National Register Listing

Baker, Jim, Cabin

Off WY 70, Savery, WY

The Jim Baker Cabin was enrolled on the National Register of Historic Places from July 24, 1972, until 1978. It is ironic that while the cabin was standing in a park in Cheyenne, Wyoming some 150 miles from its original site it was eligible; but, when it was returned to Savery and placed only a few miles from the site where it was originally constructed, it became ineligible and was removed from the National Register (It was not placed on the original site because a change in the river has flooded that area) The cabin's integrity has not been damaged by the two moves, and great care has been taken to dismantle and reassemble the logs in much the same order in which they were laid. Most of the logs are original and except for the cupola, which was removed many years ago by Baker himself, the cabin is as it was when he constructed it. The Jim Baker Cabin should be re-enrolled on the National Register as its significance lies in its sturdy log architecture, its association with events that have contributed to the broad patterns of our history, and with the lives of persons significant in our past. None of the significance has in any way been jeopardized by its final move to the valley where it was originally constructed.

Local significance of the building:
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1982.