John Henry Simler built a 20’ X 24’ log cabin with indoor stairways to the fruit cellar, second floor, and attic, and luxury features that included an attic window and panes of glass in all windows. Over time, the building served as a home, shoe repair shop, school, bakery, and tavern. After a Simler descendant, Barbara Bezilla, and her husband, Robert, donated the building to the borough of Philipsburg, benefactors of the Philipsburg Historical Foundation restored the house to its original appearance in 2001.