This representative Germanic log cabin was built in ca 1739-1741 by Abraham Kirper (or Carper) on land that that was bought in 1738. Later the cabin and 294 acres were acquired by Peter Bogert whose family owned the property for five generations. In the 1930s, Robert A. Young owned the land and had some restoration done to the clapboard-sided log cabin, and in 1938 additional restoration was completed by the Allentown Parks Department with the assistance of Allentown architects John K. Heyl and William D. Miller.
             The cabin is a story-and-a-half “bank” house. It is one of three log structures preserved in the City of Allentown’s park system (there are four within the City of Allentown). It rests in a lovely setting beside the 1841 Bogert’s Bridge† (one of the oldest remaining covered bridges in Lehigh County), in part of Allentown’s extensive park system. Hunters Cabin contains two rooms, plus an overhead loft, and a basement. Visitors may walk around the cabin, and photograph its exterior, but it is not possible to go inside.
Hunter's Cabin and Bogert's Bridge
       Access: From the previous building return via 4th St. for 0.6 mile to the Triangle in the center of Emmaus. Turn right onto Chestnut St. and continue ahead for 1.7 miles, past many automobile dealers and the South Mall (on the left) to a traffic light at Oxford Drive. Turn left onto Oxford Drive and continue ahead for 0.8 mile to the next traffic light (where Oxford Drive becomes 24th St. at Fish Hatchery Road). Turn right at the traffic light, continue around the barn, and park in a small parking lot beside the barn. Walk through adjacent Bogert’s covered bridge to Hunter’s Cabin on the left a few feet from the other end of the bridge.

Selected References
Anonymous
      1938      An Object Lesson in History. Morning Call, August 13, 1938.
      1962       Allentown’s Oldest House. Morning Call, May 6, 1962 [From Lehigh County Historical
                    Society archives].
      1979      [Photo of Hunter’s Cabin in Little Lehigh Parkway]. Proceedings Lehigh County Historical Society,
                     33: 53.
Kaufman, David B.
      1981      Log Cabins—Their History and Description. The Hearthstone, pages 7-11.