| Log cabins, as the name suggests are cabins that are | | | | been turned into animal shelters, coops and other |
| made out of a series of logs. Log cabins are houses | | | | similar uses. |
| with very simple designs that are particularly popular | | | | The strongest and most resilient cabins were made |
| in the northern hemisphere. Cabins made of logs are | | | | with siding. With this kind, the logs were attached |
| commonly built in rural areas in many places | | | | together on the interior of the cabin as well as being |
| throughout the world and they can also be found in | | | | covered with a number of different materials to |
| urban areas in regions that are rich in timber. | | | | make them strong. Some of the material used |
| The very first log cabins in the United States were | | | | included wallpaper or plaster over lath. |
| built by the Swedes approximately around the year | | | | There are older dwellings that are strewn throughout |
| 1638 in the area that has come to be known as | | | | the Canadian Prairies and the American Midwest that |
| Wilmington, Delaware. Many people wrongly assumed | | | | are log cabins that were carefully constructed and |
| that it was the first English settler that built these | | | | covered with clapboards and assorted materials. To |
| types of log homes but it was the Swedes instead. | | | | use an example, in Boise, Idaho there is a log cabin |
| The majority of the log cabins that were constructed | | | | called the O'Farrell Cabin that was built in or around |
| in the 18th century in the United States are no longer | | | | 1865 and it was covered with newspaper and over |
| around as many fell into disrepair. Most of these | | | | that was backed wallpaper. Log cabins are still as |
| cabins were not built to withstand the elements and | | | | popular today as they ever were for those |
| the test of time. They were not intended for | | | | interested in building them. |
| permanent living. The ones that are still around have | | | | |