Lower Swedish Cabin
located at 13 Creek Rd, Drexel Hill, PA 19026 Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Lower Swedish Cabin is an historic Swedish-style log cabin on Creek Road in the Drexel Hill section of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania along Darby Creek.
The cabin may be one of the oldest log cabins in the United States.
Built from wooden timbers and featuring a simple, two-story floor plan, Swedish settlers built the cabin to act as a trading post with the local American Indian population. They would trade simple tools, furs, and goods for beads and native crafts.
The cabin was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and fully restored in 1987. Today the Lower Swedish Cabin still stands as a testament to the ingenuity and craftsmanship of America’s settlers.
Built sometime between the 1630s and the 1650s, Pennsylvania’s Lower Swedish Cabin is one of the last remaining log cabins built by America’s Swedish settlers and still stands, relatively unaltered, from when it was constructed hundreds of years ago.
Historic Sign Post
Outside back
Outside
Contact and Map
- Website
- 484-540-5070
- 13 Creek Rd, Drexel Hill, PA 19026
