The Hull Story

Early 1970s logging truck Hull Forest Products

Circa 1970 photo of a logtruck in the millyard at Hull Forest Products.

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Our Sawmill Began in a Backyard

Hull Forest Products began in a backyard in Rhode Island when company founder William Boston Hull was a teenager. Hull showed an early affinity for trees: at age 15 he borrowed the money to purchase his first woodlot—twelve acres of hardwoods. Taking his passion for trees to the University of New Hampshire, Hull earned a degree in Forestry, then got his start in the lumber business on an old fashioned circular sawmill, sawing white oak into whiskey barrel staves.

Sustainable Forest Products with Worldwide Distribution

In 1970 Hull incorporated and moved to Pomfret, Connecticut. His tiny operation grew into the largest sawmill in southern New England. Now in business over 40 years, Hull Forest Products manufactures 10 million board feet of lumber annually for use around the globe, including wide plank flooring, oak timbers, wood siding, green and kiln dried lumber, as well as by-products such as wood chips, sawdust, and bark mulch. Hull Forest Products is certified to FSC standards by Scientific Certification Systems. Our certification code is SCS-COC-002641.

An Industry Leader in Forest Management and Conservation

For over 40 years, Hull Forest Products has provided award-winning forest management services for public and private landowners in southern New England. Our clients have won prestigious Tree Farmer of the Year Awards. In 2000, Hull Forest Products' sawmill and forestry service was recently recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency for its role in organizing and leading the largest private land conservation project in Massachusetts history, which permanently preserved more than 8,000 acres in southern New England from development. Read more on this story

Today Hull Forest Products continues to manufacture premium lumber and wood products and seek out opportunities to preserve the working forests of New England.



An aerial view of the Hull Forest Products mill yard in Pomfret, Connecticut.

For more information, contact Hull Forest Products at (860) 974-0127