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Louis Graveraet Kaufman, c. 1910. American businessman Louis Graveraet Kaufman began building Granot Loma in 1919, for use as a summer residence. He hired Marshall and Fox of Chicago as architects and employed three hundred local craftsmen, [6] and was believed to have hired local expert log builder Nestor Kallioinen to oversee the construction. [7]
The Log House property originally encompassed 11 acres including a beach and adjacent bluff on Lake Michigan, but over the years most of the land was subdivided and sold. In the 1970s, the bluff and beach were acquired by the Highland Park Park District and were combined with the Shaffner property to create Millard Park.
The John Patton Log Cabin is a log home located in Lexington Park District Park in Lexington, Illinois. The home was built in 1829 by John Patton, an early settler of McLean County . Patton, who was originally from Switzerland County, Indiana , came to a Kickapoo village in the area; he built his cabin with the tribe's assistance three months ...
The Cass County Pioneer Log Cabin Museum is a historical log cabin and local history museum located in Cassopolis, Michigan on Stone Lake. Built in 1923 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as a temporary structure for a town picnic, [ 3 ] the cabin is now home to a variety of furniture, toys, and tools that illustrate what life was like in the 1800s.
The original house was built in 1857 and is a two-story, brick structure that now serves as the rear wing. Between 1905 and 1909, the main block was constructed. [2] The main house is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, maroon brick with limestone trim designed as an English Manor house, with 38 rooms, 10 bathrooms, and seven fireplaces.
As logs and timbers dry, the differential shrinkage (radial versus tangential) causes small cracks (known as "checks") to open slowly over time. Checking is a natural process in both air- and kiln-dried logs. This occurs in all log houses regardless of construction method or how the timber is allowed to dry, and is considered normal.
The district encompasses 215 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in a predominantly residential section of Michigan City. It developed between about 1860 and 1963, and includes examples of Italianate , Greek Revival , Queen Anne , Colonial Revival , and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture.
The Inspired Home Show, formerly known as the International Home + Housewares Show, is an annual housewares show staged at McCormick Place in Chicago and organized by the International Housewares Association. In 2008, the Show covered 785,000 net square feet (72,900 m 2) of exhibit space. It is one of top 20 largest trade shows in the U.S. and ...