The Gordon-Collins Log Cabin

Built between 1818 and 1820 by David Gordon and his son James, settlers from Kentucky, the Gordon-Collins Log Cabin became the Gordon family's temporary home in Columbia after David returned with the entire family and twenty-six enslaved persons, while a manor home was being built. The cabin later served as slave quarters and remained on the Gordon estate until the land was sold to Stephens College in 1926. Its Collins name comes from Enoch Arthur "Pop" Collins, an African American employee of the college who renovated the cabin in the 1930s. Although the manor house was destroyed by fire in 1998, the log cabin remained intact, and after Stephens College sold the land to the City of Columbia in 2000, the cabin was moved to the Village at Boone Junction.

Columbia, Missouri · United States