______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Timberlyne
Back to the barn
Bringing timeless craftsmanship into the 21st century, Timberlyne transforms contemporary construction one beam at a time
▼ Len Dickinson and Jule Goeller
▼ Jack Dickinson
Founded in 2003, Timberlyne brings traditional barn building to the modern world. The story begins with Len Dickinson and his wife, Jule Goeller, who built the business into one of America’ s fastest growing construction partners. As their son Jack Dickinson, now Chief Executive Officer of Timberlyne, begins:“ Our company has a unique origin story. It was founded by my father and stepmother. My dad had experience as a property manager and is an entrepreneur at heart. As he got into his 50’ s, he was looking to retire and set himself up for the future. He decided to remodel a farmhouse, situated in North-Eastern Nebraska.
“ Despite the fact that it lacked indoor plumbing and some of the walls were falling down, it remained a beautiful piece of property. He spent two years remodeling it, driving hours each day to complete his work. On his drive, he’ d see beautiful homes on acreages, built by people looking to live an authentic life in the country- each of them with an ugly metal storage building next to it. On my father’ s property,
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