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Log Cabin Village
2100 Log Cabin Village Lane,
Fort Worth
Texas
USA
76109
817-926-5881
Type: Historical Interest
Addmission Fee: $2.50 Adults; $2 children 4-17; $2 Seniors; under 3 free.
Hours: Tues.- Friday , 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Saturday & Sunday , 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m..
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Fort Worth
Texas
USA
76109
817-926-5881
Type: Historical Interest
Addmission Fee: $2.50 Adults; $2 children 4-17; $2 Seniors; under 3 free.
Hours: Tues.- Friday , 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Saturday & Sunday , 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m..
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In the 1950s, nineteenth century log structures were quickly vanishing from the North Texas landscape. In order to preserve them and the history of pioneer settlement in North Texas, a group of residents formed the Pioneer Texas Heritage Committee. This committee selected and acquired six log structures of varying architectural styles with the vision of creating a "log cabin village." With the help of Fort Worth's Parks Department, a wooded spot near the Trinity River in Forest Park was selected as the site for this village. However, after all the cabins were moved there, the committee encountered many problems.
There was not enough money or support to restore and furnish the structures. Many council members and residents even opposed the project. But through continuing fund-raising efforts and appeals to the community at large, the log houses were restored and furnished by 1963. Then, in 1965, the Parks and Recreation Department voted to accept re! sponsibility for the village and operate it as a public facility. In April 1966, the Log Cabin Village opened to the public.
Since then, the Village has served as a living history museum for the community and tourists, and it has continued to grow in its vision, interpretation, and scope. In 1975, the Foster Cabin, an 1856 two-story log plantation home, was added. A reproduction blacksmith shop was built in the 1980s. The 1870s Marine Schoolhouse, the oldest one-room school in Fort Worth, was relocated to the Village in 2003. And in 2004, the village acquired an 1860s log smokehouse.
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