Humphreys Park
Log Cabin
A historical cabin in Linton’s Humphreys Park received a much needed restorative work in 2005. The log cabin was moved to the park by former Linton Mayor E. V. “Doc” Bull, who served the city from 1928 to 1944. The exact date of the move to the park is not known, and the original owner is not known. However, the cabin was probably moved sometime in the 1930s. Mayor Bull had a daughter in the Girl Scouts, and the troop had no place to meet, so he moved the cabin to the park for them to use as a meeting place.
In 2005 Donald L. Borders Jr., a Shelburn resident who owns property in Greene County, entered two of his cars into the Linton Music Fest Car show. He noticed that the cabin was in disrepair. He then talked to Mayor Tom Jones about contributing his skills toward renovating the cabin and received approval from the city to begin work.
Borders lifted the cabin three feet, dug a footer by hand, and poured the concrete for it. Then he pulled in the walls, which he said had bulged out more than eight inches. He also brought in one hundred eighty concrete blocks for the foundation, and then his family members started laying block. A porch was also built on the front of the cabin, keeping with the style of the pioneer time period.
Bender Lumber donated mortar for the blocks, and Allomatic Products Co. in Sullivan, Border’s employer for fifteen years, loaned him a extra hydraulic jack from the plant to jack up the cabin. City Council Members Tony Richards and Kelly Foglesong each donated $500 toward the renovation.
Volunteer labor was used in the renovating the cabin. Borders and his family, along with Fred Markle and Mayor Tom Jones, provided the labor for restoring the cabin.
This information was used with permission from the Linton-Stockton School Corporation.
