Bonnifield Cabin

Overview

The Oldest Existing Two-Story Log House in Iowa! Rhodham Bonnifield and his sons built the Bonnifield Log Cabin in the summer of 1838. It replaced a makeshift cabin of unpeeled logs built the previous year when the family first settled in what was to become Jefferson County. Once completed, the Log House entertained many visitors serving as an unofficial Methodist church. Many official guests, such as territorial politicians, governors, delegates to Congress, and judges stayed the night in the hospitable Bonnifield home as they were traveling through the Iowa territory.

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