Hahn's Woodworking Company was proud to be one of the sponsors of the “Not So Big Show House” built in Lake Nona, Orlando, Florida, designed by architect Sarah Susanka. The showhouse was in conjunction with the 2005 International Builders' Show, held at the Orange County Convention Center in January 13-16, 2005.

The "Not So Big Show House" (above) features a front entry door by Hahn's Woodworking, as well as two overhead operating garage doors (one pictured below), which uses the house's repeated design element.

It's no wonder that when historic sites are being preserved, Hahn's Woodworking is called into action. Recently, two historic preservation projects in New Jersey selected Hahn's products to match the historical period of the original structures.

Relief Hose Company No. 2 Engine House, located in Raritan (one block south of Route 22), is being preserved with a grant from the Somerset County Historic Preservation Grant Program. The fire house project was designed by the architects at Ford, Farewell, Mills & Gatch (Princeton, NJ). Hahn's fabricated the engine bay's large, overhead-operating door to resemble the original swing-out doors. Installed in the historic building in November 2003, the Hahn's door is in near daily use when the resident fire truck is called into service.

Twenty miles northeast in Madison, NJ, Hahn's products are featured in the historic Madison Train Station, home of the Morris and Essex line, where the first train arrived in 1837. Watertrol, a major renovator of historic public buildings, originally contacted Hahn's Woodworking to fabricate the arch-top double doors for the vaulted lobby (pictured at right). Eventually several other doors in the train station were built by Hahn's to replicate designs of the original architect, including doors to the train platform, trainmaster's office, taxi office, and restrooms. Hahn's also replicated bi-fold doors to a restored phone booth -- the original phone booth was discovered hiding behind a wall during the renovation.

Hahn's overhead-operating engine bay door adds to the facelift of Raritan's No. 2 Engine House.

Above, Hahn's double arched doors lend historic authenticity to the refurbished train station in Madison, New Jersey.

Hahn's Woodworking has also supplied historically-accurate doors to the Lafayette Square Fire Station in Cambridge, MA and the Ship Bottom (NJ) Volunteer Fire Company. Other restoration projects Hahn's has fabricated doors for include Fort Wetherill in Rhode Island, George Washington High School in Harlem, NY, and The Lemon, a restaurant in New York City.

Hahn's Woodworking, Inc. was an exhibitor at the Restoration and Renovation Conference in Boston in April 2004.

THIS OLD HOUSE®, TV's premiere show for home renovators, selected a 1922 Colonial Revival home in Winchester, MA, for a recent overhaul project.

"Since the first time we saw the house, our thoughts were not about what we want to change, but rather about how much we want to keep it the same as it originally looked," says Kim Whittemore, the current homeowner.

Explains Scott Hahn, President of Hahn's Woodworking Company, Inc., "They gave us a drawing of the original garage doors, and we designed sectional overhead doors that exactly mimic the old swing doors' appearance."

The new custom-designed doors feature the historic elements of proportion and design of the 1920's doors, and are built with the precision and long-lasting qualities of all Hahn's products. While the deteriorated doors of the old garage swung out in traditional fashion, the new Hahn's doors are electrically operated, sectional overhead doors. The house and garage exteriors may appear unchanged, but the doors designed by Hahn's provide a delightful and distinctive welcome to the owners every time they park their cars.

This is not the first time sectional overhead doors designed by Hahn's Woodworking have been featured on the PBS television show THIS OLD HOUSE®