Authentic 18th and 19th Century Log Cabins

These are the real deal--18th and 19th Century log cabins located mostly in the South. As residences go, they are both a joy and a tarnation. Wish I could take credit for all the pictures, but I didn't take all of them myself.

MUSIC: "River Jordan" by Angela Easterling

http://www.angelaeasterling.com/
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[warrenst1955]

LOVED THIS VIDEO !!!!!!

[suuzzee5]

@warrenst1955 Thanks so very much!

[T3hJones]

Very nice cabins but why was the chimney on the outside?

[suuzzee5]

Thank you. Outside chimneys were easier to build, easier to repair. That's the only information I could find on the subject.

[atnipjoe]

@T3hJones because they could still cook in the summer without heating up the house too much most heat is done with wood burning stoves and cooking in the winter but cooking in the summer is done with the fire place or outside like a BBQ i live in Missouri out side of st.Louis you still see house's like this with people living in them but they have running water and electric now

[suuzzee5]

@atnipjoe Good point about the heating issue.

[Historygirl1863]

Love It And I Love History Wb =)

[kaccedi]

Some of the best architects in history.. great video

[vicnednemmy2]

nice video. thank you for sharing.

[judge6754]

@suuzzee5 also , took up less vauable space. And many were build from wood in earlier days. So, there could have been a risk of fire.?

[akshara3000]

great song!

[dean11081988]

@suuzzee5 i was once told that the chimney was on the out side so if it cought fire they could just push it away from the house thus saving it i dont know if its true but it sounds logical

[space9888]

outside chimneys are less likely to catch the house on fire in the event of a chimney fire.