191 Parkway Church Rd , Meadows Of Dan, VA 24120(Floyd County)

During the dismantling process several interesting features were discovered which makes this house unique. Houses of this era were usually built by the home owner and any number of friends and relatives who may have had some experience in the log construction process. It was an arduous, labor intensive endeavor. Houses of this time period were usually small, one and one-half story buildings with low ceilings and a large cooking fireplace. Windows, being hard to come by and expensive, were kept to a minimum.

The Weeks house was a very large 18' x 28', full two story house with high ceilings, beautiful hewn floor joists, large hewn logs, numerous windows and a soapstone fireplace. It was apparent from the construction techniques used by the builder that he had built many other log houses, and was in all likelihood, a professional builder. He used a tenoned casing around the doors and windows, waiting until the shrinkage was completed before pegging the casing in place. The ceiling height was high, somewhat of a status symbol of the time period, to accommodate the tall pieces of furniture owned by the rural gentry. There were 4 windows on the front of the house, two up and two down. Much to the delight of the restorationists, during dismantle, "O.W. 1856" was found carved into the joist of the oak sill log on the right front corner.

Before reconstruction, all logs that had any structural damage from weather, time or remodeling were replaced using matching, jointery techniques and hewn with period tools. A 10' x 12' bathroom addition was added with logs and timber frame to match the existing structure.

Has a total of 1,900 sq. ft. with a 14' x 18' room added and now sits on 9.53 level acres with a sparkling flowing stream.