Samuel M. Cassidy, Jr.

from Cave Spring Farm 1784,

"At first [Robert Boggs and Family] lived in a tent-like structure covered with buffalo hides. But later that year Boggs moved his wife and child into the log house he had built by the stream - near the mouth of the cave he discovered nine long years before. In this house they lived for nearly eight years; and in it Sarah Boggs gave birth to four more girls.

In 1792, Kentucky became the fifteenth of the United States, the stone residence was finished and the Boggs family moved in. The log house was occupied by relatives.

In 1874 the farm was divided among the Lyles, heirs to the Boggs property. Two of the Lyle Brothers acquired the right to move the log house about one-half mile south, onto their own inherited tract of land. The building then was occupied by tenants until 1955. For a while thereafter it was used as a hay storage barn. At last, it stood vacant.

In 1974 the log house was purchased by Samuel M. Cassidy, a great-great-great-grandson of Robert Boggs, himself born on the Cave Spring Farm." The house was moved bodily, stone chimneys and all, about one-forth mile north to its present, hilltop location. The house was rehabilitated, and modern facilities were installed. It is now used as a guest house. In the hallway (the former dot-trot) a framed display shows the chinking and clay filling between the logs, which elsewhere is hidden by mortar pointing. Here also are shown diagrams of the house as it was originally built by Robert Boggs and as it is now."

Rehabilitation Effort 1975

from the National Register of Historic Places,

Located on the hilltop south of the main house and above the cave spring is the log house constructed ca. 1784 (see photo 6). The one-and-one-half-story structure initially consisted of two pens connected by a dogtrot. Large, stone chimneys are located on the gable end walls. Ladders in each pen gave access to the upper level. Later, the dogtrot was enclosed and a stairway was added in the northeast corner of the passage.

Originally the structure was built nearer the creek, in close proximity to the cave. In 1872, a division of property between heirs caused the house to be moved. It continued in use as a residence until 1955 when it was relegated to hay storage and finally abandoned. In 1974, the log structure was acquired by the present owner and moved to the site it now occupies. The following year, it was remodeled and new windows were cut and a new porch added to the facade. Facing northward overlooking the farm, the log house currently serves as a guesthouse.