Barn Preservation Contractors and Consultants

Barn Preservation
Contractors and Consultants

This document includes building contractors, consultants, architects, and others involved
in the efforts to honor the agricultural heritage of the state through the preservation of
Wisconsin barns. Many of the contractors and consultants on this list have identified a
willingness to travel, which may be subject to change or travel expenses for inquiries. UW-
Extension assumes no responsibility for the quality of work or the integrity of those individuals
listed. Be sure to check whether the contractor or consultant has general liability insurance
before hiring them to commence a project.

If you are aware of others who should be included in this document, please contact the author.
This information is updated periodically.

Charles S. Law, Ph.D. Revised Spring 2013
Community Planning and Design Specialist
229 Lowell Hall, 610 Langdon Street
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 265-2501
Email: chuck.law@uwex.edu

http://lgc.uwex.edu/barns

Wisconsin Barn Bender Builders, Inc.
Contractors &
Consultants Dennis and Kyle Bender
P.O. Box 781
Richard Arfsten Enterprises Beaver Dam, WI 53916
920.887.3556
3031 Sheard Road www.benderbuildersinc.com
Burlington, WI 53105
262.534.2680 We provide all services dealing
262.716.6311 with barn restoration including:
http://www.richardarfsten.com complete restoration, straightening,
storm damage repair, masonry wall
Specializes in farm/industrial repair and replacement, siding,
painting. Willing to travel within roofing, etc. Willing to travel to all
100 miles of Burlington, WI of WI and portions of surrounding
states.
Barn Celebrations
Bill Braatz Painting
Kate Pearce
W6580 County Road V Bill Braatz
Cascade, WI 53011 N4085 Edgewood Lane
920.946.1036 Eden, WI 53019
Kpear2002@yahoo.com 920.477.4722

Review of farm buildings and what Painting and steel siding. Willing
would be needed to stage a to travel within a 50 to 100 mile
milestone or completion radius of Fond du Lac, WI;
celebration at your site. Special depends on the project.
Events Coordinator for farm events
including planning, hands-on Braun Electric, Inc.
preparation and staging of
historical farm celebrations, barn Rick Braun
dances, harvest balls, old time 209 N. 4th Avenue
music and farm style dinners. St. Nazianz, WI 54232
Willing to travel throughout 920.773.2143
Wisconsin/Northern IL. Also 800.876.2234
available for speaking & www.braunelectricinc.com
presentations on celebrations or info@braunelectricinc.com
Lutze Housebarn Preservation
Project by Centreville Settlement. Available for any type of barn
restoration services or demolition.
Willing to travel throughout all of
the state.

The Builders Carpenter & Smith
Restorations
Gene Droessler, Jr
4420 West Lane Pete Nicolazzi
Cuba City, WI 53807 33301 Geneva Road
608.568.7901 Burlington, WI 53105
www.thebuildersconstruction.com/ 262.537.2641
buildr@yahoo.com www.saveold.com
pnicolazzi@wi.rr.com
Foundation repair or replacement,
plate replacement, joist and Restoration carpenter, structural
flooring replacement, wall and ornamental work is our
straightening, roof specialty. Epoxy consultant
straightening, new or repair siding, specialists. Also
painting, roofing. We are also a capable of reconstructing
Berg equipment dealer. Willing to dismantled buildings/elements.
travel Willing to travel to Southeastern
within a 100 mile radius of Cuba WI, Northern IL.
City, WI.
Centreville Settlement, Inc.
Burnham Lumber Company
Christopher Kuehnel
839 Cty. Hwy. G 1030 Beech Street
Rewey, WI 53580 Cleveland, WI 53015
608.943.6323 920.693.3141
800.707.7106 http://centrevillesettlement.com/co
nsult.htm
Re-siding, re-roofing, re- chris@centrevillesettlement.com
modeling,& concrete work. Willing
to travel within a 100 mile radius Musuem quality timber
of Rewey, WI. replacement, stone masonry, clay
infill. Timber frame barn and
historic building consulting.
Additionally, provides consulting
on creative structure reuse
planning. Written and pictorial
structural and restoration reviews.
Willing to train, equip, or supervise
your crew of friends. Primarily
northeast Wisconsin, will travel up
to 100 miles.

Chamberlain Building DBA Quality Exterior
Improvements
Al Chamberlain
205 Fremont St Henry W. Bunts, Jr
Boscobel, WI 53805 2850 S. Tollefson Road
608.375.6058 Orfordville, WI 53576
608.879.2351
Building, straightening, structural
repair, raising, shoring, sill and Barn and roof painting, plus
beam replacement. Willing to aluminum coating.
travel within a 100 mile radius of
Boscobel, WI. DoneRite Home Maintenance

Childs Contract Movers Chuck Nolden
E5117 Old Lavalle Road
Bob Childs Reedsburg, WI 53959
23664 Byers Rd 608-415-2498
Boscobel, WI 53805 doneritehome@frontier.com
608.872.2214
608.988.6511 Roofing contractor
therchilds@hotmail.com
Jim Dworschack
Building straightening, shoring and
beveling, raising, new beams, sills, 47544 Norwegian Hollow Rd
and posts, bracing and buttressing. Soldiers Grove, WI 54655
We are willing to go wherever the 608.624.3656
job takes us!
Barn restoration services ranging
David Lumber, Inc. from general consultation to
developing a bill of work for
Marvin David contractors to follow and bid on.
130 East Street Willing to travel across all of WI
Potosi, WI 53820 and northern IL.
608.763.2197
Eagle Restorations, Inc.
Barn additions and remodeling
Damian Slaske & Rich Miller
N9394 Adams Church Road
East Troy, WI 53120
262.495-2832

Log, stonewood and timber frame
specialists.

Facility Engineering Inc www.wertzplumbingandheating.co
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Daniel Maki
101 Dempsey Road Plumbing, heating, air
Madison, WI 53714 conditioning, septic systems.
608.240.9110 Willing to travel within a 45 mile
http://www.facilityengineeringinc.c radius of Richland Center, WI.
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Brooke@facilityengineeringinc.co Ganser Company, Inc.
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Travis Ganser
Repair and design consultation, 2616 Industrial Drive
structural assessment, historic Madison, WI 53713
preservation and rehabilitation, will 608.222.1243
travel. Barn roofing including the
application of cedar shake, tile, and
Farm & Town Roofing of asphalt/fiberglass shingles. Also do
Brodhead, LLP siding and window work. Willing
to work in the greater Madison
Sherm Schidegger area.
N475 Mt Hope Road
P.O. Box 52 Glenville Timberwrights
Brodhead, WI 53520
608.897.2664 Tom Holmes
http://www.farmandtown.com/ 1301 Lake Street
Baraboo, WI 53913
Steel roofing or asphalt shingles. 608.356.9095
Straighten barn walls and roofs. 608.355.9950
Flat concrete work. Repair stone www.glenvilletimberwrights.com/
walls and siding, foundations. Silo info@glenvilletimberwrights.com
repair - pipes and chutes, tripods
and pulleys, re-aligning. Willing to Dismantling of barns, labeling of
travel materials, re-erection of barn
throughout southern Wisconsin. frames and enclosure of barn
frames with structural insulated
Fry & Wertz Plumbing & panels. Post and beam construction
Heating Inc for new homes and additions.
Materials for barn restoration.
David and Gary Fry Willing to travel throughout
22197 Hwy 80 N Wisconsin and Illinois.
Richland Center, WI 53581
608.647.6345

Gary Goyette Hameister Architects

410 South River Park Drive DuWayne R. Hameister, AIA
P.O. Box 594 823 South Taylor Drive
Guttenberg, IA 52052 Sheboygan, WI 53081
563.252.3326 920.457.5500
262.565.3699 www.hameister-architects.com
GutsyGoyette@gmail.com duwayne@hameister-
architects.com
Restoration Preservation
Professional with 25 + years of Pre-design, design, and consulting
experience. Building trades skills architectural and engineering
in: 1) masonry services. Recently completed a
and brick repairs & repointing, 2) barn adaptive re-use project in the
surface preparation and application Sheboygan area. Willing to travel
of interior and exterior within a 60 mile radius of
architectural Sheboygan, WI.
surface coatings, including period
wall coverings, 3) exterior finish Hartlaub Equipment
carpentry including duplication,
installation, and repair, epoxy Gene and Theresa Hartlaub
reconsolidants and fillers, 4) 9712 Cty Hwy C
exterior finish carpentry of wood, Newton, WI 53063
architectural trim and siding 920.758.2132
materials, including all types of gnhartlaub@gmail.com
horizontal, vertical siding, and
decorative wood shingles, 5) Foundational repairs. Remodeling,
installation of wood shingle sale, & installation of barn
roofing systems, including down equipment. Willing to travel within
spouts and gutters, 6) wood a 40 mile radius of Newton, WI.
window restoration, and 7) log
structure repair and restoration, Mark Ihm Builders
including removal and replacement
of deteriorated logs. Willing to 75 Maple Court
travel throughout southwestern Platteville, WI 53818
Wisconsin. 608.348.7283.3

General contractor carpentry,
historic restoration. Willing to
travel a 75 mile radius of
Platteville, WI.

J. Robinson Masonry Keller White Washing

“Preserving our Heritage One Barn David Keller
at a Time” P.O. Box 68
Pepin, WI Kieler, WI 53812
651.808.3208 608.568.3329
www.jrobinsonmasonry.weebly.co
m White washing.

We repair and rebuild stone barn LaVerne & Shirley La Dow
and home foundations. Will travel
120 mile radius from Pepin, WI Mineral Point, WI
608.987.3118 (after 8:00pm)
Alice Jackson
Barn restoration, foundation, sills,
Restoration/Preservation frames, beams, and roof. Will
Consultant travel a 60 mile radius.
SW372 S9727 Hwy 67
Eagle, 53119 Tim Leahy
262.594.6322
Preservation Carpenter
Condition assessment, restoration 9208 Menchalville Road
planning, historic research on Cato, WI 54230
structures of all types. Specializes 920.973.4476
in log and timber framed
structures. Will travel throughout Repairs and Salvage. Willing to
Wisconsin. travel within northeast WI.

Jim’s Building Center, Inc. Mitchell Construction, LLC

James Kohlenberg Mark Mitchell
4427 Highway 18E W6700 Red Cedar Road
Fennimore, WI 53809 Burnett, WI 53922
608.822.3741 920.689.0381
www.jimsbuildingcenter.com/ 920.948.4393
jbcjim@tds.net mitchell@powerweb.net
General contractor, metal siding
and roofing, general Complete barn restoration,
supplier. Willing to travel within a additions, foundation repair. Barn
50 mile radius of straightening. dismantling and
Fennimore, WI. reconstructing barns and other
historic buildings. Barn materials
also available. Install metal
roofing. Will travel statewide.

Nies Custom Services Orvil Krueger

Joel and Marilyn Nies The Doctor Building
8122 Morrison Road W11722 Swamp Road
Greenleaf, WI 54126 Marion, WI 54950
920-265-1934 715.754.5495
www.niescs.com
mnies@niescs.com Building straightening and repair,
wind damage, sagging roofs,
Structural, straightening, walls, and broken beams, off foundation, barn
roof restoration and maintaince door and new barntrack, jacking,
services. Willing to travel about 45 sills replaced. Willing to travel
miles. across all of WI and beyond

Nodolf Lumber, Inc Preservation Trades, Inc

Pat Keyes Robert Przewlocki
102 E. Commerce P.O. Box 1102
Belmont, WI 53510 Wayne, IL 60184
608.762.5161 608.443.0411
www.hometown.aol.com/prestrade
Construction of farm structures. s
Willing to travel within a 50 mile
radius of Belmont, WI. Barns repaired, dismantled,
reconstructed and retrofitted.
Nordin Carpentry Consultation and construction
services available statewide.
Gary Nordin
N9638 Whippoorwill Lane R & B Enterprises Design &
Merrillan, WI 54754 Construction, LTD
715.333.2183
715.896.1247 Rick Bott
nordin_gary@yahoo.com S7635 Pine Hollow Drive
North Freedom, WI 53951
Specialists in farm buildings. 608.544.3100
Building straightening and repair. www.RickBott.com
Twenty-five plus years of bottbarns@hotmail.com
experience. Send video of your
barn/structure for consultation Structural analysis, repairs and
and/or estimate of repair. Willing relocation. Design services for
to travel all of WI. conversion to other uses. Suppliers
of timber frames, barn materials,

and processed antique lumber. Scaboro River Barn & Lumber

Barn salvage & dismantling. Scott Pagenkopf
We’ve been working with barns for 3546 State Highway 57
De Pere, WI 54115
40 years! Willing to travel 920.660.6307

throughout the entire state.

Ridgeway Masonry Barn restoration and demolition.
Specialist in antique lumber and
Mike Reynolds hardware. Willing to travel within
221 Church Street a 100 mile radius of Green Bay -
Dodgeville, WI 53566 further for unique projects

Stone wall restoration, foundation Scandinavia Timber Frames
work, masonry LLC
cleaning. Willing to travel within a
50 mile radius of Mervin Peterson
Dodgeville, WI. E453 Cty B
Scandinavia, WI 54977
Roberts Painting 715.281.1212, 715.467.2372

Michael Roberts Complete Timber Frame Repair -
1000 S. Spring Street Sill to Rafters. Specializes in
Beaver Dam, WI 53916 custom-built timber frames. Build
920.885.4100 new or renovate old; residential,
920.210.4578 farm, or commercial. Please
www.robertspaintingltd.com/ contact early in the planning phase.
robertsltd@aol.com Willing to travel a 60 mile radius
from Scandinavia, WI.
Painting of barns and other rural
buildings. Works statewide. Jerry Schlagenhaft

Rossing Construction Co, Inc 607 N. Cedar Street
Garald V. Rossing Marshfield, WI 54449
715.389.2051
450 Washington Street
Fennimore, WI 53809 Mason contractor
608.822.6792

Barn framing, siding, roofing, Rodney Schleis
excavation, concrete work. Willing
to travel within southwestern WI, E2821 Highway 29
more specifically within a 25 mile Kewaunee, WI 54216
radius of Fennimore, WI. 920.388.0660

South Central Tree Service Third Cut Restoration Services

Terry Pichler James Hayward
W2774 Palmer Road 814 B Pine Street Apt 9
Rio, WI 53960 Green Bay, WI 54301
920.992.3669 920.360.8228
thirdcut01@yahoo.com
Removal of old barns. Marketing
of material. Restoration material Historic preservation specializing
available. Willing to travel within a in log buildings, but also looks at
40 mile radius of Rio, WI. barns. Willing to travel within a 60
mile radius of Green Bay, WI, or
Stichert Roofing, Inc further for unique projects.
Available for speaking.
Stichert Brothers
W1101 Chili Road Traditional Carpentry, Inc
Chili, WI 54420
715.683.2490 Tim Marr
216 W Commerce St
Installs standing seam roofs. Mineral Point, WI 53565
Willing to travel throughout all of 608.987.3726
Wisconsin. 608.574.7404
tmarr@mhtc.net
Stitt Barn Preservation www.tci-builds.com

Mark Stitt All types of traditional carpentry
9215 8th St and restoration. Willing to travel
Hesperia, MI 49421 within a 50 mile radius of Mineral
231.924.2541 Point.
231.854.1930
http://preservebarns.com Two Hands
stittbarnpreservation@yahoo.com
Ron Raasch
Beam repair, patching floors, roof 2928 N. Prospect
repair, concrete or stone masonry, Milwaukee, WI 53211
relocation, residing. Involved in all 414.961.1360
phases of barn restoration, original
or rebuilt. They haven’t found one Restoration and rehabilitation,
yet they can’t fix. Willing to travel design and carpentry, historic
to anywhere within the Great Lakes research and creative adaptations
Region.

Van Valin Restoration LLC Frederick Yenter & Sons

Tad Van Valin Frederick Yenter
N3146 Rome-Oak Hill Road 7378 Cty Rd C
Helenville, WI 53137 Wittenberg, WI 54499
920-988-6067
www.vanvalinrestoration.com Zweifel Construction
tadvv@vanvalinrestoration.com
Mr. Lauren Meinert
Relocation and restoration of 19th N2408 Bethal Road
century log and Monroe, WI 53566
timber frame structures 608.325.4298
zweifelconst@tds.net
Welsh’s Concrete Foundations
Consulting, building and repair,
Larry Welsh foundations, restoration,
4714 State Rd 133 straightening, floor repair and
Boscobel, WI 53805 replacement, siding, and roofing.
608.988.6354 Converting to residences or other
welshconcrete@gmail.com uses. Willing to travel within a 40
to 50 mile radius of Monroe, WI.
Consulting on excavation and
foundation work

Woodford Bros, Inc

Mike and Tom Woodford
P.O. Box 108
Apulia Station, NY 13020
800.653.2276
www.1800oldbarn.com
mwoodford@woodfordbros.com
2nd generation family company,
providing complete barn
restoration services for 40 years
including jacking, cabling,
leveling, and straightening of barn
roofs, siding, and foundation repair
or replacement. Willing to travel
all of WI.