Old Mississippi Lumber : Reclaimed Antique Heart Pine
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Our flooring, brick and beams were used in a 2008 Southern Living Idea House.
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Reclaimed, Antique Heart Pine...
For those with discriminating taste that desire flooring, millwork and beams made from a truly unique and limited wood.
Make a custom home or office reflect a look that is unmatched by any other species of wood. For those with the desire to use only the best in their homes, Old Mississippi Brick & Heart Pine stands ready to offer the best reclaimed, antique heart pine flooring, millwork, and timbers.
As responsible citizens, we need to do what we can to protect our environment. Using reclaimed timber is a contribution we can make today.
- Tom Green III, founder
During the Industrial Revolution, United States factories were built at a dizzying pace. Southern heart pine quickly became the wood of choice in these factories from Maine to Georgia and inland to the Mississippi River. Heart pine was abundant, hard, straight, and long and its timbers offered excellent resistance to decay. The very name came from the dense heartwood center of this species, “Heart Pine” or “Hard Pine.” Flooring made from heart pine has lasted for hundreds of years and is still in use today in fine homes and offices throughout the South.
Southern forests contained a limited amount of heart pine and by the turn of the century overcutting nearly exhausted the supply of this valuable wood. Today the pine forests of the South have been cut several times over and this newly harvested wood exhibits very few of the qualities that made heart pine the wood of choice up until the early 20th century.
Old Mississippi Brick & Heart Pine, founded in 2001 by Tom Green III, provides reclaimed brick and reclaimed, antique heart pine for discriminating buyers around the world. As one of the largest demolition companies in the United States, Old Mississippi Brick & Heart Pine takes great care in dismantling old, unwanted structures and reclaiming the historically significant, antique heart pine from which they are constructed. Across the South, in Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia experienced workers remove the bolts and nails from these timbers. The materials are then shipped to skilled craftsmen who make solid and engineered flooring, millwork and interior beams for todayís premier residences.
At Old Mississippi Brick & Heart Pine we offer reclaimed, antique heart pine in three proprietary grades; our Premium grade which contains fewer knots and other markings and is generally used in more formal applications, our Select grade which contains more knots and marking and is used in more casual settings and our Character grade which exhibits more knots, nail holes and other unique markings that make it the perfect choice for homes and offices where a true, reclaimed, natural look is desired.
We offer limited volumes of quartersawn, reclaimed, antique heart pine which represent the highest grade of flooring we manufacture. In addition to reclaimed, antique heart pine we also offer limited volumes of reclaimed antique oak and reclaimed hard maple flooring recovered from these historical structures.
Look no further, if you are looking for a company that produces the best reclaimed, antique heart pine flooring. Old Mississippi Heart Pine flooring planks exhibit a warm, rich, aged patina that is not available in lumber manufactured today. Our reclaimed, antique heart pine will add an unmatched degree of grace and elegance to your home or office. Contact us today and let us show you why you have reached the supplier of choice for this wonderful, rare wood.