This log building in Northumberland Pa was first built around 1790, according to the sign posted here. Newspaper articles report that it was built prior to the towns founding, and before the revolutionary war, in the 1770s.
. The land that became Northumberland was purchased from the Iroquois in the first Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768, and the village was laid out in 1772.
In 2008, the building was in very bad shape, and was about to be torn down. Mark Walberg, who owns many historic buildings in the area, purchased it, and had it moved to his property on King Street, about a block away from it's original location.
The building was rebuilt using hand made tools and materials available when the log house was originally built.
The original roof had been lost ages ago, but the structure was rebuilt with the German side lap bevel shingles that were common in the time period the house had been built.
Jim Houston, a preservation construction specialist with the Pennsylvania Museum and Historical Commission, was brought in to make sure the shingles looked authentic.
Mark Walberg and his wife Gretchen own numerous properties in the area, including several former schools, and the former prison building (Which he renamed Stone Castle, in 2017), in addition to the William Maclay house in Sunbury.
The building is located right beside the Priestly Chapel, on King Street in Northumberland.
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The cabin is occasionally opened for historical events and tours, I was fortunate to see inside during the 250th Anniversary Celebration in 2022:
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this is so cool
ReplyDeleteI believe my Aunt Betty Dauberman lived in this structure when it was on Queen Street
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