Fort Yargo's Cabin

The reconstructed cabin shows how settlers sealed log walls: wood chips and straw packed between the timbers, then sealed with a clay-and-lime mortar. The mix cracks and crumbles yearly, so volunteers re-chink it each fall.

Fort Yargo's Cabin is a historical marker in Winder, Barrow County. It is one of 24 historical markers documented in Barrow County, among 57 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.9764, -83.7349 near Winder. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Yargo's Log Structure (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fort Yargo's Beehive Oven, Fort Yargo's Smokehouse, and Fort Yargo's Living History Society.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.