Around 1855, Jacob Kropp, part of the Sellenrick family, built the Kropp Log Cabin on this site, now Drace Park, as part of a 30-acre homestead extending west to Mueller Lane and north to Jenifer Lane. The cabin was built on a local stone foundation and included a large main room with what is presumed to be the original stone fireplace, a root cellar, and a loft bedroom, and all but two of its logs are original. Under the provisions of a Living Will from Dr. Charles Drace, the City of Town & Country purchased ten acres from St. Louis University, including the Drace home, a garage, a horse barn with several horses, a garage attached to the horse stable, a small caretaker home at the rear of the property, and the Kropp Log Cabin at the front, visible from I-270. In the 1950's, Dr. Drace added a modern kitchen, bathroom, and small sitting area, and water, electricity, and a sewer line were extended from the main house so the family could use the cabin as a guest house. In 2001, as part of the park master plan, the city demolished the Drace house, the caretaker's house, and the garage while leaving the Kropp Log Cabin and horse stable in place, and added a new parking area, playground, restroom facility, and walking trail around the park. Because very few pre-Civil War log cabins have survived in St. Louis County, preserving the cabin and removing its surrounding addition with grant funds from the St. Louis County Parks Grant Commission returned it to its original historically accurate condition and preserved an accessible piece of living history for future generations.