Author: Mary Wilson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-10-10

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9781396715358

Excerpt from Log Cabin Studies: The Rocky Mountain Cabin, Log Cabin Technology and Typology, Log Cabin Bibliography Log cabins in the United States have generally been described as side-gabled dwellings with doors in the front and sometimes rear walls with a fireplace centered along a gabled wall. While this description is valid for cabins in much of the eastern United States, a cabin type appearing in Idaho is, in many ways, quite different. Orientation of the structure is changed so that the gable ends of the cabin face to the front and rear. A single door is usually off-centered in the front wall of the cabin with an iron stove replacing the fireplace along a gable wall. The most distinc tive feature of this cabin is the frontward extension of the gabled roof, 25 to 100 percent of the length of the cabin, which forms a covered porch or work area (figure l). The first aim of this project is to describe this cabin type-to define its architectural. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.