How About Living in a Stump?

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The trees in old growth forests, before the millions were wiped out, were hundreds of feet tall with gnarled bases and trunks that measured 20 feet across. When settlers moved into the cleared forestland, they had many giant stumps to contend with. Many were removed by dynamite or fire while still others were repurposed. The trumps had soft wood interiors, sometimes even hollow. It was easy to carve out the center of a stump and turn it into a barn, a post office or even a home. The Lennstrom Stump house in Edgecomb, Washington is the most famous of these stump houses. Three adults and three children lived in the cedar stump. This 22 feet in diameter giant was severely damaged in 1946 by fire but an 18 foot one is still on display outside Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum just miles from Edgecomb.