The cabin is a good example of the early architecture that was so common in the central Texas area. It is a log cabin of hand-hewn logs. There are two common rooms across the front with a long shed room across the back. The front has a long galley porch. The kitchen was just out the back door, but not attached to the cabin.
Today, the Brock Cabin is located in Lions Park on S. Colorado/Hwy. 183 just across from HEB Grocery Store. There is an effort to restore this historical structure as both a museum and a teaching tool so that students, area residents and visitors can enjoy and learn about the rich heritage embodied in this dwelling as well as the history of Caldwell County’s pioneering and founding fathers as they lived in the 1850’s.
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The Brock Cabin was built in 1849-1850 by Andrew Lee Brock and is the oldest wooden structure in Caldwell Co. The cabin was a wedding present to his young bride, Rebecca. When it was built, it sat on 200-acres of property given to the newlyweds by the bride’s father. This property was located 2 miles west of Lockhart on Boggy Creek.
