Standing isolated on an open hillside near a spring, this two-story, V-notched log house is Marion County's oldest known building. A son of Captain Jacob Prickett built it not far from the fort. The large sandstone chimney at one gable end contains a single fireplace used for cooking and for heating the entire house. It and the sandstone-lined cellar were built from stone obtained nearby. Each floor consists of a single room, measuring about 15 feet by 20 feet. Openings are few: two doors and two windows on the main floor and small windows in the gables above. The shed-roofed front and rear porches are reconstructions. A Prickett family foundation maintains the house as a museum.