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Virginia City Institute

Log Structure Stabilization & Preservation Techinques
For Historic Structures

Hewn Log Training

The Lawyer's Office before stabilization
The Lawyer's Office before stabilization

Bernie Weisgerber, National Park Service, instructing participants on how to hew a log
Bernie Weisgerber, National Park Service, instructing participants on how to hew a log

Participants scoring a log
Participants scoring a log

A participant hewing a log, while Bernie Weisgerber and other participants watch
A participant hewing a log, while Bernie Weisgerber and other participants watch

A participant chiseling out a corner notch
A participant chiseling out a corner notch

The Lawyer's Office after stabilization. Note the two new logs
The Lawyer's Office after stabilization. Note the two new logs

Round Log Training


The Opium Den before stabilization


Participants measuring the building


The rotted sill log and one wall log removed and the building resting on cribbing


Bernie Weisgerber, National Park Service, instructing participants on how to cut a notch


Participants positioning the new wall log


The Opium Den after stabilization. Note the two new logs.