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Various windows, including stained-glass windows, many from West James Street in Lancaster, Pa.

French doors and an arched-topped door that was part of a corner cupboard

Railing or porch ballusters -- or spindles -- painted or not, as well as various porch posts and columns

Hardwood pediments, two available

 
Various cast-iron register grates, iron fencing in hair-pin style, as well as with fleur di lis.

 
Corner cupboard and early mirrored bathroom cabinet.

Various lighting, including gothic ceiling-mount fixtures
from Covenant United Methodist Church in Lancaster, Pa. (above), as well as other hanging lights featuring slag and colored glass brass and dripping prisms.

Wedding cake hanging chandelier from a Shippen Street home in Lancaster, Pa.

1940s church pews (8 of them) from Covenant United Methodist Church in Lancaster, Pa.

Built-in chestnut cabinet from an 1880s Lancaster City home.

 

Five fluted porch columns (below) measuring nearly 11 feet tall by 8-by-8 inches; a beautiful red, wall-mounted 1908 heating grate (above left) from a city home,
12-by-16 inches; 30 15.5-by-15.5 inches square
cast fleur-di-lis (above right).  

Six circa 1910s solid oak paneled swinging doors (below) that once provided privacy in the Lancaster, Pa. Masonic Center's bathrooms. Each door measures 57 by 24 inches and has its original hardware, including a sliding lock.

PHOTOS OF INVENTORY

We'd be happy to e-mail you photos of any of our inventory!
Send us an e-mail request at info@buildingcharacter.biz.

Where do you get your stuff?

We hear this question every day. Actually we're quite fortuntate.

One way is through gracious donations. Developers, do-it-your selfers and pack rats bring us their architectural salvage so they don't wind up in a landfill and they find a good home. (We love donations -- it helps keep Building Character and Lancaster, Pa., sustainable.)

If you have an item for donation, e-mail us a picture and provide dimensions and details of the item. Keep in mind we don't arrange for pick-up; it would have to find its way through our doors. 

Building Character also partners with several salvage companies and local preservation groups and civic-minded citizens to save and preserve architectural treasures.

On occassion, if an item is unique, we offer consignment options.

WISH LIST

BUiLDiNG CHARACTER's customers delight in our array of inventory, but sometimes they are seeking specific items. The following list is a sampling
of what our customers are looking for. If you have these items, call us at
717-394-7201 or drop us an e-mail.

● Corbels 
● Brass or cast iron wheels 
● Granite 
● Light blue broom or pedestal sink 
● Transom hardware 
● 31⅛ x 12½ basement window
● Door knockers 
● 35 x 80 door
● 32 x 83¼ glass entry doors 
● Art deco fixtures 
● Stained glass 
● Gargoyles 
● 29 x 78 exterior door 
● Lion's head door knocker 
● Farmhouse apron sink 
● 24 x 80 four-panel door 
● Industrial furniture (steel.wood desk and stool) 
● Storm doors

GREAT GIFTS

The characters at BUiLDiNG CHARACTER have been busy in the workshop creating Salvage Chic Chalkboards and Bulletin Boards. Made from recycled windows, these boards are as stylish as they are practical.

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