During Lexington County’s colonial period, most of the homes were probably log structures that were dovetailed or notched together. No log structure has been found in Lexington County that featured chinking or mud daubing.

A circa 1765 log cabin that once stood across the river in Columbia and is now located at Sesquicentennial State Park did feature chinking. Many of the log structures that are known featured a room downstairs and a loft area upstairs.

These cabins were often expanded and incorporated into a larger house or were sometimes used as slave cabins.

The Lexington County Museum features 3 such structures. They are the Laurance Corley House, the Michael Lorick House, and the Senn House.

JR Fennell is Lexington County Museum director.