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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Here are some of the more common styles of knobs that we carry in stock.  These date back to the 1860's for the simple porcelain knobs.  Below you will see black, white, brown, and mineral knobs.  The glass knobs that were the most common are the 12 pointed style and a few of the more common colors are shown.  With glass, the lubricant used in the molds when they are being formed changes the color of the glass when they are exposed to ultra violet light for a long period of time.  Manganese caused them to turn purple, Selenium causes them to turn amber. 

Below are some of the Fantasy knobs that are antique knobs with logos applied by laser and hand painted in the cut out areas.  All of the mineral knobs will be different, like the ones shown below and above.  White knobs can be crackled, speckled, and clear.   

For those of you not from Texas, our squirrels are particularly friendly and smart.  This one loves our doorknobs, and has collected some of our best colored knobs for your viewing.  Glass knobs can be found in blues, purple, green, amber, white, black,

 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.