Area less than one acre Built by John Patton NRHP Reference # 86002008 Added to NRHP 1 August 1986 | Built 1829 Architectural style Log Construction Opened 1829 | |
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Location Lexington Park District Park, Lexington, Illinois | ||
The John Patton Log Cabin is a log home located in Lexington Park District Park in Lexington, Illinois. The home was built in 1829 by John Patton, an early settler of McLean County. Patton, who was originally from Switzerland County, Indiana, came to a Kickapoo village in the area; he built his cabin with the tribe's assistance three months after his arrival. After McLean County was incorporated in 1831, the cabin became one of its first polling places. The cabin is now the only surviving early government building in the county as well as the only remnant of European interactions with Native Americans. The City of Lexington renovated the cabin in 1969 and now uses it as a museum.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1986.