Kerry Kelly 2007
North Unity School Log Construction
The North Unity School is of similar construction to the
Kraitz cabin and the
Shalda cabin. Czechs and Germans have a long tradition of horizontal log construction. In this area of forested mountains and foothills in Central Europe, log construction had been a common building technique for hundreds of years. Some of these homes have lasted over 300 years. Note the logs, hewn on two sides 7-8 inches wide and 10-14 inches high. The logs were close-fitted so that the top of one rested on the log below it for its full length with only an occasional small gap. The corner notches are interlocking dove-tail joints. The dove-tails were cut with a saw.