Alan Pape removes items from an 1850s-era Norwegian log cabin. Pape recalled his discovery of the cabin as "divine intervention" — on a trip to Norway, he and his wife met a tour guide whose family had settled in Wisconsin and built the cabin.
A painting of a historic log cabin in Norway, similar to an 1850s-era cabin in DeForest. Paintings like these, historian Alan Pape said, often reflected fantasy more than reality as early Norwegian settlers dreamed of an ideal life.
Discarded items accumulated over years clutter the interior of an 1850s-era Norwegian log cabin. Among the clutter were two bottles of Tums, which expired in 1993, plastic teacups and doll shoes.
The partially disassembled cabin as it stood in late June. Small and unassuming as it may look now, the structure once housed 13 people.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Alan Pape removes clutter from the cabin. While the cabin hasn't been lived in since the early 20th century, more modern evidence of life could be found inside among years of decay.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
Hand-chiseled notches of a roof beam are seen on a disassembled log from the cabin. The logs are deceptively heavy according to historian Alan Pape. Moving this log in particular took several people.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
A metal identification tag marks a timber of an 1850s-era log cabin. Historians and volunteers tagged each log to ensure that they'd be properly put back together after being moved to the cabin's new home in Washington County.
Alan Pape removes items from an 1850s-era Norwegian log cabin. Pape recalled his discovery of the cabin as "divine intervention" — on a trip to Norway, he and his wife met a tour guide whose family had settled in Wisconsin and built the cabin.
Discarded items accumulated over years clutter the interior of an 1850s-era Norwegian log cabin. Among the clutter were two bottles of Tums, which expired in 1993, plastic teacups and doll shoes.
Hand-chiseled notches of a roof beam are seen on a disassembled log from the cabin. The logs are deceptively heavy according to historian Alan Pape. Moving this log in particular took several people.
A painting of a historic log cabin in Norway, similar to an 1850s-era cabin in DeForest. Paintings like these, historian Alan Pape said, often reflected fantasy more than reality as early Norwegian settlers dreamed of an ideal life.
Alan Pape removes clutter from the cabin. While the cabin hasn't been lived in since the early 20th century, more modern evidence of life could be found inside among years of decay.
A metal identification tag marks a timber of an 1850s-era log cabin. Historians and volunteers tagged each log to ensure that they'd be properly put back together after being moved to the cabin's new home in Washington County.
