Log Construction in the Ohio Country, 1750-1850 - Softcover

Hutslar, Donald A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821410350 ISBN 13: 9780821410356

Publisher: Ohio University Press, 1992

Synopsis

Log construction entered the Ohio territory with the seventeenth-century fur traders and mid-eighteenth-century squatters and then spread throughout most of the area after the opening of the territory in the 1780s. Scottish-Irish and German settlers, using techniques from the eastern states and European homelands, found the abundant timber resources of the Ohio country ideally suited to this simple, durable form of construction. Hutslar documents this early architecture with extensive descriptive materials from local histories, diaries, traveller s accounts, building contracts and many recent site photographs. These descriptions will be interesting for modern craftsmen and other builders involved in historic restoration or log construction generally. Hutslar's extensive fieldwork is valuable to students of vernacular architecture and preservationists and this abridged paperback edition of his book is a boon to travelling or local history buffs who can refer to this wealth of information at their leisure.

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From the Back Cover:

Hutslar documents this early architecture with extensive descriptive materials from local histories, diaries, traveller's accounts, building contracts and many recent photographs. These descriptions will be interesting for modern craftsmen and other builders involved in historic restoration or log construction generally.

Synopsis:

An abridgement of The Architecture of Migration published by Ohio U. Press in 1986. Illustrated with b&w photos, line drawings, and woodcuts. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0821410350
• ISBN 13: 9780821410356
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 275