Selected Reading
Briscoe, Frank. "Wood-Destroying Insects." The Old-House
Journal. Vol. XIX, No. 2 (March/April 1991), pp. 3439.
Caron, Peter. "Jacking Techniques for Log Buildings." Association
for Preservation Technology Bulletin. Special Issue: Alberta Culture. Vol.
XX, No. 4 (1988), pp. 4254.
Cotton, J. Randall. "Log Houses in America." The Old-House
Journal. Vol. XVIII, No. 1 (January/February 1990), pp. 37-44.
Elbert, Duane E., and Keith A. Sculle. Log Buildings in Illinois:
Their Interpretation and Preservation. Illinois Preservation Series: Number 3. Springfield, IL: Illinois Department of Conservation, Division of Historic Sites, 1982.
Goodall, Harrison. "Log Crown Repair and Selective Replacement
Using Epoxy and Fiberglass Reinforcing Rebars: Lamar Barn, Yellowstone
National Park, Wyoming." Preservation Tech Notes, Exterior Woodwork Number 3. Washington, D.C.: Preservation Assistance Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1989.
___________, and Renee Friedman. Log Structures: Preservation and
Problem-Solving. Nashville, TN: American Association for State and Local
History, 1980.
Hutslar, Donald A. The Architecture of Migration: Log Construction
in the Ohio Country, 17501850. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 1986.
____________. Log Cabin Restoration: Guidelines for the Historical
Society. American Association for State and Local History Technical Leaflet 74. History News. Vol. 29, No. 5, May 1974.
Jordan, Terry G. American Log Buildings: An Old World Heritage. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1985.
Kaiser, Harvey H. Great Camps of the Adirondacks. Boston: David R.
Godine Publisher, Inc., 1986.
Merrill, William. "Wood Deterioration: Causes, Detection and
Prevention." American Association for State and Local History Technical
Leaflet 77. History News. Vol. 29, No. 8, August, 1974.
Rowell, R.M., J.M. Black, L.R. Gjovik, and W.C. Feist. Protecting
Log Cabins from Decay. U.S.D.A. Forest Service Products Laboratory, General Technical Report, FPL11. Madison, WI: Forest Products Laboratory, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1977.
St. George, R.A. Protecting Log Cabins, Rustic Work and Unseasoned
Wood from Injurious Insects in the Eastern United States. Farmer's Bulletin No. 2104, United States Department of Agriculture. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1962 (Rev. 1970).
Tweed, William C., Laura E. Soulliere, and Henry G. Law. National
Park Service Rustic Architecture: 1916-1942. San Francisco, CA: Division
of Cultural Resource Management, Western Regional Office, National Park
Service, February 1977.
Wilson, Mary. Log Cabin Studies. Cultural Resources Report No. 9.
Ogden, UT: United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1984.
Acknowledgements
The author, a Preservation Specialist at the Pennsylvania Historical
and Museum Commission, wishes to thank those experts who reviewed and commented
upon the draft manuscript: James Caufield; J. Randall Cotton; Harrison
Goodall; Donald A. Hutslar; Terry G. Jordan; Bernard Weisgerber; Rodd Wheaton;
and National Park Service professional staff. Anne E. Grimmer is credited
with directing this cooperative publication project and general editorship.
Washington, D.C. September, 1991
This publication has been prepared pursuant to the National
Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, which directs the Secretary
of the Interior to develop and make available information concerning historic
properties. Technical Preservation Services (TPS), Heritage Preservation
Services Division, National Park Service prepares standards, guidelines,
and other educational materials on responsible historic preservation treatments
for a broad public.
"The Preservation and Repair of Historic Log Buildings" an Historic Preservation Brief
