Marker Inscription
This log cabin, believed to have been built in the early 1870s, was the first place of worship for area Methodists and served as a schoolhouse. Dr. J. A. Siddons and his wife M. E. Siddons purchased the cabin in 1883 and enclosed it with other rooms. In 1918 J. D. Barnes and Rachel Perkins Barnes bought the property. The rooms surrounding the original log cabin were removed in the 1970s. It was moved to this site in 1987, and the fireplace stones were restored. The cabin features half-notched rough hewn oak logs, an interior loft, and measures 256 square feet. (1997)
About this site
Siddons-Barnes Log Cabin is a historical marker in Chico, Wise County, dedicated in 1996. It is one of 91 historical markers documented in Wise County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 162 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.2957, -97.7960 near Chico. The nearest cataloged historic site is Brown Hotel (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hanna-Robinson-Richey Drugstore, Brown, J. T., Hotel, and First Baptist Church of Chico.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5497004693. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
