[2] When Sorin arrived on campus, the Log Chapel was the main structure standing.

It was a 44 by 24 feet log cabin that served as chapel and priest residence.

One of the first things that Sorin did was build a second log cabin, which was dedicated on March 19, 1843, slightly to the east of Badin's chapel and about the same size.

[3] The original Log Chapel was destroyed in 1856 by a fire, and an identical replica was built in the same spot in 1906.

Francis Cointet, from the Basilica crypt to the Log Chapel, where Fr.