The diameter and length of the logs reduces as they rise to the eaves; oakum chinking is used to close the gaps.

The house was built in 1935 by Joe and Blanche Puhl, settlers who were part of the Matanuska Valley Colony settlement project.

This building is distinctive as a colony house because it was not built by the crews of the Works Progress Administration that built most of the colony's housing; the Puhls organized their own construction team and acquired materials for its construction on their own.

[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

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