Originally located near South 76th Street and Cold Spring Road, the log cabin which now stands on the grounds of the Greenfield Historical Society was constructed in 1836 by John Finan, an immigrant from County Sligo in Ireland. Finan sold the property to Ernst Gabel, a German immigrant, in 1842. Gabel’s son sold the property to Clara Mager in 1867, who made it available to her daughter and son-in-law, Anna Marie and Fred Bodamer. The cabin was later enclosed in a frame residence which grew to 13 rooms. Following the sale of the property in the 1960s for commercial development, the cabin was offered to the Greenfield Historical Society. Members of the organization extricated and dismantled it, eventually reassembling it on its present site in 1968-1969. The property was designated for its historic significance.