Drake Log Cabin

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Drake Log Cabin
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LocationWilliams Alley, Apollo, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°34′42″N79°34′0″W / 40.57833°N 79.56667°W / 40.57833; -79.56667
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Builtc. 1816
NRHP reference No. 83002214 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 3, 1983

Drake Log Cabin is a historic log cabin located at Apollo, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1816, and is a 1+12-story, one-room, rectangular log cabin measuring 18 feet by 22 feet. It has a gable roof and interior end stone chimney. The cabin was restored in 1971 and opened to the public by its owner, the Apollo Area Historical Society. [2]

The Drake Log Cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-08-22.Note: This includes Lorraine Dennis Allen (March 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Drake Log Cabin" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-22.