Connecticut · Est. in Practice

Old Canaan Building Materials

The materials of traditional New England

Traditional New England property — Connecticut
Connecticut Enduring materials.
Precisely identified.
Old Canaan

The Standard.

Every material in the Old Canaan archive has been identified with precision — its grade, its origin, its behavior over time, and its place in the traditional New England vernacular.

This is the knowledge that lives in the heads of old builders and working architects. We make it findable.

Stone & Gravel Native River-Washed Stone, 3/8": The Only Gravel for a New England Driveway Stone & Gravel Fieldstone: The Oldest Building Material in New England Stone & Gravel Bluestone: Natural Cleft or Thermal Wood Exteriors Eastern White Cedar Shingles: Raw to Silver