THE CITY PARK - HENRY COOPER LOG HOUSE

The Henry Cooper log house has been sitting at the City Park since 1910. It was built around 1801 by Henry Cooper on W.Va. 14 near the old Cooper cemetery in what is now Slate District outside Mineral Wells near Bonnivale. The City of Parkersburg bought the cabin in 1910 from Cooper's descendants for $400, dismantled it and rebuilt it log by log at City Park as an example of early American log work. Recently the city received $66,666 in grants to rebuild the first floor deck of the house because of longterm water damage. The cabin is leased to the Centennial Chapter of the Daughters of the American Pioneers, which runs it as a museum. (Thanks to Jesse Mancini)

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