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123 m e a su rin g betw een 12 and 20 f e e t w ith th e l e n g t h u s u a l l y n o t more th a n t h r e e f e e t g r e a t e r th a n th e w id th . C ab in s o f a b o u t 15 by 16 f e e t a r e m ost t y p i c a l th o u g h some a r e more r e c t a n g u l a r h a v in g a r a t i o o f a p p ro x im a te ly 1 : 2 . Many o f th e l a t t e r c o n ta i n two s m a ll rooms e f f e c t e d by a l i g h t p a r ­ titio n ( F ig . 3 9 ). O c c a s io n a lly two c a b in s w ere j o in e d s o l i d l y t o g e t h e r a t th e g a b le en d s w ith th e tw o som etim es of d i s s i m i l a r m a t e r i a l s ( F ig . 4 0 ) . The d o o r i s v i r t u a l l y alw ay s on th e b r o a d s id e , r a t h e r th a n th e g a b le end o p p o s ite th e chim ney. T here w ere no s o - c a l l e d d o g t r o t o r do g ru n ^ c a b in s found in f i e l d work o r d e s c r ib e d i n Mormon l i t e r a t u r e . A Mormon fa m ily t y p i c a l l y o c c u p ie d a c a b in f o r two to f i v e o r more y e a r s , b u t th e fa m ily u s u a l l y d id n o t d e m o lish th e c a b in upon a c q u ir in g a p e rm a n en t home. The c a b in was commonly rem o d eled and " a b s o rb e d ” i n t o a new h o u s e . Today i t i s common f o r an o ld ho u se t o c o n t a i n a room t h a t was o r i g i n a l l y a c a b in ( F ig . 4 1 ) . The o r i g i n a l s e c t i o n i s f r e ­ q u e n tly o f lo g w h ile th e re m a in d e r o f th e p r e s e n t house i s o f a n o th e r m a t e r i a l and th e w hole v e n e e re d w ith a s i d i n g o f p l a s t e r , r e n d e r in g th e o r i g i n a l m a t e r i a l s u n d e t e c t i b l e . If a c a b in was abandoned a s l i v i n g q u a r t e r s , i t was o f t e n l e f t i n t a c t b u t unim proved n e a r th e new house t o become a to o ls h e d *The d o g tr o t c a b in ty p e was a c h ie v e d by p la c i n g two c a b in s c lo s e t o g e t h e r a t th e g a b le e n d s , l e a v i n g a p a ss a g e b etw een o v e r w hich a r o o f was c o n s tr u c t e d b in d in g t h e two c a b in s and p a s s a g e u n d e r one r o o f . T h is ty p e was v e ry common i n th e H i l l S o u th , e s p e c i a l l y i n T e n n e s s e e , an d i s c o n s id e r e d th e s im p le s t way t o i n c r e a s e th e s i z e o f a lo g house ( K n if f e n , 1965, 561; W e sla g e r, 7 2 ). Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.