Wendell B. Anderson
President, TimberCrafters

Everyone is born to do something. Wendell B. Anderson was born to build. “My parents used to joke that I was born with a hammer in one hand and a shovel in the other,” says Wendell, who never let go of those tools. He grew up building and broke into the construction business as a foreman for Wellington Building Co. in Niagara County.

Today, TimberCrafters constructs post-and-beam homes. Wendell started his company – then called W.B. Anderson Construction – in 1979 making stick-built homes. One day Wendell saw a PBS program called “This Old House.” The dramatic post-and-beam building style caught Wendell’s attention … so much so that he switched his business approach — and his company name. Gone were the stick built homes; in was the old-world building approach upon which the newly named TimberCrafters would build its reputation.

Wendell’s mentor at Wellington was a man named Mike Moyer. Moyer pushed, prodded and ultimately inspired Wendell to produce top-notch work.
“Mike was the best mentor a young kid could have,” Wendell says.“He was a stickler for quality and paid close attention to detail.” Those lessons became permanently ingrained in Wendell: Quality and detail define every home he builds.