Matt Wiley has 20+ years of experrience building historic homes and large scale commercial restoration projects. Matthew’s father taught and trained him in the carpentry and building trades from 12 years old and on. As his father was a general foreman builing residential homes Matt was trained in lumber calculation for project management in his early teens. Time saving job order, and the use of custom made ‘jigs’ to speed repetitive tasks was taught and practiced from Matt’s formative years. Matt moved from the rural hills of western virginia to Richmond’s most historic district – Church Hill before it was popular. Building the late 90’s and early 2000’s in Church Hill Matthew found a severe shortage in historically accurate building materials that caused a project management problem in restoring the row houses of the 19th century. From balusters to windows, historically correct materials where nearly unavailailable and using vinyl windows in a beautiful 3 story six digit home just did not keep the aestetic alive.
And in a beautiful turn of fate Matthew had the opportunity to buy “Beckstoffer’s Millwork” at 1207 N 28th Street in the early 2000’s. At that point the facility was 100 years old and many of the tools and records were still in tact. The formative experience of a lifelong craftsman was now turned to the speciaty that provides a lifetime of challenge and project variety. Throughout the real estate boom and urban return of the 2000’s Matthew ran a shop of 20+ employees supplying everything from basic kitchens to historic retrofits of much of Tobacco Row warehouse conversions. In the full market stop of the financial crisis of 09; Matthew’s operation had to re-size with the rest of the industry and it was the demand for historically accurate building supplies that carried Matthew’s interest, as well as cashflow.
Regulations provide a federal income-tax credit for owners of historic buildings that undergo substantial rehabilitations into income-producing uses. A credit equal to 20% of a rehabilitation’s qualified rehabilitation expenditures may be subtracted directly from the owner’s federal income taxes. A program of the National Park Service (NPS), the federal tax credits are administered by the State.
Historic Building Tax Credit Benefits
Helps close the financing gap between the cost of a rehabilitation project and its return on investment
Guess the age of the house shown here sporting Gepetto’s historic replica architectural millwork.
Is it
225 years old
150 years old
2 years old
Did you pick “2 Years old”? You’re not the only one mistaken. Many people mistake this house for a famous home of Williamsburg built between 1752 & 1754! The Wythe House once belonged to George Wythe’s father-in-law, Richard Taliaferro. The house was constructed between 1752 and 1754 and was conceived as a whole with no additions made to the rectangular two story structure. Perhaps the most handsome colonial house in Williamsburg, the two-story brick residence is believed to have been designed in the mid-1750s by George Wythe’s father-in-law, the surveyor, builder, and planter Richard Taliaferro (pronounced “Tolliver”). Taliaferro built the addition to the Governor’s Palace about the same time. The house remained as the sole household of Taliaferro when his daughter Elizabeth married George Wythe in 1755. The couple received the house as a wedding present from Taliafero and they received a life tenancy upon his death in 1779. Elizabeth lived here until her death in 1787, and George moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1791 to serve as a judge.
The trend of constructing new homes from architectural classics is supported in these twelve home designs for those discerning individuals who seek a home of magnificent proportions. Some designs are replicas of existing historic homes, with the exteriors faithfully captured. Others are eclectic renditions of pleasing architectural components taken from different homes of the same style and era. All have luxurious floor plans that will accommodate the complex needs of the modern family. Authentic Historical Designs, LLC design partners Cecilia Reese Bullock and Mike Stephens hold the classic lines and proportions of the older architectural style in highest esteem.
Gepetto Millworks specializes in supplying home builders and home owners renovating with love their old homes and want to replicate the solid wood, hand crafted materials that have already lasted 100+ years with replacement parts that will last as long, since they were crafted with equal pride as skill as in historic days.
Custom Wood Floor Planking Made to Order
Custom Wood Floor Planking Made to Order
Custom Wood Floor Planking Made to Order
Custom Wood Floor Planking Made to Order
Custom Wood Floor Planking Made to Order
Custom Wood Floor Planking Made to Order
Historic Renovation Wood Products for Virginia, Maryland and DC
Historic Renovation Wood Products for Virginia, Maryland and DC
Historic Renovation Wood Products for Virginia, Maryland and DC
Historic Renovation Wood Products for Virginia, Maryland and DC
Historic Renovation Wood Products for Virginia, Maryland and DC
Historic Renovation Wood Products for Virginia, Maryland and DC
Historic Renovation Wood Products for Virginia, Maryland and DC
Historic Renovation Wood Products for Virginia, Maryland and DC
Historic Replica Woodworking made by hand in Richmond VA
Historic Replica Architectural Millwork
Historic Replica Woodworking made by hand in Richmond VA
Historic Replica Woodworking made by hand in Richmond VA
Historic Replica Woodworking made by hand in Richmond VA
Historic Replica Woodworking made by hand in Richmond VA
Historic Replica Woodworking made by hand in Richmond VA
Historic Replica Woodworking made by hand in Richmond VA
Most new homes borrow older styles to some extent. Even if you hire an architect to design a custom home just for you; they must use some feature or some tradition of the past. Colonial and Georgian designs have maintained a steady popularity over the last two centuries in the Virginia and Washington DC areas. During the housing expansion of the 1990s to late 2000s, builders experienced an increased interest in homes with a Victorian or a Country cottage flavor while built with modern techniques.
