<P> Later German and Ukrainian immigrants also used this technique . The contemporaneous British settlers had no tradition of building with logs, but they quickly adopted the method . The first English settlers did not widely use log cabins, building in forms more traditional to them . Few log cabins dating from the 18th century still stand, but they were often not intended as permanent dwellings . Possibly the oldest surviving log house in the United States is the C.A. Nothnagle Log House (ca . 1640) in New Jersey . Settlers often built log cabins as temporary homes to live in while constructing larger, permanent houses; then they often used the log cabins as outbuildings, such as barns or chicken coops . </P> <P> Log cabins were sometimes hewn on the outside so that siding might be applied; they also might be hewn inside and covered with a variety of materials, ranging from plaster over lath to wallpaper . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section does not cite any sources . Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr>

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