Evening star., 1938-04-30
ALL YEAR-R0UND
CABIN APPEARS
Comfort and Pusticity Are
Motifs of Home in
Nearby Virginia.
BY BLANCHE MCKNIGHT.


Log cabins as an-year round homes
are becoming increasingly popular
in this section Of the country, and one
Of the newest types of cabins designed
for year round suburban home has
been built in nearby Virginia. 1t is
said to be the only one of its kind in
the State.
The owners, MIR. and Mrs. Hugh
Hayworth, who live on the Great Falls
road, mile above Chain Bridge, have
just completed the rustic dwelling,
composed Of the finest woods obtain
able. Red cedar logs from Washing
ton State. redwood from California,
red cedar shingles from Canada and
white stone from Maryland and Vir-
ginia have all gone into the building
Comfortable Rusticity.
It Is a home modern enough to
satisfy the most exacting comfort
lover and yet preserve the rustic charm
and appealing ruggedness of true
pioneer log houses.
Ideally situated on knoll in a
wooded spot, the front of the house
looks out into grove, in whose depths
Pimmet Run courses its way down to
the Potomac.
The cabin is a by 81 feet, and con-
tains five rooms with bath. Six-inch
red cedar logs. grooved and splined to-
gether with California redwood and
spiked with l0-inch iron spikes make
the building. The spiking is so ar
ranged that eight inches Of the spike
penetrates into each log. This con-
struction makes the dwelling insect
proof and practically hurricane proof.
Other distinctive structural features
include the patented locking
corner construction, which makes a
strong, rigid. insulated joint, and at
the corners Of the house the logs jut
out unevenly, thus preserving the
rustic appearance and quaint attrac-
tiveness. The roof of red cedar
shingles brought down from Canada,
is insulated with two layers of pine
sheathing, two inches of rock wool. and
two layers of felt. The exterior doors
are Of tWo-inch thick cedar with
paneled glass top. hung by heavy
wrought-iron hinges. Even the door
knobs are wooden, in keeping with the
rustic type Of cabin.
"H' Floor Plan.
The floor plan forms the letter "H,"
with kitchen, dinette, and small entry
hall on one end, large living room in
the center. and two bed rooms, bath
and small hall on the other end. The
living room is IA by 1s; the bedrooms,
l112 by 1872 each. and the dinette and
kitchen are II feet inches by 10, and
11x10, respectively. Just off the living
room, facing the woods is a large
screened porch, by 1s, which really
creates an outdoor living room that
Is both comfortable and mosquito
proof.
Ceilings throughout the house are
the beamed, studio type. following the
line of the house roof itself. The
beauty Of the spacious living room Is
enhanced by wide. CHEEKY fireplace.
built Of white stone. The mantel
ledge Is q split cedar log, supported
by two protruding log ends. The
hearth Is built up 10 inches from the
floor, reminiscent Of the hreplaces
found In the Scandinavian farm
houses. This arrangement Is beauti-
fully adapted to cooking Sunday night
suppers over the open fire with the
aid Of an old-fashioned covered oven.
The bedrooms. besides being un-
usually roony, are designed for light
and ventilation. There are easement
windows in each end Of the house so
inches long, and there are 30-inch
easement windows in each room Of
the side walls. The bathroom Is modern
In every respect.