STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE
OFFICIAL HISTORICAL MEDALLION

CARTER LOG HOUSE
(ORIGINALLY LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF KIRVIN)
   TYPICAL OF PIONEER DWELLINGS
IN EARLY TEXAS, THIS HOUSE WAS
BUILT IN 1845 BY DAVID L. CARTER, 
FROM ALABAMA.  HE LATER SERVED IN 
THE CONFEDERATE ARMY AND HELPED 
START WOODLAND BOY'S COLLEGE.
  THE TONGUE-AND-GROOVE LOGS 
WERE JOINED WITH WOODEN PINS.
SQUARE NAILS WERE USED ON THE 
RAFTERS.  MATERIALS FOR FLOOR AND
CEILING WERE HAULED 70 MILES BY 
OX-WAGON FROM NEAR RUSK.  A HUGE 
FIREPLACE STOOD IN EACH ROOM - 
TWO DOWNSTAIRS, ONE UPSTAIRS.

RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK - 1968