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                                                                   Exhibit 10.17


[RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT]


                           RESTRICTED STOCK AGREEMENT-
            HUTTIG BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC. 1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

                                December 17, 1999

         The parties to this Restricted Stock Agreement (the "Agreement") are
Huttig Building Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), and
Barry Kulpa, an employee of the Corporation (the "Participant").

         In 1998, 7,500 shares of restricted Crane Co. common stock were awarded
to the Participant. Pursuant to the terms of the Employee Matters Agreement
between the Corporation and Crane Co., dated December 16, 1999, these restricted
shares of Crane Co. common stock were converted into 32,561 restricted shares of
Huttig Building Products, Inc. common stock. As of the date of this Agreement
(the "Grant Date"), the converted restricted shares shall be subject to the
terms of the Huttig Building Products, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Plan"), which is administered by the Organization and Compensation Committee of
the Corporation's Board of Directors (the "Committee").

         As a condition to such award and pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Plan,
the Corporation and the Participant hereby enter into this Agreement and agree
to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

1.  DEFINITIONS.

         Capitalized terms in this Agreement not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings contained in the Plan. For purposes of this Agreement, and for
purposes of interpreting the terms of the Plan, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:

         (a)      "Restriction Period" shall mean a period commencing on the
                  Grant Date and ending on April 20, 2003.

2.  AWARD OF HUTTIG SHARES.

         Pursuant to the provisions of the Plan and this Agreement and by the
authority of the Committee, the Corporation awards 32,561 shares (the
"Restricted Stock") of Huttig Building Products, Inc. common stock, par value
$.01 per share ("Huttig Shares"), to the Participant.

3.  RESTRICTIONS AND RIGHTS.

         (a)      During the Restriction Period, the Restricted Stock is subject
                  to forfeiture in the event that the Participant attempts to
                  sell, transfer, assign or pledge the Restricted Shares (the
                  "Restrictions") or the Participant violates one of the
                  covenants



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                  contained in Section 6 of this Agreement. Except as provided
                  under Section 5 of this Agreement, the Restrictions on the
                  Restricted Stock shall automatically lapse:

                  (i)      upon expiration of the Restriction Period;

                  (ii)     in the event of the Participant's Retirement,
                           Permanent Disability, or death or in the event of a
                           Change-in-Control; provided, however, that in the
                           event the Participant requests early retirement or
                           otherwise leaves the employ of the Corporation, the
                           Committee may, upon the Participant's request and in
                           the Committee's sole discretion, waive or revise this
                           provision to permit the lapse of Restrictions on all
                           or a portion of the Restricted Stock awarded
                           hereunder on or prior to such early retirement or
                           other departure from the employ of the Corporation;

                  (iii)    as may be otherwise provided under the terms of the
                           Plan.

         (b)      During the Restriction Period, the Participant will be
                  entitled to all other rights of a shareholder of the
                  Corporation with respect to the Restricted Stock, including
                  the right to vote the Restricted Stock and receive dividends
                  and other distributions thereon.

4.  STOCK CERTIFICATE.

         Each stock certificate evidencing an award of Restricted Stock shall be
registered in the name of the Participant, and shall bear an appropriate legend
referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to such award
substantially in the following form (the "Legend"):

         "The transferability of this certificate and the shares of stock
         represented hereby are subject to the terms and conditions (including
         forfeiture) of the Huttig Building Products, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive
         Plan and an Agreement entered into between the registered owner and
         Huttig Building Products, Inc. Copies of such Plan and Agreement are on
         file in the offices of Huttig Building Products, Inc., Lakeview Center,
         Suite 400, 14500 South Outer Forty Road, Chesterfield, MO 63017."

5.  TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.

         The Participant's termination of employment during the Restriction
Period shall result in the forfeiture of all Restricted Stock as to which the
Restrictions have not lapsed, and the Participant shall be required to return
all applicable stock certificates to the Corporation.

6.  COVENANTS.

         (a)      The Participant agrees to be bound by all terms and provisions
                  of the Plan, and all such provisions shall be deemed a part of
                  this Agreement for all purposes.




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         (b)      The Participant agrees to provide the Corporation, when and if
                  requested, with any information or documentation which the
                  Corporation believes necessary or advisable in connection with
                  the administration of the Plan, including data required to
                  assure compliance with the requirements of the Securities and
                  Exchange Commission, of any stock exchange upon which the
                  Huttig Shares are then listed, or of any applicable federal,
                  state or other law.

         (c)      The Participant agrees, upon due notice and demand, to
                  promptly pay to the Corporation the cash amount of any taxes
                  which are required to be withheld by the Corporation either at
                  the time the Restriction Period lapses or at the time of award
                  (in cases where the Participant duly elects to be taxed at
                  such earlier time); provided, however, the Corporation, in its
                  sole discretion, may accept Restricted Stock awarded hereunder
                  or Huttig Shares otherwise previously acquired in satisfaction
                  thereof.

7.  NO COVENANT OF EMPLOYMENT.

         Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the granting
of any award evidenced by this Agreement shall constitute, or be evidence of,
any agreement or understanding, express or implied, on the part of the
Corporation or any of its subsidiaries to employ the Participant for any
specific period.

8.  ADMINISTRATION AND INTERPRETATION OF PLAN AND AGREEMENT.

         In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and
those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall prevail.

         The Committee shall have full authority and discretion, subject only to
the terms of the Plan, to decide all matters relating to the administration or
interpretation of the Plan and this Agreement, and all such action by the
Committee shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon the Corporation and the
Participant. The Committee shall have full authority and discretion to modify at
any time the Restriction Period, the Restrictions, the other terms and
conditions of this Agreement, the Legend and any other instrument evidencing
this award, provided that no such modification shall increase the benefit under
such award beyond that which the Committee could have originally granted at the
time of the award, or shall impair the rights of the Participant under such
award except in accordance with the Plan, or any applicable agreement or
applicable law, or with consent of the Participant.


         This Restricted Stock Agreement is deemed to be issued in, the award
evidenced hereby is deemed to be granted in, and both shall be governed by the
laws of, the State of Delaware. There have been no representations to the
Participant other than those contained herein.



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9.  DELIVERY.

         All certificates for Restricted Stock delivered under the Plan shall be
subject to such stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may
deem advisable under the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange upon which Huttig Shares
are then listed and any applicable federal or state securities law, and the
Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to
make appropriate reference to such restrictions.

         The stock certificates evidencing the Restricted Stock shall be held in
custody by the Corporation or its designee until the Restrictions thereon shall
have lapsed and the Committee may require, as a condition of any award, that the
Participant shall have delivered a stock power endorsed in blank relating to the
Restricted Stock covered by such award.

         As soon as administratively practicable following the lapse of the
Restrictions with respect to any of the Restricted Stock without a forfeiture,
and upon the satisfaction of all other applicable conditions as to the
Restricted Stock, including, but not limited to, the payment by the Participant
of all applicable withholding taxes, the Corporation shall deliver or cause to
be delivered to the Participant a certificate or certificates for the applicable
Restricted Stock which shall not bear the Legend required under Section 4 of the
Agreement.

10.  AMENDMENT.

         The terms of this Agreement shall be subject to the terms of the Plan
as the Plan may be amended from time to time by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation unless any such amendment by its terms or by its clear intent is
inapplicable to this Agreement.

11.  NOTICE.

         Any notice to the Corporation provided for in this Agreement shall be
in writing and addressed to it in care of the Secretary of the Corporation, and
any notice to the Participant shall be in writing and addressed to the
Participant at the address contained in payroll records at the time or to such
other address designated in writing by the Participant.




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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Restricted Stock
Agreement effective the day and year first above written.

                                            HUTTIG BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC.


                                            By: /s/ Gregory D. Lambert
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                                            Title: Vie President
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                                            PARTICIPANT

                                            /s/ Barry J. Kulpa
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