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	John Patton Log Cabin
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Lexington Park District Park, Lexington, Illinois
Coordinates	40°38′55″N 88°46′48″W / 40.64861°N 88.78000°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1829
Built by	John Patton
Architectural style	Log Construction
NRHP reference No.	86002008
Added to NRHP	August 1, 1986

The John Patton Log Cabin is a log home located in Lexington Park District Park in Lexington, Illinois. The home was built in 1829 by John Patton, an early settler of McLean County. Patton, who was originally from Switzerland County, Indiana, came to a Kickapoo village in the area; he built his cabin with the tribe's assistance three months after his arrival. After McLean County was incorporated in 1831, the cabin became one of its first polling places. The cabin is now the only surviving early government building in the county as well as the only remnant of European interactions with Native Americans. Members of the communit decided to preserve the cabin and worked with The City of Lexington to have the cabin moved to its current lacation and repaired in 1969. its currently a museum.^[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1986.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Koos, Greg (August 3, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: John Patton Log Cabin" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.

External links

Patton Cabin Collection, McLean County Museum of History

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] Koos, Greg (August 3, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: John Patton Log Cabin" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.

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John Patton Log Cabin
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Location	Lexington Park District Park, Lexington, Illinois
Coordinates	40°38′55″N 88°46′48″W / 40.64861°N 88.78000°W / 40.64861; -88.78000
Area	less than one acre
Built	1829
Built by	John Patton
Architectural style	Log Construction
NRHP reference No.	86002008^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 1, 1986