Strode-Pritchett Log Cabin
Crockett, Houston County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This log cabin was constructed on the Jeremiah Strode League (12 mi. E). It is believed to have been built in the 1850s by B.R. Wallace (1800-73), Strode's son-in-law and a Texas legislator, or by Wallace's cousin W.W. Wallace (b. 1821). Later additions covered the cabin and by 1950, when the land was sold to W.S. and Fannie Pritchett, no traces were visible. Used for hay storage until 1973 when it was exposed, the cabin was given to the Houston County Historical Commission, who had it moved here and restored as part of the American Bicentennial and annual county birthday activities. (1982)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This log cabin was raised in the 1850s on the Jeremiah Strode League, most likely by his son-in-law B. R. Wallace, a Texas legislator, or by a Wallace cousin. Over the years later additions swallowed the original structure until, by 1950, no trace of the logs was visible and the building served merely as hay storage. Rediscovered in 1973, the cabin was donated, moved, and restored as part of the American Bicentennial and Houston County's birthday celebrations.
Why it matters
Hand-hewn cabins like this one are the surviving fabric of antebellum frontier settlement, and its Bicentennial rescue reflects how communities rediscovered and preserved their pioneer roots.
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Related people
- · Jeremiah Strode
- · B. R. Wallace
- · W. W. Wallace
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