Historic Log Cabin Inn to be rebuilt.Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard McKENZIE BRIDGE - Nearly one year after a fire destroyed the main building at the historic Log Cabin log cabin or log house, style of home typical of the American pioneer on the Western frontier of the United States in the great westward expansion after 1765. It was constructed with few tools, usually an axe or an adz and an auger. Inn, work is under way to rebuild the riverfront riv·er·front n. The land or property along a river. resort. Developer Steve McGhehey of Sisters expects to complete the job by spring 2008, when he says a new-and-improved inn complex along the McKenzie River For rivers name "Mackenzie", see . The McKenzie River is a tributary of the Willamette River, 86 miles (138 km) long, in northwestern Oregon in the United States. It drains part of the Cascade Range east of Eugene into the southernmost end of the Willamette Valley. will reopen to visitors. "We have some very exciting plans," said McGhehey, owner of Redstone Construction. "The idea is to make it look very much like it did originally," he said. Preliminary information submitted to Lane County planners includes a map outlining what a revamped complex could look like. The map, drawn up by Eugene landscape architecture firm Stangeland & Associates, has about 20 new cabins on the seven-acre property. A new restaurant - complete with a lounge, banquet room banquet room n. A large room, as in a restaurant, suitable for banquets. and store - is also part of the design. McGhehey said the restaurant will seat 60 to 70 people. It will be situated closer to the river than was the 100-year-old building that burned to the ground on March 29. A few cabins that survived the fire probably will be replaced. But McGhehey said Cabin No. 1, where luminaries including President Herbert Hoover and Clark Gable gable Triangular section formed by a roof with two slopes, extending from the eaves to the ridge where the two slopes meet. It may be miniaturized over a dormer window or entranceway. stayed when they visited the inn, will be "renovated to its original glory." "That cabin will kind of be our centerpiece," he said. Sisters-based investment group Diprop LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control bought the inn property in September for $1.625 million, county records show. The land had been owned since 1991 by David and Diane Rae, who put it on the market in 2005. They originally sought $2.4 million for the property. Disaster struck last spring, when a fire started in a laundry room A laundry room (also called a utility room) is a room where clothes are washed. In a modern home, a laundry room would be equipped with an automatic washing machine and clothes dryer,and often a large basin, called a laundry tub, for hand-washing delicate articles of clothing such near the rear of the main lodge. Flames engulfed the cedar-paneled structure before an adequate number of fire crews could reach the rural location. The inn was added to the National Register of Historic Places This article is about the U.S. Register. For the National Register of Historic Places in Canada see Canadian Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Community residents are glad to hear that the Log Cabin Inn will rise again, said Steve Harbick, owner of the McKenzie Bridge General Store. "Everybody around here is really excited about it," said Harbick, whose business has suffered a bit without the regular flow of visitors who vacationed and attended gatherings at the inn. "It'll be nice to have tourists again, who wake up in the morning and need the services we can provide." Lane County officials are awaiting formal development plans from McGhehey, county planner Jerry Kendall said. |
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