WOODMEN ARRIVE IN AURORA TO BUILD CONVENTION CENTER FOR NATIONAL LUMBERMEN'S ASSOCIATION
Aurora, Illinois (JFK+50) On July 21, 1922, the Evening Star reports "forty woodmen arrived here (in Aurora*) yesterday where they will build the biggest log cabin in the United States."
The log cabin will serve as a permanent convention hall of the National Lumbermen's Association of America**.
The dimensions of the structure will be 150 feet by 90 feet and will be "as high as a four-story building."
It is estimated that 17 carloads of logs will be needed to complete the log cabin.
*Aurora is located in Chicago's metro area primarily in DuPage & Kane Counties. It is the 2nd most populous city in Illinois.
**National Hardwood Lumber Association is headquartered in Memphis, TN. NHLA was founded in Chicago on April 8, 1898 to establish uniformity of inspecting hardwood lumber.
SOURCE
"Biggest Log Cabin in World to Be Built for Convention Hall," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 21, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
