The small crossroads of Centre Mills, Pennsylvania is nestled in the rolling hills in the heart of South Central PA near the historic town of Gettysburg. John Longanecker, owner of Centre Mills Antique Floors, uses the old gristmill in Centre Mills, built in 1841, as a storage facility. The wood he saves comes from the unique barns, houses, mills and outbuildings built by the early PA settlers in the early 18th and 19th centuries.
Early pioneers used the wood that was on the site to build their structures, so that over the years Longanecker has rescued a unique collection of oak, pine chestnut and fir. Previously the wood was felled by hand, cut, worked and hewn by hand. Longanecker has learned to appreciate and marvel at the mastery and the ingenuity of the earlier American builder.
