Lower Swedish Cabin
Encyclopedia
Lower Swedish Cabin is a historic Swedish-style log cabin
on Creek Road in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
along Darby Creek
. The cabin may be one of the oldest log cabins in the United States.
colony. In the early 1900s film pioneer Siegmund Lubin
filmed several movies at the site. The house served as a private residence until 1937, when a Historic American Building Survey was done and the Cabin became the property of the township of Upper Darby. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1980. After neglect and vandalism throughout the mid-1900s the house was restored in 1987.
Log cabin
A log cabin is a house built from logs. It is a fairly simple type of log house. A distinction should be drawn between the traditional meanings of "log cabin" and "log house." Historically most "Log cabins" were a simple one- or 1½-story structures, somewhat impermanent, and less finished or less...
on Creek Road in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
Drexel Hill is a census-designated place in Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Drexel Hill is located southwest of Center City, Philadelphia and is part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area...
along Darby Creek
Darby Creek (Pennsylvania)
thumb|Darby Creek where it crosses [[Pennsylvania Route 320|Route 320]] in [[Marple Township, Pennsylvania|Marple Township]]Darby Creek is a creek in Delaware County, Pennsylvania...
. The cabin may be one of the oldest log cabins in the United States.
History
It was likely built sometime between 1640-1700 by Swedish immigrants who were part of the New SwedenNew Sweden
New Sweden was a Swedish colony along the Delaware River on the Mid-Atlantic coast of North America from 1638 to 1655. Fort Christina, now in Wilmington, Delaware, was the first settlement. New Sweden included parts of the present-day American states of Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania....
colony. In the early 1900s film pioneer Siegmund Lubin
Siegmund Lubin
Siegmund Lubin was a Polish-American motion picture pioneer.-Biography:He was born as Siegmund Lubszynski in Breslau, Silesia, Germany on April 20, 1851, to a German Jewish family...
filmed several movies at the site. The house served as a private residence until 1937, when a Historic American Building Survey was done and the Cabin became the property of the township of Upper Darby. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1980. After neglect and vandalism throughout the mid-1900s the house was restored in 1987.
See also
- List of the oldest buildings in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, Pennsylvania