Over seven years, Doug Brown pieced a log cabin together with help from daughter Chloe Brown, 19, (second from right), Sophia Brown, 16, (right) and wife Angela Cuthbert (left).

Peeling back layers of clapboard, shingles, aluminum siding and two additions, the owner discovered the rough-hewn, one-room dwelling that likely served as a mine worker's home in the 1800s.