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1 1 FINNISH LOG CONSTRUCTION IF IT FITS- IT S FINNISH By Frank Eld-Founder! Long Valley Preservation Society Roseberry, Idaho

2 16TH CENTURY CABIN 2 IN FINLAND 2

3 Finns in Finland Finishing a 2 B Finnish Cabin Painting by Akseli! Gallen-Gallela early 20th century.

The site is open year round and the 25 buildings are open summers.

4 Valley County museum 3 Roseberry, Idaho Est 1970, Roseberry Open Air Museum is operated by the Long Valley Preservation Society. The site is open year round and the 25 buildings are open summers. A Heritage center was e s t a b l i s h e d f o r t h e preservation of Finnish buildings and culture.

5 Research & Restoration 4 Reassembling a 1912 Finnish hand hewn timber frame barn The Finnabego Home away from Home. Moving the 1904 Mahala Blacksmith Shop Restoring logs on the Korvola Cabin

6 Finnish Homestead 5 with log buildings THE FINNISH AMERICAN DREAM

7 If it fits-it s Finnish! 6 Finland

8 Log Building In Finnish History 7 The Finn, Axe in Hand, Hewing logs.

9 The Finn s Toolbox 8

10 Finnish Construction 9 Squared and fitted logs Squaring the log Using the Vara for scribing the logs to fit. The Peg and Moss Round & fitted logs

11 It s Finnished 10

The log room was heated living space while the other was for storage.

12 Korvola Homestead 11 one room cabin Typical homestead cabin with one log room and a second of lumber. The log room was heated living space while the other was for storage. The Korvola cabin was built by four Finnish bachelors who drew straws for it. Before Note the Dovetail corners

Sampela Homestead 12 two room cabin, 11/2

A two room (w/upstairs) cabin with a board

Now used for meetings and gatherings at the

Eleven children were raised in this cabin.

13 Sampela Homestead 12 two room cabin, 11/2 story! A two room (w/upstairs) cabin with a board partition wall (removed). Now used for meetings and gatherings at the Roseberry Museum. Eleven children were raised in this cabin. Built in 1902 and moved f r o m t h e S a m p i l a homestead. Note the unusual number of windows and double notched corners.

14 Mahala Hay Barn 13 Round logs with spacing between we r e t y p i c a l l y u s e d f o r h ay barns.the ventilation was to dry the hay. In Finland, each field had a hay shed. A simple saddle notch was used on these buildings.

15 Mahala Blacksmith Shop 14 Built in 1904 by the Mahala brothers. Note the dovetail corners which have an additional notch. The fit is extraordinary when you note the curve of the logs.

room (for sauna) and a lumber room (for dressing).

Built as a savusauna, it had a stove and pipe added

The smoke v e n t a n d c o v e r a n d blackened

16 Saunas 15 Wargelin Sauna! Built like a one room cabin, most saunas had a log room (for sauna) and a lumber room (for dressing). Maki Sauna! Built as a savusauna, it had a stove and pipe added later. The smoke v e n t a n d c o v e r a n d blackened walls attest to it early use. The Kangas Sauna! Originally a savusauna and later converted to a stove.! The hole in the foundation for feeding the savusauna fire is still visible.

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20 Finns in other places 19 Wisconsin Michigan Oregon Minnesota

21 Barns 20 Idaho Michigan Minnesota Montana

22 Sheds and Outbuildings even chicken and outhouses! 21 Minnesota Michigan

23 building in Finland 22 Typical log construction for centuries in Finland Same techniques were used here in America Early scaffolding. Text! Hay shed

24 Log Church in Finland 23

25 American Log Cabins 24 in Idaho Hundreds of cabins remain in the West Typical American log constr uction using round logs with daubing and chinking between the log gaps.

26 Montana French-Canadian log construction, c Beautiful hand hewn, dovetailed log work! Daubed and chinked, not scribed and fitted

Note the chinking made of wood, rocks and

27 Early Pennsylvania- 26 German log construction Late1700 s to early 1800 s G e r m a n construction of hewn logs with very wide gaps. Note the chinking made of wood, rocks and plaster Other examples of Pennsylvania log houses with similar construction.

28 Colonial America Finns The first Finns in America came in the 1640 s to the New Sweden Colony (today s NJ, Pa, De corners). They brought with them their craftsmanship in log building. Hewn and scribed to fit

29 Nothnagle House! Considered to be the oldest Finnish cabin in America 28 Original corner fireplace Swedish/Finnish? Granary Swedish/Finnish? plank cabin

30 From coast to coast 29 Finnish log buildings stand as monuments to the art of these craftsman

Initial Structures ( )

Initial Structures ( ) Initial Structures (1875-1885) When the first group of Icelandic settlers landed on the shores of Lake Winnipeg in 1875 they were unaware of the severity of western Canadian winters were thus ill prepared