In 1994, The Joinery Company purchased all heart pine materials from one of the world’s most famous buildings, the Sears & Roebuck Complex in Chicago, Illinois.

The Sears & Roebuck complex was begun by Richard W. Sears in 1905 and completed in 1906. It had 5 million square feet of floor space and served as workspace for more than 9,000 employees in 1906. At that time, it was the world’s largest commercial building and a fitting home for what would later become the “World’s Largest Store”. In 1906, its employees filled orders for nearly 5 million customers. At its height, there were 22,000 employees working there. During the early part of the twentieth century, the Sears, Roebuck & Company facility was reputed to be the largest post and beam buildings ever built anywhere in the world.

All Reclaimed Heart Pine was shipped to our factory in North Carolina and processed. Over 12 million board feet of timbers and planks was salvaged. Materials were recycled into wide plank flooring, millwork, cabinets, and fine furniture.