[or-roots] The Forestry Building

[George Ross]

The Oregon Forestry Building was destroyed by fire on August 17th 1964.  It
was known as the "World Largest Log Cabin".  To see more of this building
and other buildings of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition  of 1905 go
to Oregon Forestry Building
http://pdxhistory.com.tripod.com/bank/lnc1/lnc1.html - Cached  This is an
outstanding site!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Chapman" <khanjehgil at presys.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 5:14 PM
Subject: RE: [or-roots] The Forestry Building


> Barbara;
>
> I am a bit curious about this, is this an answer to a question I missed?
My
> father had a story about I believe it was my grandfather or great Uncle
> working on this structure and a co-worker held his hammer in the middle of
> the handle so grampa cut it off to that length for him. Of course with my
> memory I may be confusing stories but I know kin of mine worked on it.
>
> Oh by the way the structure described here burned down, I believe in the
> '70's. It was a teen-age prank as I recall, whatever they did to the
> kid/other that did it wasn't just punishment, I think they should have
made
> him rebuild it by hand.
>
> I did get to visit it once or twice before then, it was an awesome
building.
> I wish NOW that I could go back and video tape all those kinds of trips I
> made with my father; he was born to a horse and buggy culture, lived to
> commuter space travel and all of that "advancement" in his life time. I
> don't think any group of people lived through a more radical period social
> change than he and his peers since the folks that were around when the
wheel
> was invented.
>
> Les Chapman
> khanjehgil at presys.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barbara Wulf
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 4:09 PM
>
> Oregon End of the Trail Binfords and Mort Portland 1940
>
> Pg 223 - Portland
>
> The Forestry Building (open 9-5 daily), NW. 28th Ave., between NW. Vaughn
> and NW. Upshur Sts., made entirely of fir, is a weather-beaten structure
206
> feet long, 102 feet wide, and 72 feet high.  In the vast interior,
> accentuating the great size, are fifty-two log pillars six feet in
diameter,
> that support the roof and a gallery of small logs.  On the floor are
> sections of great logs nine or ten feet in diameter, and polished slabs of
> various kinds of commercial lumber.  Doubtless the largest log cabin in
the
> world, 1,000,000 feet, board measure, of logs went into its construction.
> It was a feature of the Lewis and Clark exposition of 1905.  It is
occupied
> only by a caretaker.
>
>
> Barb
> wulf at bendcable.com
>
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