The Settle-Dean Cabin

The Settle-Dean Cabin. Preserving the Settle-Dean Cabin. , The Settle-Dean Cabin is a one and a half story, three room log structure built in the eighteenth century. The cabin housed the enslaved Dean family. Threatened by the expanding development of South Riding and the Loudoun County Parkway, a spirited campaign ensued in 2001 to preserve the cabin and commemorate the surrounding community of Conklin., Beginning with an architectural assessment of the property and collection of archaeological artifacts which deemed the property ineligible for the National Register of Historic Places, the call for support of the preservation of the cabin went out to the descendants of the Dean Family, notably Arlean Hill, the South Riding community, preservation and historical organizations, journalists, Toll Brothers and the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors., Through a proffer agreement with Toll Brothers, the cabin was photo-documented, dismantled, relocated west of the original location and reconstructed as a historically accurate representation of the original. In 2006, the Loudoun County Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services accepted the property under its auspices.