The English Log Cabin was originally built in Winston, Florida in 1888 on land purchased by Hackney English, with Cornelius English and his brother James Jackson, also known as Old Man Jack, constructing it. It served as a family residence until the 1900s, and Cornelius English and his wife raised three children there. The building is a prime example of the early Polk pioneer single pen log cabin, a dwelling that could be expanded and was well adapted to the Florida climate. Built from basic materials with practical skills, such cabins were erected quickly without elaborate detail or decoration, and its shady wrap-around porch provided relief from the sun, a place for daily chores in warmer months, and sometimes a cooler place to sleep at night than the cabin interior. In 1972, John English, a great-grandson of Hackney English, restored the cabin because of its poor condition and removed a white sand brick fireplace near the entrance. The English family kept ownership and used it as a recreation cabin until John and Connie English donated it to the park, and it was moved to Homeland Heritage Park in 1989. It is one of the last log cabins of its kind in Polk County.