Interior View of Door oa Cabin Moller Built for His Mother 



fence made of rustic design by in- 

 terweaving of spruce poles and other 

 native •woods. Although the fence 

 appears to be highly ornamental it 

 Is In reality a very solid hulwark* 

 against trespassers. Now, however, 

 the padlock has been removed from 

 the gate and picknickers vfander at 

 will over the private preserve. 



Air of Strange Quiet. 



One who has a good perception 

 of the finer sensibilities of life walks 

 and speaks with care as he enters 

 the atiiet retreat. An air of strange 

 quiet possesses the place, as every- 

 where the trees are growing up in 

 the pathways and nature reclaims 

 her own. 



Just outside the stockade Is the 

 rustic bridge that arches the gurgling 

 little stream and nearby the pot hole 

 from whence came the drinking wa- 

 ter for the little village. 



The exterior of the little buildings 

 is rustic, usually slab sides fastened 

 to a solid boarded framework, giv- 

 ing the buildings the appearance of 

 being log cabins. The little church 



j la clapboarded, that is to say the in- 

 j terlor la siding which has a beveled 

 effect to resemble clapboards. The 

 church is eight feet wide, eight feet 

 high to the eaves, and 18 feet long. 

 The tip top of the spire is 20 feet 

 from the ground. It has an open 

 porch three feet wide, the width of 

 the church. 



The entrance has double doors, 

 each tiwo feet wide, paneled. They 

 come to a peak In the center; the 

 tops cut to an angle of 45 degrees. 

 Over the door there is a scroll orna- 

 ment. The cupola is three by three 

 feet at the base, tapering to receive 

 the clock. The face of the clock was 

 covered during Moller's life time 

 with three thicknesses of blac^ 

 paper as If he were not ready to 

 have the world gaze at the cunning- 

 ly wrought face of the clock. Van- 

 dals have torn the paper away and 

 the face of the clock is visible, the 

 hands pointing to 27 minutes past 9. 



Pine Grows Inside Church I 

 There are three windows on each 

 side of the church, each of 16 dia- 

 mond-shaped lights. Outside are 

 cunningly contrived blinds. 



Tip through the side of the church, 

 way through the roof, its arched 

 branches spreading over the root of 

 the sacred structure, is a live pine , 

 tree. Moller left the tree standing 

 and built his church around it. So 

 careful was he in making the roof 

 around the limbs that the structure 

 does not |eak. 



Nearby the church there is a sign, 

 "Don't pick the flowers." Just where 

 the blossoms are, since the ground 

 is carpeted with a thick layer of pine 

 needles, is problematical. 



The tiny store has an eight-fool 

 front. The eaves are but four feet 

 from the ground. The door Is a lit- 

 tle lower than the ordinary man's 

 height and the peak of the roof is 

 but seven and one-half feet high. 

 The store is six feet deep. One would 

 declare the structure was but a doll- 

 house. At either side of the door 

 there are diamond-shaped windows. 



