This is essential for restoring the American chestnut trees into the Northeast. Some of the last remaining large American chestnut trees grow in this region. Adair County has one of the few surviving American Chestnut trees in the United States. Both Elkins and Griffin have written extensively about the American chestnut. The building has wide pine flooring, exposed American Chestnut interior logs, and three stone fireplaces. The American Chestnut and American chinquapin are highly susceptible to chestnut blight. American chestnut also thrives as far north as Revelstoke, British Columbia. Traditionally American chestnut was the timber of choice until chestnut blight eliminated this tree. It is a mature American chestnut that has recovered from severe infections of chestnut blight. By 1940, most mature American chestnut trees had been wiped out by the disease.