John Campbell’s Leisure House, Mill Valley , California, 1953 / Photo Courtesy of Princeton Architectural Press Spawned by postwar affluence, A-frame cabins became the quintessential American vacation home of the 1950s and 60s. A look at what made these icons of middle-class leisure immensely popular then, and what it is like to remodel and live in one today. Photo 5 of 9 in Cabin Love by Sandra Henderson

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John Campbell’s Leisure House, Mill Valley , California, 1953 / Photo Courtesy of Princeton Architectural Press

Spawned by postwar affluence, A-frame cabins became the quintessential American vacation home of the 1950s and 60s. A look at what made these icons of middle-class leisure immensely popular then, and what it is like to remodel and live in one today.