Versailles in Ripley County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Original Jacob Funkhouser Cabin
Photographed by Craig Doda, February 17, 2024
1. Original Jacob Funkhouser Cabin Marker
Built in the 1830's
Laughery Twp., Ripley County
A gift from:
The Arnold Wehr Family
in 1979
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1979.
Location. 39° 4.23′ N, 85° 15.111′ W. Marker is in Versailles, Indiana, in Ripley County. It is on Water Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 125 N Washington St, Versailles IN 47042, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southern Indiana. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: C.C. Wheeler Post, No. 98, G.A.R. (within shouting distance of this marker); Hitching Post (within shouting distance of this marker); John Hunt Morgan's Code of Honor (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Stephen S. Harding (about 500 feet away); Ripley County Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away); Site of Masonic Hall (about 500 feet away); a different marker also named Ripley County Veterans Memorial (about 500 feet away); Eleazer Wheelock Ripley (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Versailles.
Also see . . . Ripley County Historical Society & Museum.
Excerpt: The log cabin was built in the 1830s by Jacob Funkhouser on land in Laughery Township acquired in a Govt. land grant.(Submitted on March 7, 2024.)
In later years it became known as the Smith-Engel Cabin, named after other families who lived there. The WEHR family purchased the land and gave the cabinto the Ripley County Historical Society. In 1979, the cabin was dismantled and reconstructed at it's present site by the Society to preserve a historical home of the pioneers.
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Photographed by Craig Doda, February 17, 2024
2. Original Jacob Funkhouser Cabin
Credits. This page was last revised on February 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 29, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 429 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 29, 2024, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
