The Evolution of the Log Cabin 
STAIRWAY AND DOOR 
IN THE GLEN-SANDERS HOUSE 
“ skeleton in the household,” perhaps or 
some person whose malady required bolts and 
bars for restraint. Although belonging to one 
of the wealthiest families of the Mohawk 
Valley at that period, and 
one closely connected in 
social and political affairs 
with Sir William Johnson 
of Mount Johnson, the 
building suggests that it 
might have been con¬ 
structed in the same 
manner as King Solomon’s 
Temple : that is, without 
the sound of axe, hammer 
or other metal tool, except, 
perhaps, the first. 
The Butler house was 
built on the highlands of 
the Valley of the Mohawk, 
but on the “ flats ” near 
Amsterdam, N. Y., is still 
seen the sombre baronial 
mansion of Sir William 
Johnson. Strongly built 
of stone it still retains the name given to it by 
the owner during the last French war, “Fort 
J ohnson.” 
Built by a London architect, named Fuller, 
in 1742, its interior still 
bears evidence of the style 
in vogue in English homes 
of the seventeenth cen¬ 
tury ; broad halls, light 
mahogany hand rail and 
balusters, and paneled 
walls suggestive of secret 
closets, deep embrasured 
windows with small panes 
of glass, protected by heavy 
wooden shutters with iron 
bars. The west room, Sir 
William’s “den” is illus¬ 
trated on page 218, also 
the dining-room, but this 
has the accessories of the 
nineteenth century. Here 
may be seen pictures of 
many noted personages of 
the French war and the war 
PLAN OF GLEN-SANDERS HOUSE 
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