Hiawatha Log Home

Centered in America's Hiawatha National Forest, on the beautiful southern shore of Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Hiawatha Log Homes has been designing and building custom log and timber homes and projects since 1983. No project is too large or too small, we do business and ship all over the world. We design and mill specialized wood products such as log, timber, log hybrid and timber frame homes, log and timber tiny homes, log siding, custom log stair systems, custom log and timber frame trusses, log and timber beams and posts, character and accent logs, log and timber gazebos, pavilions and outdoor log pool structures, temporary housing units, wooden spindles and dowels, log hand railing and log railing systems, specialized wood flooring, cedar and pine tongue and groove paneling for ceilings and walls, log beds, dog beds, log fireplace hearths and mantels, log fencing, log saunas, log signs, log playground equipment, cedar log life guard stands and water rescue stations, and log commercial building projects. Hiawatha Log Homes is the leader in the residential and commercial log and timber home industry. Each of our logs are kiln dried, custom milled quality graded and stamped by Timber Products Inspections (TP). TP is the largest international independent, 3 party log and timber inspection and grading organization in the world and is the largest accredited agency under ALSC for log, timber and lumber auditing programs. TP currently serves clients in 16 countries with professional field representatives. TP's quality inspection services deliver the confidence you need to ensure you have the best logs and to give you the peace of mind you need and products you can trust and depend on. Hiawatha Log Homes is also a proud longstanding award winning member of the National Home Builders Association. At Hiawatha Log Homes, we know some of the biggest decisions you will have to make in building your dream home, cottage or commercial project, is what wall log system you will use, what company you can trust, and the importance of knowing what all your options are, and what all the benefits will be that help ensure your project will keep you happy and satisfied for many, many years to come.Our Scandinavian Full Scribe log profiles provide for a tight, permanent fit, and our wall log systems are custom milled with our Swedish Cope Profile and Saddle Notched Corner System for unsurpassed performance. Our Northern White Cedar, Red Pine, White Pine and Spruce logs are kiln dried for unsurpassed quality and dimensional stability, a technique that is unmatched in the industry and exceeds national building codes. Our engineers and designers have over 150 combined years of experience for you to tap into to help you understand what your best options are and why. Come tap into their no obligation expertise for free!Determining the quality and look of their project ranks equal alongside choosing its location for most log and timber project buyers. Many customers fondly recall their plans originated as a hastily scrawled sketch on a scrap of paper or on the back of a napkin. The idea then became their actual dream log project. We will work closely with you to help design and build a log or timber home or commercial project that best suits your family's needs.We've been producing quality log and timber homes and commercial projects here for almost 40 years, and when you work with Hiawatha's design studio and consulting team, you'll receive individual attention and have the opportunity to meet the designer assigned to your project.Our design studio provides a personalized, relaxed atmosphere where you control the design as you work side by side with Hiawatha's award winning in house design department, either in person or remotely. We use the latest ArchiCAD custom architectural design software to accurately and efficiently engineer your floor plan and to structure the detailed cuts of your new log or timber home.