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Arron Sturgis
Born and raised in Keene NH, Arron attended the University of New Hampshire and graduated in 1983 with a degree in Psychology.  Arron began his career of historic preservation in 1987.  In 1992, Arron created Preservation Timber Framing; a traditional timber framing company specializing in the structural repair of historic timber framed buildings. In 1998, Preservation Timber Framing was incorporated and had a team of 3 craftsmen. Today, PTF, Inc. has a team of 14 highly talented craftsmen who are dedicated to the preservation of historic buildings.

Arron is serving his 2nd term as the President of Maine Preservation a non-profit preservation advocacy group serving the state of Maine that is dedicated to preserving Maine’s heritage and built environment.

Arron is also an active member in:
The Timber Framers Guild
The Traditional Timber Framers Research and Advisory Group (TTRAG)
The New Hampshire Preservation Alliance
The New Hampshire Farm Museum
The Preservation Trades Network
The Preservation Institute for the Building Crafts (PIBC)
National Trust for Historic Preservation

See his resume here.

Dan Boyle
Dan has a degree in Forestry from the University of New Hampshire.  Active in the Traditional Timberframe Research and Advisory Group, Dan organizes one heck of a symposium.  He lives in South Berwick with his wife and three children.

Tom Glynn
Tom studied Preservation Carpentry at the North Bennet Street School and launched his career in this field with Historic New England.  He is a detailed and skilled carpenter, and a wit to boot.

Keith Trefethen
Keith’s work ethic was developed at a young age by his father, but his talent for carpentry is in his blood.  Coming from a family of carpenters and masons, Keith’s ancestors began working in the Rye, NH area during the first half of the 18th century.  Driving around the New Hampshire seacoast, he can point to many buildings on which he, his father or grandfather worked.

David Ford
David has a diverse background in the arts and food service industry, and has always worked with his hands.  He enjoys the detective work of preservation, discovering the history of a building as he peels back the layers.  As a job leader, he is always looking for ways for a job to run more smoothly and efficiently while entertaining the crew and client with his many impersonations.

Wyl Smith
Wyl is a talented finish carpenter with a knack for creating traditional moldings and interiors with hand tools and planes.  In addition to his myriad carpentry skills, he helps his wife, Cheryl, run a goat farm in Cape Neddick. 

Shawn Perry
Shawn studied drawing in New York and in London, where he met his wife.  They built their house in Lebanon, Maine, where they live with their three horses.  On winter weekends, Shawn and his team fell trees and drag them out of their active woodlot.

Brian Cox
Brian began working in Preservation in Savannah, GA.  He graduated from Columbia University in 2004 with a Masters in Preservation and pursued historic preservation in Manhattan before moving to Newfields, NH with his family and joining PTF.

Scott Lewis
After 16 years in the restaurant business, Scott pursued a career change led by a two year program in Preservation Carpentry at the North Bennet Street School in Boston.  In the summer of 2006, between school terms, he had an internship at PTF and was hired with the company after his graduation in 2007.

Pete Dellea
Pete has a passion for working with old materials, both with PTF and in his own work in sculpture and furniture.  From an early age, he was trained by his father to be comfortable around large machinery, and he has a talent for working with the lull to move big timbers.

Jessica MilNeil
Jessica graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in Environmental Studies and Visual Arts.  She launched her career in carpentry as a member of the Appalachian Mountain Club’s construction crew, and developed her skills and understanding in the Preservation Carpentry program at the North Bennet Street School.  She came to work for PTF as a Maine Preservation intern in 2008.

Ed Bell
Coming East from Vermont Timber Frames, Ed has a background in new Timber Frame construction and SketchUp design.

Reese Croteau
Reese has a background in landscaping and agriculture.  This guy knows his trees.

Emilee Williamson
Emilee grew up in Rochester, NH, and has stayed close to her seacoast roots.  She joins PTF after six years with a leading property management firm.  With her background in accounting and project management, Emilee has quickly become an indispensable member of the crew.

Seamus Murphy

Lee Hoagland