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[classicman]

I would LOVE to walk around that house. How awesome that is. Just looking at it makes me imagine how it was built

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by classicman

I would LOVE to walk around that house. How awesome that is. Just looking at it makes me imagine how it was built

Classic:

Here's a crop from the full pic.



I really liked how each log was fitted individually, to its neighbor log. Even the foundation stone on the corner is fitted to the log.

I'm gonna see if I can find the house again (it's waaaay out in BFE), find its owner, and secure Popdigr permission to metal detect around the place. No telling what's there.

There's another house from around the same period, with very similar building technique near this place.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I really liked how each log was fitted individually, to its neighbor log.

The person who made this house knew what they were doing. Those notches are only on the undersides of the logs, not on the top and bottom like Lincoln Logs would have you believe it was done. By notching them on the underside and sloping off the corners on the top, the joint will shed rainwater. It's a brilliant design that was probably learned by trial and error over generations.