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Vertical Log Construction:
During the 1830s, Colonel Dent enlarged the main house. He had a separate cabin built of vertical logs in the French Colonial style of architecture attacked to the side of the home and covered with clapboard siding to match the original structure. A portion of the vertical log wall is visible to the right.
When Grant gave his caretakers permission to construct the first floor kitchen in 1868, the exterior vertical log wall became an interior kitchen wall. Workers removed the clapboard siding, nailing wood lathe strings over the logs, and plastered the walls to create a smooth surface. |