Henschel Sawmill

We are a family-owned, family-run sawmill in Door County, Wisconsin. When the man who had sawed their logs retired in 1986, they built their own sawmill and Jamie worked with Roger until his death in 2002.

“I married into it,” she said, “I knew nothing about the lumber industry — not even that there were differences in trees — but when Mike’s dad died, I either had to take over the business or se

ll it.”
Jamie Henschel is believed to be the only female sawyer in Wisconsin. As far as they know, she’s the only lady sawyer in a four-state area who runs a 48-inch, chrome-toothed circle saw. She saws the logs and Mike does the custom planing and kiln drying. (You can see a 35-minute video on their sawmill operation, made in 2011, on YouTube.) The mailing and sawmill addresses are different! Mail ONLY goes to 4926 Townline Rd, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235; the sawmill is at 4650 Townline Rd.