Discovery Architectural Antiques     

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Discovery Architectural Antiques is the largest operation of its kind in the Southern USA. We stock nearly everything imaginable that can be salvaged from old homes and buildings including antique stained glass, doors, windows, flooring, siding, beams, shiplap, posts, lighting, tin ceiling, tubs, sinks, and one of the best collections of Antique door hardware to be found anywhere. We have over 130,000 square feet of inventory under roof, the main showrooms alone take up five buildings in downtown Gonzales, Texas. We hope this web page will help give you some idea of what we have but please realize, since we have well over a million items in stock, it only shows a tiny sample of what we offer at any moment in time.

We accept checks, Mastercard, Visa, Discover, and Paypal for payments on all purchases over the phone and in the store.

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We hope our website has been helpful and possibly given you an idea of what is available in our store.  No matter how many pictures we post on the website or how accurate or detailed our descriptions are, nothing compares to walking through over 112,000 square feet of showroom and storage.  When you come visit us, if you walk in with an open mind and you will leave with a new perspective on your project.  Thank you for visiting our site and we hope to see you soon. 

Antique Stained Glass

A collection of over 200 pieces of quality stained glass, primarily American, and generally in good to excellent condition.

Antique Wood Windows and Sashes

Over 1,000 wooden windows in frames and another 1,000 wooden sashes are generally in stock.  We also have over 600 red cypress sashes that are over 60 years old but have never been used or installed.

Long Leaf Pine Flooring

Long Leaf Pine, Oak, Maple, Hemlock, and Northern Pine in different widths and random lengths.  Reclaimed and fresh milled.  

Doorknobs   

Brass, Bronze, German Silver, cast Iron, porcelain, glass, composite, and even wooden knobs.  We stock over 1,000 patterns of antique doorknobs and 500+ door plate patterns.  We also stock mortise sets and all of the other parts and pieces needed to install the old doors, from mortise sets to surface mount lock boxes as well as the hinges.    

Doors

We stock many great front doors from the Midwest, Northeast, and all the way back to Texas.  We also stock Mexican doors dating back into the early 1800's.  For the truly unique doors we even stock Indian doors that easily date back into the early 1800's.  We also stock an incredible variety of antique Interior doors.  This includes paneled, framed, with transom, painted, varnished, Oak, Pines, Walnut, Butternut, Cypress, Chestnut, Hickory and more, though we may not always be able to tell the difference.   Our pocket door selection is also large with some huge doors up to 12' tall.  Many doors include wavy glass, textured glass, beveled glass, stained glass, and even wired glass.  We supply the doors with newly built jambs made from matching period woods, and can supply trim for the framing.  Transom windows, sidelights, painted, varnished, faux painted, barn doors, primitive doors, giant doors, and tiny doors.  In many cases we have complete trim packages that can go with the doors and the original matching baseboard.

    We also build incredible custom doors from antique woods, ready to install.

Antique Indian Doors:  We stock at least 50 pairs of Teak and Rosewood doors. 

Door and Window Hardware (page not up yet)

We keep antique hinges, mortise sets, surface mount lock boxes, 1,000+ doorplates, rosettes, transom hardware, window locks, key hole covers, pocket door hardware, and much much more.

Antique Sinks and Bath Tubs

Thick cast iron covered by a thick layer of porcelain.  They just don't make them like that anymore.

Antique Beams

From 4"x4" to 18"x24", with lengths up to 52' in stock.  We also offer a resaw facility to custom cut your beams to size.  Rough sawn, hand hewn, or fresh sawed, Long Leaf Pine, Northern Pines, Hemlock, Fir, Oak, Poplar, Cypress, Hickory, Mesquite, Sycamore, Live Oak and more..

Antique Tin Ceiling

Enjoy a large selection of patterns in various sizes.  We stock 1,000 pieces of pre-1930's tin.

Barn Wood, Shiplap, Beaded Wood

We stock hundreds of types of trim, siding, beaded wood, shiplap, and various cuts of wood that have been used in construction over the last 175 years.  We also offer a great planing service to add beauty to the anique painted beadboard.

Medicine Cabinets & Ironing Boards 

We rebuild antique medicine cabinets and built in ironing boards.  We add side panels as well as shaving shelves or wooden towel bars on the bottoms.  We also make them surface mount with sides so as to be able to add them after the house is built without cutting into the wall.  Whenever possible we keep the mirrors in the cabinets.

Specialty Items

We do carry some nice pieces of furniture and built in items like a Long Leaf Pine Butler Pantry, Bookcases, and other beautiful pieces, some of which are shown on this page.  Includes some of the larger items such as the Solid Walnut Victorian Wall/Closet, a rarity in perfect condition. 

Discovery Architectural Antiques was created to provide customers with a one stop shopping experience for anyone wanting to restore or renovate an older home.  With over 112,000 square feet of covered storage, Discovery has almost anything you could need for an older home.  Inventory includes antique pine flooring, shiplap, beaded board, windows, doors, sinks, tubs, and even beams.  The sheer number of different items is mind boggling.

The links on the right will take you to a few pages designed to give you a hint of what we carry.  Unfortunately we stock over a million items and could not possibly get them all on the web, but we are working on doing a better job. 

One thing we take pride in is the fact that we really focus on true antiques and not reproductions of antiques.  95% of what we carry is over 50 years old, much of it over 100+ years old.  We also carry a variety of furniture and antique pictures and frames. 

 Tiny Texas Houses

The first of the Tiny Texas Houses coming off the line.  See Tiny Texas House page for more pictures.  These are made from 95% vintage materials, yet the electric, plumbing, and insulation is new.  The ultimate in Green building and a home that will last another hundred years without the modern home out gassing and environmental issues.  This is what you do for fun when you get tired of just stacking up vintage lumber and Architectural Antiques.  Finished model pictures will be done for next week.

Send mail to bwk@discoverys.net with questions or comments about this web site.