Log Cabin Designs
from the Historic American Building Survey
These eighteenth and
nineteenth century log cabins are just a few samples of the
hundreds of log building designs that have been preserved through the HABS.
You can view
photos and measured drawings of floor plans, exterior elevations
and construction details.
1837 Pioneer Log Cabin, Public Square Vicinity, Milton, Rock
County, WI
Card # WI0107
Winterview Farm Log Cabin, Interstate Highway 81, Lexington
vicinity, Rockbridge County, VA
Card # VA0915
Two Story Log Cabin with upper level porch.
1817 Zeeb House (Log Cabin), Fourth & Park Streets, Zoar,
Tuscarawas County, OH
Card # OH0223
This attractive,
well built log home with a front porch is in the village of Zoar, Ohio.
Zoar was founded in
1817 by a group of about 200 German Separatists seeking escape
from religious persecution in their homeland. Through most of
the 1800s it was the center of their communal society.
1730s Mench-Reall Log Cabin, Friesburg, Salem County, NJ
Card # NJ0756
The drawings and photos of this cabin include details of
dove-tail corner notches.
1720 Peter Bard Log Cabin, Lebanon State Forest, Upper Mill,
Burlington County, NJ
Card # NJ0380
This shows how
settler's cabins were often expanded over the years with larger
frame structures added on. The measured drawings of this cabin
include details of round log construction.
1804 James Kemper Log Cabin, Zoological Gardens, Cincinnati,
Hamilton County, OH
Card # OH0268
This dramatic, two story, hillside log home has a stone
foundation and basement, stone fireplaces, a front porch and an
upstairs sleeping porch.
1855 -1860 Log Cabin, Carbondale vicinity, Jackson County, IL
Card # IL0352
This two story hewn log home once had front porches on both
levels.
1806 - 1906 Log Cabin, Terrytown, Bradford County, PA
Card # PA0211
HABS drawings for this substantial log home include extensive
interior and construction details.
1841 Thomas Jefferson Walling Log Cabin, Henderson, Rusk County,
TX
Card # TX0554
This one-pen Republic of Texas pioneer cabin was later expanded
into a dogtrot cabin: two pens with a roofed breezeway between
them. Read the HABS data pages for a full history.
The Historic
American Building Survey is a joint effort of the Library of
Congress and the National Park Service. Read more about their
efforts to preserve America's heritage by visiting their
website:
Built in America To learn
more about any of the designs listed here, search for it by its
card number. Then, explore the vast and ever-growing HABS
collection to view related building designs.
