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Fireplace in the northeast corner of the Swedish Cabin, in the smaller room. These corner fireplaces are distinctive of Forest Finn cabins of the mid 17th century.

Fireplace in the northwest corner of the Swedish Cabin, in the smaller room. These corner fireplaces are distinctive of Forest Finn cabins of the mid 17th century.

This blog post was written for a Material Culture class with Dr. Seth Bruggeman at Temple University. Laurie J. Fitzpatrick gathered observations and images during a February 2016 visit to the cabin.

This is the wall to the immediate right of the main entrance of the cabin. Items on the wall were installed by members of the Friends of the Swedish Cabin for interpretation and fundraising (t-shirts for sale) for this house museum.

This view looks from the main room into the smaller room of the Swedish Cabin. To the right of the door is a display cabinet installed by members of the Friends of the Swedish Cabin. It displays items related to the history of the Forest Finns who…

The tools on this wall are modern reproductions that were manufactured and installed by members of the Friends of the Swedish Cabin to interpret the pioneer history of this house museum.

Some of these logs are original to the cabin, others have been replaced over time. The distinctive "V" notch of these logs represents a style that came from Varmland, Sweden by Forest Finns who emigrated to New Sweden in the mid 17th century as…

These ruins are all that remain of the mill that stood across Darby Creek from the Swedish Cabin.

In 1987, members of the Friends of the Swedish Cabin hired (and assisted) Glen Sheehan of SJS Consultants to conduct an archaeological dig of the interior floor of the cabin, in preparation for the replacement of the old clay floor with a safer…

This protrusion of dolomite extends down to the creek, and the cabin was deliberately built on areas where the rock is exposed in the valley below.
Parts of this rock have been cut and used to either build or restore the Swedish Cabin.