Green Mountain Timber Frames

Green Mountain Timber Frames Based in Vermont, Green Mountain Timber Frames has 30 years of experience locating and restoring vint We also build new timber frame structures.

A small company based in Middletown Springs, Vermont, Green Mountain Timber Frames specializes in transforming hand hewn, vintage timber frames into custom homes, studios, additions and barns. Founded in 1983, the company has been locating, restoring and building timber frame homes in New England for over 30 years.

Spring is here, the maple sap is running, and our washing season has arrived! What better way to start than with riven a...
03/25/2026

Spring is here, the maple sap is running, and our washing season has arrived! What better way to start than with riven and scribed oak braces that will be re-erected with the rest of their barn on the same footprint from whence they came?

What do you see? A too-far-gone barn with trees growing through it destined for the burn pile, or a piece of architectur...
02/19/2026

What do you see? A too-far-gone barn with trees growing through it destined for the burn pile, or a piece of architectural culture and craftsmanship that should be treasured and saved? This gorgeous oak crown post barn has sat unused and neglected for a very long time, but will shine and stand tall once more after our team does a thorough restoration. The resilience of a well built old growth timber frame should never be underestimated! It was a good day of barn sleuthing.

What an amazing evening of spoken word and community in the Reuben Wait Barn last night! We are grateful to Vermont Poet...
02/19/2026

What an amazing evening of spoken word and community in the Reuben Wait Barn last night! We are grateful to Vermont Poet Laureate for kicking off our 2026 Poetry Series. Mark your calendars for the next Poetry Reading on Saturday, March 7 with Bennington based poet Margaret Draft.

This circa 1800 oak timber frame is scribed. That means that every beam and brace was joined together by eye and plumb ...
02/13/2026

This circa 1800 oak timber frame is scribed. That means that every beam and brace was joined together by eye and plumb bob rather than reliance on a framing squares and reductions of timbers down to common sizes. This old method of timber framing means that no two pieces in the entire frame are interchangeable, so every member is labeled as it is crafted to fit its partners. The details are beautiful- a tenon shoulder scribed to fit the natural wane of a post, roman numeral labels chiseled into the face of the braces and timbers, and “level lines” where a reference location was chosen on each post. This barn is a 30x46 swing beam threshing barn from Washington County, New York.

We are restoring a gorgeous 30x46 timber frame crafted with oak posts and girts and white pine tie beams. The swing beam...
02/13/2026

We are restoring a gorgeous 30x46 timber frame crafted with oak posts and girts and white pine tie beams. The swing beam has an angled top surface that created a narrow sloped haymow, presumably to make it easier to push feed down into the animal bay. The broad face of the swing beam measures 12 x 17 inches, and is 30 feet long!

These purlin posts and braces suffered water damage, and we are repairing and replacing missing tenons. We use recycled ...
02/12/2026

These purlin posts and braces suffered water damage, and we are repairing and replacing missing tenons. We use recycled wood of the same species- in this case oak. The frame is a scribe rule threshing barn from Washington County, New York.

This is an unusual daisy wheel on the top of a 46 foot hand hewn top plate beam. We are very excited to restore this scr...
02/05/2026

This is an unusual daisy wheel on the top of a 46 foot hand hewn top plate beam. We are very excited to restore this scribe rule 30x46 swing beam barn from Washington County, NY!

We are replacing the leather on one of the bellows in our blacksmith shop. This beautiful double lung bellows was made b...
02/04/2026

We are replacing the leather on one of the bellows in our blacksmith shop. This beautiful double lung bellows was made by the Bradley Hastings Company in the late 1800s at a shop near Boston harbor. The details on this are gorgeous!

We are working on the restoration of an early square rule threshing barn. The swing beam in this structure is massive at...
02/03/2026

We are working on the restoration of an early square rule threshing barn. The swing beam in this structure is massive at 12x19 inches in the center. I am interested to see that in this early square rule barn many of the beam reductions, including girts and tie beams, were accomplished by using a center line and reducing both top and bottom rather than by choosing a reference edge and reducing only the opposing surface. I cant wait to see this structure standing again next summer!

Address

430 West Street
Middletown Springs, VT
05757

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 7pm
Tuesday 8am - 7pm
Wednesday 8am - 7pm
Thursday 8am - 7pm
Friday 8am - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+18022359664

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