The Florida Cookie House was built in 1931 by John Bass, Jr. for the Biological Laboratory and Zoological Research Supply Company. The informational sign (below) tells of the immigrants to Wisconsin who built these kind of structures. It’s called the Cookie House because the white mortar with the brown, round log faces resemble a cookie on a plate.
Known as “stovewood” or “stackwall” there is a Stovewood home and chicken coop at Old World Wisconsin. It’s purpose is to preserve the history of cordwood in the Badger State.
Below, the Cookie House under renovation.
A black wrought-iron fence was erected to keep people away during renovation. It is now a permanent fixture of the site along with the signage. 
The interior shelving shows off some of the “finds.”
How the new sign looks today.
More cordwood in Florida. Below is the Little Cordwood House at the Flywheeler Swap Meet. This is part of an Historical Village in Fort Meade, Florida.
Should you wish to learn how to build a cordwood cottage, cabin or home, please visit www.cordwoodconstruction.org While you are there, click on the pictures, read the brief articles, check out the latest workshops and newsletter and if you are interested click on the Online Bookstore to see all the cordwood literature available in print and ebook format.
If you have questions that aren’t answered on the website you can email me at richardflatau@gmail.com
Readers have requested a brief bio, so here goes:
“Richard & Becky Flatau built their mortgage-free cordwood home in 1979 in Merrill, Wisconsin. Since then, they have written books, conducted workshops, facilitated the 2005, 2011 and 2015 Cordwood Conferences and provided consultation for cordwood builders. Cordwood Workshop DVD, Cordwood Construction Best Practices (print) and Cordwood Conference Papers 2015 are the newest publications available from their ever expanding online cordwood bookstore.” www.cordwoodconstruction.org
Here is a jpeg of the new Cordwood Construction DVD cover available at https://cordwoodconstruction.org/
