Historic Structure Report: Lincoln Cabin
Jones TH and Oppermann JK. 2005. Historic Structure Report: Lincoln Cabin. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
This Historic Structure Report concerns the Lincoln Cabin. To restore the cabin to the recommended treatment, replacement logs should be installed at damaged areas of the cabin and chimney to match original 1930s construction. Modern Portland cement-based chinking at the chimney should be removed and replaced with mud-based chinking to match original construction. These repairs likely would require extensive shoring or even dismantling; in the later case, each building part should be assigned a unique number, marked, and noted on measured drawings and/or photographs. New wood shingle roofing, appropriate to the original 1930s construction, should be installed. Inside, the presumably original 1931 wood floor that was removed in 2003 should be reinstalled. Where damaged, Dutchmen repairs should be made. Where mismatching replacement boards have been installed, they should be replaced with boards matching the original 1931 construction. The limestone firebox surround should be preserved until further study determines whether it was installed during the period of significance.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Jones, Tommy; Oppermann, Joseph
- Date of Issue
- 2005
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- ABLI , HIST , SER
- Keywords
- Abraham Lincoln, chimney, Cultural Resources, ehistory, Lincoln Cabin, Memorial Building, restoration
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 473357: Lincoln Tavern , CRIS-HS: 007354: Traditional Lincoln Birthplace Cabin