Bacon Log Cabin
Bacon Log Cabin was a cabin built as early as the 1820s in Ballwin, St. Louis, Missouri. Bacon Log Cabin is currently used as a museum of St. Louis history. It was formerly a cabin built and owned by William Bacon, who passed it on through the family, starting with his grandson, William Douglas Bacon. History Bacon Log Cabin dates back to early as the 1820s, built by William Bacon and named for his grandson William Douglas Bacon. It was built similar to 3 conjoined cabins, on 700 acres of farmland. The Bacon farm stretched along both sides of Henry Avenue and Woods Mill Road south of Clayton Road. All the logs used in the cabin had been cut down in areas close to the cabin, as the cabin was situated in a forested location. All the bricks used in the cabin were handmade and plastered with local materials from Samuel Berry's Brick Company which was opened in 1822 in the village of Manchester, Missouri. In the late 1820s, William Bacon intended to build a cabin for his grandson, William Douglas Bacon. The homestead he envisioned was 4 room and 2 story, with suitable comfort and plenty of living space.