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Lawrence Cabin, State Route 3, Havertown, Delaware County, PA



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B&W Photos

HB1005590
East Side And Environs
HB1005591
South (front) Elevation, Oblique View
HB1005592
North (rear) Elevation
HB1005593
South (front) Elevation, Log Section With Exposed Common Rafters

HB1005594
Chamfered Rafter With Butt End Of Common Purlin
HB1005595
South Elevation, Paneled Door, Main Entrance Of Rubble Section
HB1005596
Log Notching With Infill
HB1005597
Roof Construction Showing Common-purlins And Rafters

HB1005598
Detail, Roof Construction With Rafters
HB1005599
Rubble Wall Juxtaposed To Log Construction
HB1005600
Rubble Wall, Log Construction, And Eave
HB1005601
Interior, Fireplace


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Photo Caption Pages


Item Title


Location
State Route 3, Havertown vicinity, PA

Find maps of Havertown, PA


Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.

Notes
Survey number HABS PA-1238
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N1077).
Building/structure dates: 1700 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1750 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1961 subsequent work
Significance: Log cabin resembles those built by Swedish settlers in the area.

Subjects
Moving Of Structures
Ethnic Groups
Log Cabins


Related Names
Buckley, Mary, Historian
Hartshorne, Penelope, Photographer


Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
1. EAST SIDE AND ENVIRONS
2. SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION, OBLIQUE VIEW
3. NORTH (REAR) ELEVATION
4. SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION, LOG SECTION WITH EXPOSED COMMON RAFTERS
5. CHAMFERED RAFTER WITH BUTT END OF COMMON PURLIN
6. SOUTH ELEVATION, PANELED DOOR, MAIN ENTRANCE OF RUBBLE SECTION
7. LOG NOTCHING WITH INFILL
8. ROOF CONSTRUCTION SHOWING COMMON-PURLINS AND RAFTERS
9. DETAIL, ROOF CONSTRUCTION WITH RAFTERS
10. RUBBLE WALL JUXTAPOSED TO LOG CONSTRUCTION
11. RUBBLE WALL, LOG CONSTRUCTION, AND EAVE
12. INTERIOR, FIREPLACE


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