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Walnut Grove Pioneer Village : Schaff Cabin
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This cabin was moved in 1978 from Dixon, Iowa. It was donated by Mr. & Mrs. Roger Schaff and was owned by Mrs. Schaff's mother, Anna Thede and before her the Petersen family. This cabin is one of two cabins at the village.
Both
cabins are built of hand hewn oak logs and the cracks were filled
with mixture of clay and grass, which was called "chinking".
Both cabins are typical of how the early settlers built their homes
in the early 1800's. They used what was most available, logs from
the many trees.
The Schaff cabin has a loft and is furnished in a less primitive fashion than the Tobin cabin which would indicate the family could afford better things.
The cabin is intact except for the massive fireplace that was designed and built by George Endlich. It features a separate oven for baking purposes. A fire is built right in the oven to heat up the stone and then the ashes are removed. Bread or other baked goods are put in the oven and baked from the heat generated by the hot stone.
Antique Farm Machinery Building • Barber Shop • Bison Saloon • Blacksmith Shop • Boothill Cemetery • Carpenter Shop • Chicago, Burlington Quincy Caboose 14353 • Doctor's Office • Donahue Train Depot • Firehouse • Garage • Keppy & Nagle General Store • Olde St. Anns Church • Savings Bank • Schaff Cabin • School Museum • Soda Fountain Shop • Telephone Office • The Ox Locomotive • Tobin Cabin
