Log Homes by the Numbers

Log Homes by the Numbers

Learn about log home building and Ward Cedar Log Homes—past and present—with this quick list of our top trivia:

6: The average number of months our northern white cedar logs are air dried. (We are always planning ahead to ensure we have the right quantity of materials for future projects.)

9: The number of countries Ward homes have been shipped to. (In fact, our largest-ever home is in the Dominican Republic.)

14: Employees who work together at the Ward Cedar Log Homes facilities in Houlton, Maine, to make the magic happen.

47: Years spent employed at Ward by our longest-tenured employee, Mike Doody, who works as a “controller,” to ensure the logs are manufactured on-schedule.

53: The number of floor plans available for your customization. (And, of course, our design team can help you create a totally custom plan!)

96: Age of the oldest Ward log home still standing. (It was built in 1927!)

500: The number of logs, on average, it takes to build a Ward home. (The method behind the math: One of our average-sized plans requires about 2,500 lineal feet of logs, and each log averages around 5 feet.)

1923: The year the Ward Cedar Log Homes company first began

9,000: The square footage of that aforementioned Dominican Republic log home (Read more about it here!)

11,000: The number of homes built in the span of Ward’s 100-year history.