Teddy lived in a log cabin. It is called the Maltese Cross Cabin. He used this cabin for some years before he became President.
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The Teddy Bear is named after Theodore Roosevelt. It is unclear whether Lincoln Logs were a reference to Abraham Lincoln and his log cabin boyhood home.
The Whigs' campaign symbol was a log cabin, because it showed that the Whigs were hard-working, self-made people. It portrayed them as normal citizens and people.
Several American Presidents were born in log cabins including Lincoln, Andrew Jackson and James Buchannan. William Henry Harrison during the 1840 election lied about being born in a log cabin.
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A log cabin is typically a structure built from wood, similar to a house. They were used as an early form of housing and were typical of frontier settlements. As the name indicates, they are made of logs which are notched at each end and stacked cross-wise to form the walls of each room. The logs might be sawed or chopped a the sides to make them square. The logs were then chinked with clay or mud and windows and doors were cut and framed in. The roofs were often made of split logs or sometimes thatched over a log framework. After saw mills were set up, board siding could be added and roofs could be made of boards and covered with wooden shingles. You can still get them today, they're seeing a resurgance, especially in holiday locations such as the Lake District in the UK. They're also now quite popular in the garden as a way of creating alternative space, such as a games room or music studio.s/