Log Cabin, Mount St. Mary's University
Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland
This cabin, located on the grounds of Mount Saint Mary's University in Emmitsburg, MD, is most famous for being home, in the early 1820s, to young John Hughes, a recent immigrant from Ireland who worked his way through school as a gardener, tutor, and prefect, and who went on to become the first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, in 1850. His many accomplishments included founding four colleges and beginning the construction of St. Patrick
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Cabin Before Repairs |
Picturesqe Third Location For Cabin -- Before Repairs |
Heavy Deterioration From Logs Being Exposed for Many Decades |
With Chinking Removed the Extent of Deterioration Becomes Evident |
Cleaning the Frame and Foundation Prior to Repairs |
Beginning Log Disasembly |
As Logs are Removed They are Laid On the Ground In Order of Assembly |
Hewing New Logs and Re-Hewing Old Logs For Reuse |
New Stacked Log Corner Showing Joinery |
New Porch Post |
The Cabin Begins To Take Shape Again |
The Traditional Method For Attaching A Door Or Window Jamb -- Trunnels Into the Ends of the Logs |
Roof Frame Being Erected |
New Rafter Joinery Matches the Original |
New Chinking Begun |
Exterior Chinking Nearly Complete |
New Interior Chinking |
New Cedar Shake Roof |
This new log cabin was finished with clapboards. Here, logs and nailers exposed before clapboarding. |
Exterior finished with clapboards. |
Interior Completed View |
Entry Door Constructed In Traditional Style |
Restoration Of Father Hughes Cabin |
Completed Restoration Of Historic Log Cabin |
