Columbia in Boone County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

The Gordon-Collins Log Cabin

Boone County History & Culture Center

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 25, 2024

1. The Gordon-Collins Log Cabin Marker

Inscription. Furnished with authentic period artifacts, the Gordon-Collins Log Cabin was built between 1818 and 1820 by David Gordon and his son James, both settlers from Kentucky. David left for Kentucky to retrieve the entire family and twenty-six enslaved persons. After he returned to Columbia, the cabin served as the family's temporary home while a manor home was built. The cabin later served as slave quarters. The cabin remained on the Gordon estate until the land was sold to Stephens College in 1926. The Collins name refers to Enoch Arthur "Pop" Collins, an African American employee of the college who renovated the cabin in the 1930s. Sadly, the manor house was destroyed by fire in 1998, but the log cabin remained intact. Stephens College sold the land to the City of Columbia in 2000 and the cabin was moved to the Village at Boone Junction. Inside the cabin, visitors can see the tools needed to build and sustain a life in the new frontier. Tours are available by reservation April through October by calling 573-443-8936

Erected by Columbia Parks and Recreation.

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list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1818.

Location. 38° 54.397′ N, 92° 17.678′ W. Marker is in Columbia, Missouri, in Boone County. It can be reached from Ponderosa Street south of East Nifong Boulevard. Marker is located at Frank L. Nifong Memorial Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3801 Ponderosa St, Columbia MO 65201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Little Dixie

and in the Missouri River Corridor.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

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,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rock Bridge Mills Millstone (here, next to this marker); The Easley Country Store (within shouting distance of this marker); The Ryland Farm House (within shouting distance of this marker);

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 25, 2024

2. The Gordon-Collins Log Cabin Marker

Maplewood Barn and Theatre (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Columbia (approx. 2.2 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away); Jewell Cemetery State Historic Site (approx. 2.4 miles away); The F.L. Duley - M.E. Miller Erosion Plots (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Jewell Cemetery (was approx. 2.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . David Gordon House and Collins Log Cabin on Wikipedia. Added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1983 (#83000972). (Submitted on July 2, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 25, 2024

3. The Gordon-Collins Log Cabin Marker

Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 25, 2024

4. The Gordon-Collins Log Cabin Marker

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Credits. This page was last revised on July 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 419 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 2, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.