Yes, there was a cabin under those bricks. Why would they put bricks around a cabin? Well, probably for one of two reasons. #1) The logs were starting to rot over time and the owners wanted to protect them. #2) Log cabins were thought to be on the lower end of the economic spectrum, so some owners would cover them to fit better with the times.
The current owners of the house had stripped the interior walls down to the logs, so I was able to see that they were oak, hand-hewn, and very large (a feature I really liked). Large logs would last longer, look better, and potentially show that the cabin was old and constructed of sturdy, virgin timber.
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