans
The Green Project*
2831 Marais Street
(504) 945-0240
thegreenproject.org
Maine
Augusta
Fifi’s Salvage
3028 North Belfast Ave.
(207) 623-0434
fifisalvage.com
Harborside
Architectural Antiquities
52 Indian Point Lane
(207) 326-4938
archantiquities.com
Kennebunk
The Old House Parts Co.
1 Trackside Drive
(207) 985-1999
oldhouseparts.com
Portland
Portland Architectural Salvage
131 Preble Street
(207) 780-0634
portlandsalvage.com
Maryland
Baltimore
Housewerks
1415 Bayard Street
(410) 685-8047
housewerksalvage.com
The Loading Dock*
2 North Kresson Street
(410) 558-3625
loadingdock.org
Second Chance Inc.*
1645 Warner Street
(410) 385-1101
secondchanceinc.org
Edmonston
Community Forklift*
4671 Tanglewood Drive
(301) 985-5180
communityforklift.com
Gaithersburg
Habitat for Humanity ReStore*
9100 Gaither Road
(301) 947-3304
habitat-mc.org
Massachusetts
Boston
Building Materials Resource Center*
100 Terrace Street
(617) 442-8917
bostonbmrc.org
Restoration Resources
1946 Washington Street
(617) 542-3033
restorationresources.com
New Bedford
New England Demolition & Salvage
73 Cove Street
(508) 992-1099
nedsalvage.com
Michigan
Allegan
B&C Emporium
204 Trowbridge Street
(269) 673-2815
b-c-e.biz
Detroit
Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit*
4885 15th Street
(313) 896-8333
aswdetroit.org
Kalamazoo
The Heritage Company
150 North Edwards Street
(269) 385-1004
heritagearchitecturalantiques.com
Royal Oak
HeritageCo2
116 East 7th Street
(248) 547-0670
heritageco2.com
St. Joseph
Salvage with Style
839 Wolcott Ave.
(269) 313-5341
misalvagewithstyle.com
Ypsilanti
Materials Unlimited
2 West Michigan Ave.
(800) 299-9462
materialsunlimited.com
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Architectural Antiques
1330 Quincy Street NE
(612) 332-8344
archantiques.com
City Salvage
505 1st Avenue NE
(612) 627-9107
citysalvage.com
Two Harbors
North Shore Architectural Antiques
616 2nd Ave.
(218) 834-0018
north-shore-architectural-antiques.com
Missouri
Kansas City
Antiquities & Oddities Architectural Salvage
2045 Broadway
(816) 283-3740
aoarchitecturalsalvage.com
Springfield
Cross Creek Architectural Artifacts
1228 East Guinevere
(417) 890-7966
crosscreekartifacts.com
New Hampshire
Exeter
Architectural Salvage Inc.
3 Mill Street
(603) 773-5635
oldhousesalvage.com
Littleton
ADMAC Salvage
111 Saranac Street
(603) 444-1200
admacsalvage.com
South Hampton
Nor’East Architectural Antiques
6 Exeter Road
(603) 394-0006
noreast1.com
New Jersey
Barnegat
Recycling the Past
381 North Main Street
(609) 660-9790
recyclingthepast.com
Jersey City
Amighini Architectural Inc.
246 Beacon Ave.
(201) 222-6367
amighini.net
New York
Albany
Historic Albany Foundation Architectural Parts Warehouse*
89 Lexington Avenue
(518) 465-0876
historic-albany.org
Silver Fox Salvage
20 Learned Street
(518) 431-0606
silverfoxsalvage.com
Astoria
Build It Green!*
3-17 26th Ave.
bignyc.org
Auburn
Shaver Brothers
32 Perrine Street
(800) 564-7206
shaverbrothers.com
Brooklyn
Cornerstone Inc.
99 North 10th Street
(917) 497-0584
cornerstonesalvage.com
Buffalo
ReSource*
298 Northampton Street
(716) 882–2800
buffaloreuse.org
Ithaca
Finger Lakes ReUse*
2255 North Triphammer Road
(607) 257-9699
fingerlakesreuse.org
Significant Elements*
212 Center Street
(607) 277-3450
significantelements.org
Kingston
Zaborski Emporium
27 Hoffman Street
(845) 338-6465
stanthejunkman.com
New York
Demolition Depot
216 East 125th Street
(212) 860-1138
demolitiondepot.com
Olde Good Things
5 East 16th Street
(212) 989-8814
124 West 24th Street
(212) 989-8401
oldegoodthings.com
Urban Archaeology
143 Franklin Street
(212) 431-4646
urbanarchaeology.com
Oneonta
New York Salvage
35 Otsego Street
(607) 432-9890
architiques.net
Rochester
Historic Houseparts
540 South Ave.
(888) 558-2329
historichouseparts.com
The ReHouse Store
1473 East Main Street
(585) 288-3080
rehouseny.com
North Carolina
Cameron
Cornerstone Inc.
7119 Jefferson Davis Highway
(828) 252-7354
cornerstonesalvage.com
Charlotte
Crossland Studio
118 East Kingston Ave.
(704) 332-3032
yp.bellsouth.com/sites/crossland
Greensboro
Architectural Salvage of Greensboro*
300 Bellemeade Street
(336) 389-9118
blandwood.org
Weaverville
Preservation Hall
115 North Main Street
(828) 645-1047
preservation-hall.com
Ohio
Canton
The Stock Pile*
1387 Clarendon Avenue SW
(330) 455-4585
thestockpile.org
Cincinnati
Wooden Nickel Antiques
1400-1414 Central Parkway
(513) 241-2985
woodennickelantiques.net
Toledo
Toledo Architectural Artifacts Inc.
20 South Ontario Street
(888) 243-6915
coolstuffiscoolstuff.com
Oregon
Aurora
Aurora Mills Architectural Salvage
14971 1st Street NE
(503) 678-6083
auroramills.com
Portland
Old Portland Hardware & Architectural
4035 SE Division Street
(503) 234-7380
oldportlandhardware.com
ReBuilding Center*
3625 North Mississippi Ave.
(503) 331-1877
rebuildingcenter.org
Rejuvenation
1100 SE Grand Ave.
(503) 238-1900
rejuvenation.com
Pennsylvania
Canonsburg
Architectural Emporium
207 Adams Ave.
(724) 746-4301
architectural-emporium.com
Philadelphia
Architectural Antiques Exchange
715 North 2nd Street
(215) 922-3669
architecturalantiques.com
Provenance
1610 Fairmount Ave.
(215) 769-1817
phillyprovenance.com
ReStore
3016 East Thompson Street
(215) 634-3474
re-store-online.com
Pittsburgh
Construction Junction*
214 North Lexington Street
(412) 243-5025
constructionjunction.org
Scranton
Olde Good Things
400 Gilligan Street
(888) 233-9678
oldegoodthings.com
York
Historic York Architectural Warehouse
465 Prospect Street
(717) 854-7152
historicyork.org
South Carolina
Piedmont
Old House Salvage
95 Big Survey Road
(864) 243-5990
theoldhousesalvage.com
Ridgeway
Carolina Architectural Salvage at Cogan’s Antiques
110 South Palmer Street
(803) 337-3939
cogansantiques.com
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Architectural Elements
3600 South Minnesota Ave., # 6
(605) 339-9646
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Tennessee
Nashville
Preservation Station
1809 8th Ave. South
(615) 292 3595
thepreservationstation.com
Texas
Dallas
Discount Home Warehouse
1758 Empire Central
(214) 631-2755
dhwsalvage.com
Fort Worth
The Old Home Supply House
1801 College Ave.
(817) 927-8004
oldhomesupplyhouse.com
Gonzales
Discovery Architectural Antiques
409 St. Francis
(830) 672-2428
discoverys.com
Houston
Adkins Architectural Antiques
3515 Fannin Street
(800) 522-6547
adkinsantiques.com
Historic Houston Salvage Warehouse*
1307 West Clay Street
(713) 522-0542
historichouston.org
Johnson City
Pieces of the Past
104 Hwy 281 S.
(830) 868-2890
pieces-of-the-past.com
Utah
Salt Lake City
George’s Architectural Salvage
470 East Highway 900 S.
(801) 539-1140
georgessalvage.com
Vermont
Brattleboro
ReNew Building Materials & Salvage*
16 Town Crier Drive, #2
(802) 246-2400
renewsalvage.com
Burlington
ReSTORE*
266 Pine Street
(802) 658-4143
restorevt.org
Essex Junction
Architectural Salvage Warehouse
11 Maple Street
(802) 879-4221
greatsalvage.com
White River Junction
Vermont Salvage
Gates Street
(802) 295-7616
vermontsalvage.com
Virginia
Front Royal
Architectural Old House Parts
122 East Main Street
(540) 636-7984
oldhouseparts.net
Richmond
Caravati’s Inc.
104 East 2nd Street
(804) 232-4175
caravatis.com
Roanoke
Black Dog Salvage
902 13th Street SW
(540) 343-6200
blackdogsalvage.com
Springfield
ReBuild Warehouse*
6625-B Iron Place
(703) 658-8840
rebuildwarehouse.org
Washington
Seattle
Earthwise Architectural Salvage
3447 4th Avenue S., Suite E
(206) 624-4510
earthwise-salvage.com
Seattle Building Salvage
330 Westlake Ave. N.
(206) 381-3453
seattlebuildingsalvage.com
Second Use
7953 Second Ave. S.
(206) 763-6929
seconduse.com
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Salvage Heaven
206 East Lincoln Ave.
(414) 482-0286
salvageheaven.com
Canada
British Columbia
Vancouver Architectural Antiques Ltd.
2403 Main Street
Vancouver
(604) 872-3131
vaaltd.ca
Ontario
Artefacts Salvage & Design
46 Isabella Street
St. Jacobs
(519) 664-3760
artefacts.ca
The Timeless Material Co.
305 Northfield Drive East
Waterloo
(800) 609-9633
timelessmaterials.com
Nova Scotia
Renovator’s Resource
6040 Almon Street
Halifax
(877) 230-7700
renovators-resource.com
For more, check out Architectural Salvage in our Products & Services Directory.
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Salvage lovers, Great article on salvage as it’s becoming quite an interesting topic in restoration. Rescued Relics has been in business about 8 years here in Montgomery, AL. We began by using the bits and pieces left from our restorations here at Old Alabama Town which is a six block area with over 50 restored historic structures. Now we’re not only the destination of many midtown old house lovers and contractors, but for their cast-offs and for their inspiration for new construction. We are operated by Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery, a non-profit, and all of our sales profits go back into the maintenance of our structures, and since our funding has been cut severely, that helps out a lot! Thanks for the salvage plug!
Carole King
Landmarks Foundation
Several great places omitted for Michigan:
The Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit
Detroit, MI
http://www.aswdetroit.org/
The Heritage Company
Architectural Salvage and Supply
Kalamazoo, MI
http://heritagearchitecturalantiques.com/
HeritageCo{2}; sister company of Heritage Kzoo
Royal Oak, MI
http://heritageco2.com/
B&C Emporium
Allegan, MI
http://www.b-c-e.biz/Index.htm
SALVAGE with Style
St. Joseph, MI
http://www.misalvagewithstyle.com/
Thank you for putting together and maintaining this list. I’d like to have Finger Lakes ReUse, Ithaca, NY added. Our website is http://www.fingerlakesreuse.org.
Please contact me through email at nina@fingerlakesreuse.org if you’d like any other information.
Thanks,
Nina
Hello, just wanted to let you know about Old Town Architectural Salvage at 126 North St. Francis in Wichita, Kansas. It’s a store with a large inventory of architectural salvage and antiques.
It’s not my place , just a great store that I go to a lot.
Thanks
For reclaimed woods supply throughout the east coast, including Philadelphia and New York, please also consider us: http://www.newagedwoods.com
Stock varies, as is the nature of the industry, but we always have a selection of attractive flooring and paneling options.
Please add
George’s Architectural Salvage
470 E. 900 S., Salt Lake City, Utah
(801) 539-1140
Thank you for putting together this list. A great place in Maryland that also supports a good cause is Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County’s ReStore. You can learn more from our blog at http://www.restorenation.wordpress.com or visit the web site at http://www.habitat-mc.org/restore/index.html. All proceeds benefit Habitat’s efforts to provide decent, affordable housing. Thanks!
St. Louis Architectural Art Company, 2412 Menard, is no longer in business. This website is for a Management Team building company. I called the phone number listed and the man said they still have some things in storage, but they didn’t have the store anymore.
Hi,
Please ad the Old House Society of Bloomington-Normal, IL to your list. Their website is http://www.oldhousesociety.org/
They are located at 214 East Douglas Street, Bloomington, IL Phone number is 309-820-0548.
This is a non-profit organization that has a good-sized salvage warehouse and is engaged in restoration and preservation efforts in central Illinois.
There is a ReStore in Moorhead, MN. I know how to drive there, but don’t know the address.
Would like to be added to your list for Tennessee dealers. A 4000 sq.ft. gallery showroom of architectural and garden antiques, lighting, industrial, mid-century modern and repurposed furniture.
Hello,
My name is James Harrison, I am the manager here at Philadelphia Salvage, we have been open for 8 months now and the place is really taking off, so much that we may be open 6 days a week by summers end to keep up with our customers. I invite you to check out our website, Philadelphiasalvage.com, Twitter, Philasalvage, and on Facebook, Philadelphia Salvage. In short, I would like to request that we be listed as a resource in your listings.
James
Hello,
My name is James Harrison, I am the manager of Philadelphia Salvage, I would like to be added as a resource for your site, how can I do that?
Don’t forget
Stamford Housewrecking
Hope St
Stamford CT
More good options:
Green Demolitions, with several stores in New Jersey and Connecticut. Also, there’s a Habitat ReStore in Newburgh, NY.
The Rebuilding Exchange
2160 N. Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 252-2234
info@rebuildingexchange.org
We reclaimed natural stone products from across New England. Our specialties included salvage services, custom fabrication and material supply.
Our inventory sits on four acres in Charlton, Ma.
Please contact us today if you are interested in our salvaged stone products.
http://stoneofnewengland.com
Thanks. Henry
There are several Habitat for Humanity stores in WA state. There are, also, 2 ReStores in Seattle and Bellingham not related to H4H.
please include us in your list. thanks, Old House Depot, 639 Monroe Street Jackson, Ms, 39202, 601-592-6200
Hendersons antiques in st Clair Missouri. Just outside of st Louis county
He used to own a place in downtown stl but moved out closer to home. Fantastic stuff!
Missed on in Columbus Ohio:
Columbus Architectural Salvage
1580 Clara Ave
Columbus, OH 43211
Neighborhood: Linden
(614) 299-6627
Hours:
Tue-Fri 10 am – 5 pm
Sat 10 am – 6 pm
Sun 12 pm – 5 pm
http://www.habitat-scc.org/ Plano
Location:
374 S Front St
Memphis, TN 38103
Store Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday
10-4:30
or by appointment
901-229-0299
901-527-0109
*ask for Eric
Old is Better than New
347 Furr Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78201
(210)364-4564
http://www.old-sa.com
http://www.facebook.com/oldisbetterthannew
Over 150 old doors, 300 Stained Glass windows, light fixtures, door hardware
Urban Remains
1850 W Grand Ave.
Chicago, IL
M-F 11am – 6pm
Sat. 11am – 5pm
Sun. 12pm – 5pm
We specialize in industrial, medical and architectural salvages!
Add Old school Architectural Salvage and Industrial Design Warehouse open on Saturdays in Cleveland, Ohio 2401 Center Street, Cleveland, OH
Check out Old House Depot, Jackson Mississippi -
Do you know of any vendors interested in removing and buying historic building materials? I have a home that I will allow a company to come in, remove and purchase some beautiful conditioned building materials in Washington, DC.
Thank you,
Joe
703-403-6677
Hello,
I was wondering how we here at Philadelphia Salvage could make it onto your list?
James
I would HIGHLY recommend Destin’s Mansion Architecturals be added to the list!! He has rooms full of the most beautiful, ornate window and door hardware, etc.
Destin Lunde, Owner
destinlunde@yahoo.com
262-206-0310
7242 Spring Street
Springfield, WI 53176
(3 miles north of Lake Geneva)
Jan’s Antiques in Chicago is FILLED with wonderful architectural salvage finds – doors, windows, hardware, furniture. It’s a quirky place, only open in the late afternoons, but Jan knows what she has and where to find it.
Jan’s Antiques
225 N. Racine (at Fulton)
Chicago, IL 6060
(312) 563-0275 phone
HOURS:
Wednesdays- Sundays 2:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Mondays &Tuesdays – closed
Hello,
I would to let you know that we have a new address, 912 canal st, Phila,pa 19123.
Thank you
Hi,
ReHouse Architectural Salvage has moved from our E. Main Location.
Our new address is 469 W. Ridge Road
Rochester, NY 14615
and you can get to our web site at ReHouse.com
Thank you