The first building on the site was a log house he built in 1879, which was used for many years as a secondary residence, but burned in 1916.

It is a two-story log building with pine and some larch weatherboard siding, built upon a rubble stone foundation.

The framing employs square-hewn logs about 12 inches (0.30 m) wide, which are dovetailed and chinked with mortar.

[2] The property is located on Wildfowl Road west of the East Side Highway in the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge.

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