Cheyney cabin at Lake Itasca State Park in Minnesota.

Photographed when newly constructed in the early 1900s the cabin was used to house faculty of the Forestry School of the University of Minnesota. Now it is scheduled for demolition in the next few days as it is now just plain worn out . . . leaks, rotting, foundation breaking up
 
Since the Cheyney cabin is the very last of the original log structures, they are very serious about recycling some of the materials.  For instance, the southern Yellow Pine flooring is in excellent shape, maybe the fireplace (which everyone has said is the best one ever in terms of draw and smokelessness), and ripping interior finish paneling "logs" from the tamarack-log exterior walls.

Prof. Edward G. Cheyney is shown seated on the porch of the cabin along with his wife, Frances Porter and daughters, Virginia and Lucie Cheyney.

Landscape/photo c.1910

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