![]() ![]() At a cost of over $275.00 per bucket of synthetic chinking, this cabin will actually save you money compared to other lower quality cabins with large chink joints on the market today. This Old Log Cabin was built with high quality corner notches and extremely tight/small Chink joints (spaces between each course of logs). ![]() This Cabin features quality construction methods and details I’ve very seldom encountered in the well over 500 old log cabins I’ve viewed in my lifetime, especially in a smaller Cabin such as this one. Most people think a Cabin is a Cabin, not the case here! Being a Home Builder myself for over 42 years I can attest to the fact that all cabins are built with varying degrees of quality, just like todays homes. NOTCH TYPE : Half Dovetail, with very steep angles.ĬOMMENTS : This extremely well built cabin is “One of a Kind”. SPECIES : Oak, with exception to 3 Poplar logs. SIZE : 16’ x 24’, 1 ½ Story, Built in Cantilever for porch, 16” - 12” faces. At this time, we will replace any of the 6 or so problem logs with sound reclaimed logs from our inventory.ĭESCRIPTION : Exceptionally Built, Circa Pre 1850, with cantilevered logs. Our Company will be reconstructing this cabin at our Athens, Ohio yard as soon as time permits. They also added some additions to the cabin and removed the Fireplace that used to be on the right side of the cabin. The cabin went thru some renovations that appear to have happened 100+ years ago when they replaced the floors and paneled the inside. This cabin was built to be left exposed to the elements, as evident by the tight chink joints and the old chinking that was still in place after we removed the Walnut lap siding (I have never encountered Walnut lap siding in my 46 years of being in business). This is the earliest notch type found in Ohio.ĬOMMENTS : Nice original Vintage Log Cabin that we found on a hill above the early White Gravel Mines in Southern Ohio. ![]() NOTCH TYPE : Known by many names, "V" Notch/Saddle Notch/Steeple Notch. SIZE : 20' x 22', Full 2 Story, up to 14" log faces DESCRIPTION : Early Southern Ohio Cabin, Circa 1840's ![]()
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