This original log home was first constructed as part of Mendon Fort in 1859 and was owned by Ole Peder (Peter) Sorensen of Denmark, one of the first settlers of Mendon. The fort’s two rows of 25 log homes were built close together facing each other. Peter, his wife Fredrrika (Rikke) Andersen Sorensen, and their three children lived in this home, then moved it to a lot one block south when Mendon Fort was dismantled in 1864. Its logs came from the mountains west of Mendon and were hewn by hand using a 90 degree V-notching system. Small wood branches were tightly wedged between the large logs, and the remaining gaps were filled with a lime and clay daubing mortar. The top two logs on the east and west ends were spliced with wooden dowels because the builders apparently ran short of logs of sufficient length. Originally the home had a dirt floor and a sod roof. For 130 years it served as the kitchen and cooking area for the Sorensen framed home. The last person to live in the log home was Peter’s daughter Hannah (Ann), who moved out in 1964. In 1992 the home was dismantled and the logs were stored. In 2013 the original logs were carefully assembled in their correct order at the present location, with three original logs replaced and a new roof built to replace one that had been altered over the years.