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| Keywords: The Tompkins Cabin at Log Cabin Village, a house museum consisting of saved rural cabins moved to a central site in Fort Worth, Texas LCCN2015631208.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes The museum is owned and operated by the City of Fort Worth The original structure built in the early 1850s was a one-room log house with a loft When John Baptist Tompkins and his wife Sarah arrived in Texas in 1857 they rented it from the Henderson family One year later after their first lucrative crop the Tompkins were able to purchase the house and the farm As the Tompkins family and their wealth grew the Tompkins purchased additional acreage and expanded the original cabin At one time it consisted of two log pens with a central chimney Over time they converted the house into a considerable dwelling place well known to travelers on the old Fort Worth-Fort Belknap Road ; Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; DLC/PP-2014 054 ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Forms part of Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2014 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015631208 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/30900/30972a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 30972 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 30972 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||