A nearly 200-year-old East Cobb log cabin is being pieced back together in Tennessee, funded by $354,000 in Cobb County SPLOST dollars allocated in December 2024 after commissioners first approved the project in April of that year.
The Power-Jackson Cabin, which stood at 4701 Post Oak Tritt Road before being disassembled in August 2024, is undergoing trial assembly at Leatherwood Inc.'s facility in Tennessee. Craftspeople there are hand-shaping replacement logs with axes and period tools after Cobb Landmarks reported in July 2026 that some original timbers could not be saved due to years of weather damage and rot.
Once the Tennessee work is finished, the cabin will return to Hyde Farm Park on Hyde Road for final reconstruction and eventual public access.
How it got here
The cabin's rescue began in 2023, when a proposed subdivision on the Post Oak Tritt property drew attention to the deteriorating structure. Cobb Landmarks, a nonprofit founded in 1974, pressed for the cabin's protection during Cobb County Planning Commission zoning hearings. The rezoning request was later withdrawn, and the property owner allowed Cobb Landmarks to acquire and remove the cabin.
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners voted April 9, 2024, to designate SPLOST funds for the cabin's reconstruction at Hyde Farm Park. In December 2024, commissioners approved the specific $354,000 allocation covering a stone foundation, new flooring, weather protection, and insect treatment.
Private donors contributed an additional $70,000 for the cabin's disassembly and relocation, bringing the combined investment to at least $424,000.
The disassembly
In August 2024, a four-person crew from Leatherwood Inc. spent six days documenting the structure. Each usable log was tagged and numbered so it could return to its original position. Chimney and hearth stones were also removed. The cabin left Post Oak Tritt Road on trucks, in numbered pieces.
Cobb Landmarks announced the successful relocation on Aug. 29, 2024, noting that Cobb County Parks would oversee the reconstruction.
Why it matters
Cobb Landmarks has described the Power-Jackson Cabin as potentially the oldest existing structure in Cobb County. A roadside marker dated it to about 1830, though that has never been confirmed. The University of West Georgia began dendrochronology work on the logs in March 2024 to determine when the trees were cut; no final date has been published.
The cabin is a rare single-pen, rived log structure, meaning large logs were split lengthwise with the curved outer surface facing outside and the flat split face forming the interior wall. Very few single-pen log houses remain in the county.
What comes next at Hyde Farm
When reconstruction is complete, Hyde Farm Park will have three early log homes associated with the Power family: the original James Cooper Power cabin inside the Hyde farmhouse (1830s), the George Abner Power cabin built about 1843, and the Power-Jackson Cabin. The grouping will let visitors compare construction methods across related properties.
No public timeline for the cabin's return from Tennessee or a reopening date has been set. Residents can follow updates through Cobb Landmarks at cobblandmarks.com.
