51f/10.5C, mostly clear, breezy. Beautiful!
This house was moved to the park some years ago and restored. Today, it is in serious need of restoring again. According to the park's website, "
The cabin was once the home of Jacob L. Starcher, the grandson of Jacob Starcher, the first permanent settler in Ripley. It serves as a memorial to the early settlers of Jackson County. It was donated to Cedar Lakes by the late Genevieve Starcher in 1968.
Visitors may take tours during the Arts and Crafts Festival."
I am not sure where this building, or any of the others, came from, but certainly somewhere in Jackson county.
Look at this dovetailing.
The yucca plants, or Spanish Dagger as my mother called this plant, look striking against the logs.
Old fence detail. I doubt it will stand much longer.
I pressed my phone to the window to see what was inside the house, as it was , of course, locked up.
A zoomed picture, because I want to try to identify the Early American Pattern Glass compote on the table.
The covered bromide was moved almost 50 years ago, from the nearby community called Staats (or Statts, depending on who you ask) Mill.
Another small log building. I wonder what it was used for?
Pawpaw trees border Mill Creek beside the park. Many people love pawpaw fruit, and there is even a Pawpaw festival in Ohio and I think one here in West Virginia too. I can't stand it myself-- it has the consistency and texture of over-ripe bananas. Yuck.
Off to the open mic now, after a stop for rabbit feed! Never just one thing to do when we go to town.
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I love looking at old houses and buildings. Very cool park.
ReplyDeleteOld log houses are great, well actually any old log building. I do wonder what that small one was used for.
ReplyDeleteWonderful post...Hug and kiss, Andreja!
ReplyDeleteInteresting buildings - inside out!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great old building. You got a good picture through the window. I hope they do the restoration work and keep up with it. It would be a shame to lose something like that.
ReplyDeleteI've never had paw paw but from your description I don't think I"m missing anything.
Oh, it needs to be kept up. I assume the covered bromide is spellcheck’s correction of mistyping, bridge?
ReplyDeleteI love the construction and detail of that log cabin. I can only imagine the hard work that went into building it with the tools they had in the day.
ReplyDelete...what a fun destination, thanks for taking me along.
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful spot -- so interesting and really lovely. You're right about that dovetailing -- I've never seen any like that!
ReplyDeleteThat cabin really does have a lot of charm.
ReplyDeleteThe dovetailing is impressive, and I like how the yucca plants stand out against the old logs.
It’s a shame the fence looks so fragile now--I hope they can restore things before too much is lost.
They have a paw-paw festival here in MD and we went one year. Actually, it was more like a paw-paw day. It was on a farm with house made out of straw bales. They used many innovative growing techniques. All very interesting, but the best thing was the paw-paw ice cream.
ReplyDeleteThe photos through the window turned out really well. The craftsmanship people possessed is amazing.
ReplyDeleteI like the old log house and the dove tailing is something you don't see much of. I have never tasted paw paw, but my FIL loved it.
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