I had a new shop built on my property a little over a year ago. Since then, I have been working to complete the interior walls. On the back and front walls, I used some old tongue in groove pine that came out of the house I grew up in. I inherited the house after my dad died many years ago and it has been vacant ever since. The pine paneling looks nice and I wanted to use it in some way, so I ripped it out, refinished it with shellac and put it up in my shop. I remember my dad telling me he bought the lumber at a local lumber store in the 1950s and put it up. The lumber store is now long gone.
On the end of the boards, I noticed the words "Downer WPA" and "Birdseye Pine". I did an internet search and could only come up with a Downer Lumber Company with locations in California, Idaho, and Montana. According to what I could find, the Downer Lumber Company went out business sometime in the 1960s.
I was wondering if any of you out west have ever heard of the Downer Lumber Company and if you are familiar with the Birdseye pine tongue in groove. Most people that look at it call in "knotty pine" but the boards are actually stamped "Birdseye pine"
. I would like to find out any information I could just for historical reference. Thank you for your time.
On the end of the boards, I noticed the words "Downer WPA" and "Birdseye Pine". I did an internet search and could only come up with a Downer Lumber Company with locations in California, Idaho, and Montana. According to what I could find, the Downer Lumber Company went out business sometime in the 1960s.
I was wondering if any of you out west have ever heard of the Downer Lumber Company and if you are familiar with the Birdseye pine tongue in groove. Most people that look at it call in "knotty pine" but the boards are actually stamped "Birdseye pine"
. I would like to find out any information I could just for historical reference. Thank you for your time.
