Those more substantially built were sometimes added to and were sheathed in clapboards on the outside, and plastered on the inside. A French Canadian named Antoine Loraine, who was working to clear Charlotte land at the time, may have built this log house. Several similar homes have been located in the vicinity. When acquired by the Museum in 1955, it was moved intact and restored. Today it is furnished with reproduction furniture, textiles and personal belongings to suggest the experience of a family recently settled in the Lake Champlain valley in 1795.
Close inspection reveals the subtleties of work and home in the new state of Vermont.