Stovewood Construction

My neighbors John and JoAnn operate the County H Tree Farm.  As part of the Christmas tree operation they built a beautiful gift shop in the stovewood style of construction. 

Stovewood construction is characterized by uniformly-cut lengths of wood stacked in a bed of lime mortar perpendicular to the leading edge of the wall.  It looks like stacked wood for  your wood stove.  Thus the name. 

Anyway, if you visit John and JoAnn before Christmas you can cut your own tree and warm yourself in the gift shop alongside the antique pot belly stove.  It's all very cool.

I was out riding my bicycle the weekend before last and came across a barn located only feet from the edge of the road.  Some of the cedar shakes had fallen-away revealing the original stovewood construction.

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Imagine a barn constructed of these cedar logs.

No wonder it's still standing.

Learn more about stovewood construction here.