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The Restoration
of America's Log Cabins Program
The
National Parks are home to more
than 700 log structures — nearly
all of which are considered historically
significant. Unfortunately, many
are in need of restoration. Recognizing
this, the National Park Service
(NPS) and National Park Foundation
(NPF) created the Restoration of
America's Log Cabins program by
identifying and securing a perfect
partner — Aurora Foods, Inc.,
makers of Log Cabin syrup. Back
in 1887, Patrick J. Towle first
introduced Log Cabin syrup and named
it after his boyhood hero Abraham
Lincoln who was born and grew up
in a log cabin. Aurora Foods pledged
to NPF a $1 million donation over
four years starting in 1998 to help
support log cabin projects in the
parks.
The
first structure to be fully restored
was the Gatekeeper's Cabin on the
north rim of Grand Canyon National
Park. In 1999, four historical cabins
at Great Smoky Mountains National
Park received help. This year, Aurora,
NPF and the NPS have teamed up for
a Presidential Log Cabin program
to support projects at Valley Forge
National Historical Park, Theodore
Roosevelt National Park and Petersburg
National Battlefield.
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