***FOR SALE***
Pre-Civil War Era Dog-trot Style Log Cabin
Rare Opportunity to Own a Piece of History
Cabin was dismantled and logs numbered.
Great primitive hunting cabin or rustic hideaway.
Owned by the Bates County Historical Society, Butler, Missouri
Description below given in 2006 by Steve Hanson, expert frontier cabin craftsman.
In 1852, Frank Sidden built the left 16’x16’ pen for himself in Licking, Missouri. Sometime later (1872) he sold it to a family (name unknown) and they hired him to build another 16’x16’ pen, 8 feet to the east. He bridged across the first cabin with two 25’ logs. This made it a double pen “dog-trot” style cabin. The ‘dog-trot” is an open breezeway measuring 8’x16’.
Thomas and Sarah Creech bought the cabin in 1917 and replaced complete roof, rafters and all. They raised eleven children in this house. Creech family members lived here until 1985. Steve and Nyla Hanson bought the cabin from Robert and Mary Sullins in 1990. It had sat vacant for five years.
This is a typical pre-Civil War style hand hewn log cabin. Logs are white oak, 6” thick, with half dovetail corner notches. Rafters are oak measuring 5-6” in diameter. They were brand new in 1917. There is fireplace on left cabin and chimney on right cabin. Out of about 80 logs, only a few wall logs and the log foundation sills have to be replaced. Most logs are in very good shape due to the fact they had been covered with weather boarding. The logs are currently stored in a barn in eastern Bates County.
Steve Hanson will advise the buyer about reconstruction if requested.
$2500 obo: 660-679-0134 or director@batescountymuseum.org
