Storybook Log Cabin

The cabin was built in 1928 by Joe Webb, an Appalachian craftsman who built nearly three dozen log homes in the area in the 1920s and ’30s, using no power tools or architectural drawings. (See The Work of Joe Webb by Reuben Cox, published by the University of Georgia Press.) The pine and chestnut logs and the fireplace are all original.

"We weren't in the house 10 minutes before we knew that this is what we wanted," recalls Gail, who was smitten with the storybook quality of the cabin.