Old Appalachian log home

[@rocketsurgery8337]

I bought a house about 6 years ago (NE Indiana) that has a log cabin in the walls. The abstract states the house was built in 1867 and it also refers to a will where the wife would get the dairy farm in the mid 1850s. Huge half logs for basement rafters. It once sat on 320 acres and had it's own cemetery. I absolutely love it. Thanks for the video!

[@SandyzSerious]

I enjoyed this video so much. I love seeing the old cabins saved. They look so cozy and sweet.

[@suuzzee5]

Beautifully done! Thank you for preserving our heritage, one bit at a time.

[@lcfgroup]

Hi Sandy - I like the old cabins very much - lots of history with each one if it could only talk. I like your comment about cozy and sweet and I am sure they were at times - however they do represent a lot of work and could be really cold in the winter. It was the only thing most folks had at the time and they made the most of it. Now when we restore one we can make it a little cozy and comfortable the the original owners. I have one stored in my barn and I do hope to rebuild it on the farm.

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

I've been to beautiful Floyd County, and I played my guitar with local fiddlers. Visited the home place of Gen. Jeb Stuart in neighboring Patrick County. I was born & raised in East Texas, and I love Texas, but my very favorite state is beautiful Virginia, where my ancestors came from.

[@lcfgroup]

Yes - The Brooks that rebuilt the log cabin on there property did a great job and did seal the logs and finish the inside with loft & fireplace. Dave KK4WW

[@catalina6]

So interesting. Greetings to Floyd County. Back in the 50s the people who bought the big old house my Dad's Grandfather built decided to update it a bit. (It's one of those big Victorian houses with the wide wrap around verandas, large formal dining room and large upstairs sitting room). They found that the house was actually built around a smaller log cabin. You absolutely could not tell from the inside or outside. They were pretty shocked.

[@gerardhaubert8210]

Thank you for helping preserve this part of Americana

[@brianroak2724]

Great video. Amazing house. Look at the exact craftsmanship, without using computers or even power tools.

[@lcfgroup]

This is a very old cabin. It was inside old house we took down. My friends did a great job restoring this old cabin. They are near Roanoke VA. I have had at least 3 old homes that were built around log cabin. I have one of the cabins stored in my barn and hope to put it up sometime.

[@yournevergunnaknow5201]

Floyd County is a beautiful place. I lived in the general area(Patrick County) after moving from NY. It's a really special place, I hope to get back there eventually and have my own restored cabin in the woods.

[@lcfgroup]

Jesse Deptula Hi jesse - I hope you make it and have that restored cabin - that would be great. Happy New Year.

[@Okanaganguy2021]

Great video ....Its nice to see that people are taking the time to preserving such important history:)

[@catalina6]

Yep, just found out there is also another that goes by the name Appalachian Single Gait. (Interestingly, apparantly the Rocky Mountain Horse of eastern Kentucky was bred from Appalachian stock with a foundation stud brought in many moons ago from the Rocky Mountains area out west).

[@FallingGalaxy]

I've been through that area before, and we saw several old log homes, though the ones we saw were abandoned/empty and just standing there, usually pretty isolated and separate from one another. It made me wonder about how difficult life must have been back then, just to get their basic life necessities. It seems like resources would have been hard to come by without traveling by foot or horse for days on end sometimes for them, especially must have been difficult in the winter months.

[@karenbartlett1307]

People had big gardens back then, and canned and put up garden produce to last through the winter. Most people had hogs and slaughtered them in the fall. Some people had beef, but my grandparents sold the calves so they didn't eat much beef. They would have a milk cow and a horse or two for plowing, pulling wagons and riding.They had chickens and sold the eggs, along with milk and butter if they had extra, on Saturday when the whole family would go to "town", in our case a small store with a post office inside. They only bought or traded for foodstuffs such as flour, cornmeal, coffee, sugar, and big sacks of beans. Everything else they grew, raised or hunted.They did socialize with neighbors, they had quilting bees, barn raisings, house raisings, weddings, shiverees, church, the usual. My grandparents lived in Missouri, but my grandfather's family was originally from Tennessee, and I'm sure farming families lived about the same in every rural community, especially in the South. One thing people in our area did not talk about, after 1865, was the War. One did not know if ones neighbors fought for the federals or the Southern Confederacy, and nobody wanted to stir up trouble for their children. It was best not to talk about it.

[@BelloBudo007]

@lcfgroup - I'm writing to you from Australia, though I have looked at housing in Britain, Europe & Japan. What we get over here in the way of old buildings is essentially what was going on in Ireland & England ages ago and came with the early fleets. For some reason or other log cabins don't seem to have been attempted. Which is odd considering there was no shortage of good timber & cheap labour.

[@BelloBudo007]

Sorry for the ignorant question - Isn't there a horse breed named Appalachian? Lovely workmanship on those cabins too. Interesting to see how they did it. What would they have used for filler to insulate? Some of the old British places seemed to be a sloppy mix of birch & plaster for the interiors. This was applied and dried to make a nice draft free wall. The ceilings seemed surprisingly high which makes me wonder if the loft area was used for sleeping. Heat rising and all that kind of thing.

[@BelloBudo007]

@lcfgroup - Thanks for the information. I took your advice and you are right about the large breed of draft horse. There also seems to be what looks like a quarter horse and some with a very distinctive markings.

[@lcfgroup]

I am recovering from my fall from roof in June 2012 - I broke my leg, wrist and cracked pelvis. Good thing and blessing - I did not do more damage and have got back to functioning in all regards. Still have some healing but will not do anymore roof work. My wife and I just returned from Ireland and had a grand time. Posted several video's from trip. Dave KK4WW

[@SandyzSerious]

When I see one I think of a time when people worked hard and appreciated what tgey had.

[@catalina6]

Perhaps you are thinking of the horse the Nez Perce raised in the Palouse of Washington state called the Appaloosa. Very beautiful & distinctive breed that is large and usually has a large dark blanket pattern or partially covered in a small pattern of spots.

[@ravenshadow1969]

That is so cool. I myself have loved log homes since I was a kid. Alot of people in my family would look at me as if I were an alien. But I am also very into Monolithic Domed Houses

[@robertward3038]

Great cabin love to have one.

[@lcfgroup]

Hi That would be great. I have one that we took down and have stored in my barn and hope to reconstruct that one at our Chantilly Farm sometime. Dave KK4WW Computer Collector Historian

[@lcfgroup]

Yes some do - They usually need to be moved and fixed up to live in but they can be nice. Old log tobacco barns are more popular for for fixing up and living in them . The tobacco barns were used to dry the tobacco leaf and many more are available as they were used until very recently - some still are . Their are businesses that will sell you one and set up on your location from the old logs. I have seen some and they can be very nice for living. Dave KK4WW

[@lcfgroup]

Glad you like it - I have one original log cabin store in my barn and hope to put it up at Chantilly farm sometime. We have a few of the Domed homes here in Floyd as well. It is nice to save these old log cabins. Many are still here but folks don't know it as a regular looking house has been built up around the old cabin. Maybe I will get a few pictures of them or do a short video. I know where one is that is showing the cabin real well. Dave KK4WW microcomputer collector/historian

[@Snickelfritz_]

You must not be a native Virginian. It is App ah latch ee an, not App a lay chi an.

[@gourleygirldebbie]

thanks for sharing... I just love the old log homes. it is good work that you do. what a blessing. 😊

[@lcfgroup]

+Debbie Gourley Bellinger Hi Debbie - Thank you for the nice comment. I have an old log cabin stored in my barn and hope to reconstruct it on my farm some day. www.chantillyfarm.com Dave

[@lcfgroup]

Hi Kyryll - Yes it would be much more practical to start with a new house. Some folks just want to preserve these old log homes and some like to live in them - Thank you for the comment. Dave KK4WW Computer Collector Historican

[@lcfgroup]

Hi I sure agree nice to have folks saving these old buildings. Dave KK4WW Computer Collector Historian

[@1BlueStarRising]

Nice decent size log cabin ! Awesome Sharing ! Many Blessings :-)

[@Forever-into-Cars-and-Stars]

Great cause wishing I was part of something like this.

[@lcfgroup]

This is benefit of living in a place like Floyd County Virginia. I have a cabin stored in one of my barns that was taken down about 10 years ago.

[@Kleewyck2]

Why did they build a newer home around the cabin? What was the purpose or advantage of doing that? Thanks for your time.

[@sarahstrong7174]

Kleewyck2 They built a small cabin first to provide basic shelter as quickly as they could, as if they wanted to survive (and keep their claim) they would have had to concentrate on cultivating the land. Then they would have added rooms as their resources and family size grew. Older places would have almost certainly been added to over the generations and may at times have housed extended family, or even more than one family. If you are really interested read the amazing books by Laura Ingalls Wilder (which describe this process), starting with 'Little House in the Big Woods', the books tell the true story of her childhood in an 1880s pioneer family moving across America. They describe how they survive everything from bears and wildfire to locusts and blizzards including the fascinating details of how they made their food, their clothing, bullets, the cabins etc. The books are much better than the ridiculously sentimentalised and innacurate TV series and show how people really lived on the edge!

[@curtismoore6387]

Great Job ! Thanks for the vedio.

[@frybry01]

Don't blame them for saving the boards after tearing down the 100 yo house. My house built in the 1920's has all oak framing, 4x8 oak floor joist.

[@KrittikaKitty]

That is so cool !!! I have a 1907 Victorian house and a huge barn . The house is great but the barn need to be restore . How much did it cost u?

[@suesally2103]

Nice to see. Bob was not there !

[@NancyAhalt]

That is sweet

[@ladonnad.steele2470]

So LOVE this!!!

[@BelloBudo007]

Thanks for your information. It may well be that I am 'thinking' (if that's the right word for someone like me) about the Appaloosa. Appaloosa, Appalachia.........mmm. Now I am even less certain. But the reference to Nez Perce & the Indian tribe does sound familiar. Clearly I am not that switched on when it comes to horses and should have kept my ignorant comments to myself. Either way I've enjoyed checking your tips on the internet and learning about two wonderful breeds of horse. Thank you.

[@1950boots]

Beautiful!

[@2324jakemiller]

beautioful home

[@kyryllstromelyuk]

Isnt it better to buy some small NEW house about 25-30 square meters & to bring it to the place you want to live?

[@gourleygirldebbie]

that sounds great! My family and I would live to do the same on our old family homestead in Midway, IN some day....

[@SandyzSerious]

Do people buy them to live in?

[@lilbo1Y1]

all those axe marks in those logs. Someone worked extremely hard to build it by hand without power tools.

[@Snickelfritz_]

App a latch I an, not app a lay chi an. He would get laughed out of my part of VA.

[@alanlangley7246]

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