This image of homes that were build by the first English to settle in Jamestowne was brought to you by Rustic Replicas. The guy who writes the blog for this company states:

Early English settlers in Virginia built a fortified settlement called Jamestown. The homes they constructed were not log cabins. Instead, they built small homes of massive, square-cut timbers that were mortised and pegged. The spaces between the timbers were filled with interwoven sticks (called waddle). The waddle was covered (or daubed) with mud. Even the chimney was built in this manner. The hearth was about five feet high so you could walk into the fireplace and look straight up the chimney. The floors were bare earth. There were window openings but often they were covered only by a shutter. As the original settlement was built on an island in the James river, the mosquitoes were plentiful and lethal. The little homes had thatched roofs made of reeds and/or grasses that grew in abundance in the swampy areas around the fort.

Can you imagine how large the trees must have been to cut a large timber such as the ones that built these homes?

While Rustic Replicas doesn’t offer this home as a miniature kit, they offer other kits for you to explore, mainly log cabins. Visit the site to learn more (NOTE: I haven’t ordered any products from this company so I can’t vouch for their quality).

Posted by river queen in Cities/Towns