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Log Cabin - going, going...
07/21/04 10:51 AM Attachment
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A couple of years ago I posted a shot of an old 'cabin' that was on our farm. A local historical society had been promised they could remove it to include in their display of local original farm buildings (centerpiece is a grist mill built by old G. Washington himself. ) Well, it took two years but they finally got the removal organized.
This is the shot from two years ago, showing how the cabin has looked for a few decades. My wife called this the "Grapes of Wrath" shot.
No one seems to know quite how old the cabin is - I know it appears on an 1870 survey of the farm, but it may well be early 19th century.
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Here are some current shot with the vines and dilapidated siding removed - revealing the true log structure beneath.
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Shot two, close up.
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Shot 3, some of the corner joinery.
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Shot 4, notice the hand-hewn squared logs. No idea of the wood type, maybe Chestnut?
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Shot 5, love those "floor joists"!
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Last shot for now. The small tags are markers labeling each beam and it's position.
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Re: Log Cabin - going, going...
[re: timb]
07/21/04 11:22 AM
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Thanks for the information and the photos. That's a nice cabin and seems to be in great shape! Leo
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