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Photographer: Don Morfe
Taken: April 24, 2014
Caption: Ganoe-Bussell Log Cabin (ca. 1850)
Additional Description: This log cabin, which may be the oldest extant building in Tullahoma, was located at 607 S. Atlantic Street when it was discovered in 1990. Will and Grace Ganoe purchased the house in 1898 from the family of Thomas Wells. Ganoe descendants lived in the house until 1975. The family had always known one room as the "log room" The Middle Tennessee State University Center for Historic Preservation assessed the structure and described the building as a single pen log structure. The outside horizontal dimensions are 14'10" by 16'0" and the height of the log walls is 8'10". The log walls appear to be oak, surfaced with a broadax or foot adze and measure about 4" thick horizontally and average 9-11 vertically. Corners were created using square-notching techniques. Chinking consisted mostly of split cedar pieces with a few circular sawn pieces apparent. The Center concluded that the building falls within the Midland American log culture in terms of its overall construction and floor plan. Based on saw marks and nail chronology, the roofing system and door and window trim date between 1850 and 1880. Clark and Barbara Bussell donated the cabin to the Historic Preservation Society of Tullahoma, Inc. for preservation. Society members dismantled the logs and reconstructed the building at its present location. A porch, roof, flooring, limestone chimney and interior furnishings were added to restore the structure in a style typical of the Mid-Nineteenth Century. The cabin is open to the public by appointment (455-3534)
Submitted: July 24, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p280144
File Size: 3.993 Megabytes

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