For over 53 years A & H Art & Stained
Glass Co. has been continuing an art form that started over a thousand
years ago. It is an art form that has predominantly adorned places
of worship yet in the early to mid-nineteenth century it began to
invade homes, commercial businesses and institutions throughout America
and Europe. Today this studio has the
honor to continue this timeless form of art and the artisans here
strive with their heart and soul to provide the same satisfaction
and quality in our commissions now as in the beginning.
This studio was originally founded in early 1950 and was purchased
by William D. Houpe in 1960. During his ownership in the mid-sixties
a young boy started earning extra summer money by sweeping the floor
and being the “ gopher” for everyone. From that boy to
a young man to an alumni of Appalachian State University to the President
of A & H Art & Stained Glass when purchased in 1982, Mr. Steve
Haynes has poured out nearly forty years of love, passion and sweat
to a career in the art of stained glass. Over time it has become a
family business and in the last decade his wife Cathy and son Christopher
have both joined him in the business. Christopher who possesses the
same love for this art as his father has joined with a passion in
designing stained glass windows.
Our studio is much more than just a manufacturer of a product. It
is a closely knit fabric of artists, designers and craftsmen who are
more like family than co-workers. We would like to invite you to join
our list of over 3000 customers that we have served over the past
53 years as we hope to enrich and illuminate the hearts and souls
of many for decades to come through the imaginative translation of
light through glass…….