New little gem.

 

Found this little gem yesterday on one of my fall, no leaf drives. Had probably driven by it a few times and missed it with leaves on the trees.

Original was built in 1850, and the guy I talk to said it was a corn crib. I can believe a barn or shed, but the workmanship seemed to nice for a corn crib.

It has been very nicely rebuilt, with a full second story added. 

It is now be used as a meeting place for a local black powder rifle club. A perfect idea for such a group.

Two of the members were there when I found it, and were able to give me a little history of the rebuild.

They had a nice little stove going inside which kept it plenty comfortable.

It sits on property that at one time hosted the Deutsch Country Days festival. 

Unfortunately, the festival no longer takes place after almost 50 years.

Hope this group gets to use this site for many more years.

Blast from the past! Around 1995

Probably in all for the two cabins I had to hew about 12 logs.

I know I did 10 for the big cabin, shown in the background of the picture of me sitting.

For the blacksmith cabin, I did maybe four more. So I guess that makes 14 or so.

I did use a chainsaw to cut the vertical cuts, but an axe for the actual hewing.

Let the chips fall where they may.

The one I am sitting on is a sill log for the smaller blacksmith cabin.

By the time I had been doing this a while, after cutting down the tree and cutting it to length and de-limbing, I could hew two sides in about an hour.

I always had a couple of axes on hand and files nearby to keep them sharp