Built in the 1830s near its present-day location, this cabin was once the two-room home of James Newton and Savannah Tennessee Jones Weakley, grandparents of Historic Collinsville founder Glenn Harris Weakley. Among with other original features are the cabin’s wooden floors and walls, a section of wallpaper and insulation, and a portion of the chinking. Glenn and his wife JoAnn established Historic Collinsville in 1974, opening to the public in 1997.