This single-room cabin is a rare remaining example of hand-hewn, white cedar plank construction and reflects a traditional Swedish cabin. With its glazed windows, it is more elaborate than those typically constructed in the seventeenth century. Known as stugas, meaning “room inside,” these cabins were built in small clusters or stood alone depending on the size of the farm. Swedish settlers established small communities throughout Salem, clearing only enough land to farm. This cabin was rebuilt in 1913 using lumber more than 400 years old salvaged from the property of John J. Tyler in Salem. Its construction follows traditional seventeenth-century building techniques, with four-inch-thick side planks, dovetailed corners, a fireplace, and wooden pins instead of nails.