Chickee cross beams measure about 16 inches in diameter and the chickee’s poles, or legs, are about 10 inches across. The cypress is untreated but will last “indefinitely,” Osceola said.

The distinctive chickee hut — palmetto thatch over a cypress log frame — was born of necessity, not art. Seminoles used to live in a type of log cabin. But in the early 1800s, ...

Osceola helped build the roof of the original chickee hut at Cove Inn decades ago. The hut was flattened during Hurricane Irma when the roof of the hotel was blown on top of it.

'Chickee' hut gets approval. SHELBY WEBB. When it comes to tiki-type huts, the hands that build them can make the difference between a city violation and a no-hassle construction job.

DEP records show Spencer wrote a check for $10,000 to chickee hut builder William Johns of Hollywood on July 22, agreeing to pay him an additional $15,000 when the job was completed.

"When we put the chickee huts up, it was for groups to come who want to have a picnic or a social get-together so they would be able to do it out of the sun," Mason says.

Dotted throughout the Everglades are unique camping spots called chickee huts — wooden platforms with railings and a thatched ...

The chickee hut was packed with people that enjoyed the dedication. “It is just so exciting that they have livened up what was basically empty lots,” said city councilwoman Laura Carr.

If chickee huts (open-walled, palm-roofed shelters) are available, that may be all you need. Or, maybe just a mosquito-net shelter to put inside the chickee hut.