About Us
Hello! I am Troy Schon and the owner of Schon Construction. I was introduced to the craft of timberframing about 8 years ago and have been intrigued by this building method ever since. To study timberframing in Nebraska usually meant poking around in old barns. So I began pestering many local farmers into showing me their barns. Many did so with great pride and related stories to me about how their grandfather and and a few neighbors built this barn many years ago. And with no nails! Some were a little reluctant at first, "You want to look at what in my barn?"
I've found dozens of fine examples of this ancient craft around the state and I am proud to have saved at least a few from the bulldozer. In studying these old barns and their construction i've come away with a great admiration for the skills of the old barn builders. Still I learn something new every time I go evaluate an old barn. As my parents must have told me hundreds of times growing up,"Go look in the barn. It's in there somewhere!"