Log Cabin to Victorian Parlour
As the Helmcken family grew, so did this house. You can see three stages in the structure.
[Right section]
The original 1852 log cabin was built in a fur trade post-in-sill style with hand hewn squared logs and cedar shingles. Hearths in three rooms join into a single chimney.
[Middle section]
This house’s middle section, containing a dining room and upstairs bedrooms, was added in 1856.
[Left section]
In 1883 Dr. Helmcken added a framed wing with a second story and front porch. Later a glass sunroom extension was added inside the picket fence, with its own door into the house. It was removed in the 1940s.
Marker can be reached from the intersection of Douglas Street and Belleville Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
