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Title: Concrete Masquerades as Log Cabin Construction

Author(s): Tito R. Marzotto

Publication: Concrete International

Volume: 13

Issue: 2

Appears on pages(s): 48-50

Keywords: concrete blocks; history; houses; recreational facilities; reinforced concrete; residential buildings; sculpture; stucco; swimming pools; General

DOI:

Date: 2/1/1991

Abstract:
Describes a reinforced concrete hunting lodge constructed in the early 1940s to resemble a log cabin. The exterior walls consist of cinder block covered with a stucco-like concrete layer that is colored and sculpted to resemble log cabin construction, complete with wood and bark striations, grain, and knot holes.