I recently took a trip up to Albany looking for inexpensive salvage. Here’s what I found:
Stoves at Historic Albany Warehouse
The Historic Albany Foundation Architectural Parts Warehouse is a private, non profit working to promote the preservation of Albany’s buildings. They do not ship, nor do they have inventory on their website. They are chock full of doors and windows and have some great antique stoves and good prices.
Silver Fox Enterprises
Next I hit Silver Fox Enterprises. This was like shopping in style for salvage. It was bright, well organized, spacious and clean. And the best part is the prices are pretty good! They transform salvaged items into functional home furnishings, kind of like what we intend to do, but haven’t gotten around to yet. On weekends, there is live music and vendors.
Next I went up to Troy, about 8 miles north of Albany. There’s a whole “antiques district”, which is about 2 blocks long. Because these were antique furnishings and not salvage, the prices were higher. However! You would have to search far and wide for prices this good closer to NYC.
Bournebrook Architectural Salvage, across from Bournebrook Antique Center (closed) has tubs and sinks which are in great condition. They also have some vintage refrigerators, mantles, stained glass and hardware.
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How were the mantle prices? I have to get one for my dining room. The previous owner ripped off the circa1939 mantle and bricked over the fireplace (insert SCREAM here).
I only remember one price: $195 for a slate mantle…not sure if all the pieces were there. They had others as well. You may also want to check out Hoffman’s Barn in Red Hook and Stormville Antiques Fair this weekend. I’ll be doing posts on them later in the week.
Do you remember how much those stoves were?
Stoves were in the $250 range.
next time your up there, you may want to ask around at TAP (troy architecture project – http://www.tapinc.org).
the Famas over there know from salvaged architecture.
Eric
Thanks, Eric! That was a cool site. The day I took the trip, I met a few peeps who moved up to Troy. They really seemed to like it. It’s worth another trip.