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  2. Log cabin - Wikipedia

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    Built in 1640, C. A. Nothnagle Log House, located in Swedesboro, New Jersey, is likely the oldest log cabin in the United States. A conjectural replica of the log cabin in which U.S. president Abraham Lincoln was born, now at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Mortonson–Van Leer Log Cabin in New Sweden Park in Swedesboro, New Jersey A replica log cabin at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania A log cabin ...

  3. Log house - Wikipedia

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    Half-Log: The structure is built with conventional building techniques, and "half-log" siding is applied to the exterior and interior walls to replicate the look of full-log construction. Some half-log sidings may also have saddle notch, butt-and-pass, or dovetail corners to give a more realistic appearance.

  4. American historic carpentry - Wikipedia

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    American historic carpentry is the historic methods with which wooden buildings were built in what is now the United States since European settlement. A number of methods were used to form the wooden walls and the types of structural carpentry are often defined by the wall, floor, and roof construction such as log, timber framed, balloon framed ...

  5. Post-and-plank - Wikipedia

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    Red River Frame was a popular name for the post-and-plank construction technique used in the Red River Colony in the 19th century. The building style was characterized by a dressed timber structure with a horizontal log infill. The spaces between the logs were filled or 'chinked' with clay and straw. The exterior would either be whitewashed ...

  6. Quilt - Wikipedia

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    There are many traditional block designs and techniques that have been named. Log cabin quilts are pieced quilts featuring blocks made of strips of fabric, typically encircling a small centered square (traditionally a red square, symbolizing the hearth of the home), with light strips forming half the square and dark strips the other half.

  7. Barnwood Builders - Wikipedia

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    November 1, 2013. (2013-11-01) –. present. Barnwood Builders is an American documentary television series following a team of builders that remove logs and beams from old cabins and historic barns to use them when constructing modern houses. [1][2][3][4] Originally produced for the DIY Network, by season 15, the series had been taken over by ...

  8. Patchwork - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Korean patchwork pojagi wrapping cloth. Patchwork or " pieced work " is a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design. The larger design is usually based on repeating patterns built up with different fabric shapes (which can be different colors). These shapes are carefully measured and cut ...

  9. Log building - Wikipedia

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    Log building. Log buildings and structures can be categorized as historic and modern. A diverse selection of their forms and styles with examples of architectural elements is discussed in the following articles: Log cabin – a rustic dwelling. Log house – a style and method of building a quality house. Izba – a type of Russian peasant ...

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