Buckner Log Cabin
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Dr. R. C. Buckner was born in this Madisonville, Tenn., cabin, Jan. 3, 1833. He moved to Texas, 1859. In 1879, founded Buckner Home. Original quarters cared for 8 children. After his death, April 9, 1919, work continued under sons, Joe D. and Hal F., and grandson, Robert Cooke Buckner II. This rough-hewn, 2-story cabin was moved here from original site, 1912, by staff and friends. Children playing around it gave the name "Tennessee House." RTHL, 1965
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Dr. Robert Cooke Buckner was born in this rough-hewn two-story log cabin in Madisonville, Tennessee, in 1833, and moved to Texas in 1859. In 1879 he founded the Buckner Home for orphaned children, work that continued after his 1919 death under his sons and grandson. In 1912 staff and friends moved the cabin itself to this site, where children at play nicknamed it the "Tennessee House."
Why it matters
Preserving the founder's humble birthplace links the sprawling Buckner children's home to the frontier origins of the man who started it.
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