LEWISBURG, Pa. -- Contractors in Lewisburg spent the day taking down a log cabin from the 1770s. It's been on the property of Marcia Milne for more than 20 years, but it's been in her family since 1803.
"She really loved for school children to come by, and then she would talk about what it was like to live in the 1700s, 1800s," Lois Huffines said.
When Milne's husband passed away, Marcia wanted to preserve the log cabin, so she donated it to the Union County Historical Society and is paying to relocate it.
Log by log, it's being taken apart and moved to the historical society's Dale-Engle-Walker House property.
"It will become part of the educational mission of the Union County Historical Society," Huffines said.
The Dale-Engle-Walker House was built in the 1700s and sits just outside Lewisburg. The historical society uses it for tours and will soon include the log cabin.
"It was a wonderful contribution. We're very grateful that she was willing to do that and I think she's happy that this important piece of her history will be preserved," Huffines said.
The cabin is outfitted with period items such as a rope bed and butter churn.