June 12, 2014 : HLTF built the beautiful hourglass bridge at Longwood Gardens New Meadow Garden. We are very proud to be part of this project as it promotes both environmental stewardship as well as sustainable building methods through the use of local businesses and regionally sourced materials.
An Interview With Our Founder, Hugh J. Lofting
If you take a drive through Chester County horse country with Hugh J. Lofting, you’ll likely hear more about the King Ranch, township road maintenance, and American McMansions than you will about timber framing. With self-deprecating humor and an easy laugh, Hugh is quick to point out some of the less-than-smart anecdotes of his youth (don’t take a sailboat dinghy down a hurricane-swollen river). He weaves a story of family history in Montana and Pennsylvania and the evolution of his life and work, as intricate as the timber-frame structures for which his company is known – and as richly detailed.
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