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Update: Log cabin plans still under construction

October 10, 2007|TODD KLEFFMAN

Though nothing official has been ironed out, it is looking more likely that the log cabin on Third Street will be preserved.

Boyle Judge-Executive Tony Wilder said during Tuesday's Fiscal Court meeting a new quote of $9,500 to catalog and disassemble the cabin has been received. A previous bid put the cost of dismantling the cabin at $19,000.

"We're on track in our mission to preserve it," Wilder said. "I'd say we'll get this rolling in the next couple of weeks. I hope we have the city on board at that price. If not, we'll do it ourselves."

So far, Danville City Commission has declined to commit any money toward saving the cabin.

Though the date of the cabin remains uncertain, many believe it could be one of Danville's first structures, built sometime prior to 1780.

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Getting the cabin into storage is the first priority. Finding a place and the money to reassemble it will be dealt with later.

"We just want to get it down and get it stored right now," Magistrate John Hudson said.

Adam Johnson, director of the Danville-Boyle County Tourism and Visitors Bureau, said Tuesday that a nonprofit agency to lead the project and accept donations has not yet been selected.

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