Prince William's Historic Homes: Heritage Hardwood Preservation

Some of the most remarkable hardwood floors in Northern Virginia haven't been seen in thirty, forty, or fifty years. They're hidden under carpet in historic homes in Old Town Manassas, beneath worn vinyl in nineteenth century Occoquan cottages, under linoleum in Haymarket farmhouses that were old when the Civil War ended. Original heart pine, old-growth oak, wide-plank chestnut — flooring that cannot be manufactured today because the trees that produced it no longer exist.