The story of the Amber Ski Hill begins in 1924 and the Princeton Ski Club. This is the new cabin, built in 1938, at the foot of the ski hill used for relaxation and refreshment. There will doubtless be many other blogs talking about the Amber Ski Hill but I was excited to find this picture of the cabin interior. This photo shows very clearly a concept that was normal then but foreign to us today, that being construction paper applied to the walls. This was a common practice in log home and early wood frame construction to smooth out the inside surface of the rooms. Carefully applied to the wood with adhesive this thick paper was very strong and could be painted directly. During our recent renovation, we found nine layers of material and once we got through one layer of drywall and five layers of wall paper, we found painted (three times) construction paper covering the shiplap wooden walls. Shiplap lumber was a substitute for lath and plaster and predated drywall. It would appear in this photo that the builders relied less on adhesive and more on wooden battens to secure the paper. I am not sure what happened to this cabin, but someone out there will tell us. BTW…if you want to learn more about this, a search for “Amber” on this site will return 557 hits.