saddlebag cabin

saddlebag cabin

Two one-room log cabins that are connected and share a shingled roof having a single pitch on each side of a central ridge. The two cabins have separate entrances and usually there is no interior door between them; there is often a full-width porch across the entire façade. In the Northern United States, a central chimney is common, so the cabins are usually joined back-to-back, sharing the same chimney stack; in contrast, in the South, there is a chimney at the end of each cabin. Compare with center-hall cabin.

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