Maryland

Log Cabin at 417 Jonathan Street, Hagerstown, Maryland (39.648829, -77.718310)

Reused Logs Felling Dates: Winter 1740/1, Winter 1739/40

Site Master 1620-1740 (white oak) JOMDx1 (t = 10.09 DOUGx1; 9.51 MARYLAND; 9.17 FYMDx2).

The building at 417 Jonathan Street is a single-story log structure constructed primarily with reused timbers. It has a Continental plan with later alterations.

Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the building was constructed from reused timbers that were felled in the winter of 1739/40 and the winter of 1740/1.

Worthington, M J, and Seiter, J I 2020 "The Tree-Ring Dating of theLog Cabin at 417 Jonathan Street, Hagerstown, Maryland" Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory 2020/13

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