The Hyde Log Cabin, located in Grand Isle, Vermont, is the oldest log cabin in the US. The historic cabin was built in 1783 by Jedediah Hyde, Jr. and his family. Hyde worked as a surveyor of the Grand Isle Area for Ira and Ethan Allen, the owners of large tracts of land in the region. Hyde family occupied the cabin for more than 150 years.

The 20 by 25 feet cabin was made of peeled cedar logs and had a gabled roof. It had one room only with a loft space above and a huge stone chimney. The cabin was moved in 1946 from its original location, about two miles from where it is now, north of the Grand Isle Elementary School, on a lot shared with a small blockhouse. The cabin is operated as a historic house museum by the Grand Isle Historic Society and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Hyde Log Cabin, Grand Isle, VT

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