The work was installed in 1930 in the present-day Alexander AEP Park in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

The memorial features a bronze plaque on a stone, which rests on a concrete base.

The plaque has an inscription: ON THIS SPOT THE FIRST CABIN / IN COLUMBUS / WAS BUILT BY ITS FIRST INHABITANT / JOHN BRICKLE 1797 / BORN STEWARTS CROSSING, PENN.

/ CAPTURED BY A DELAWARE INDIAN 1791 / ADOPTED BY CHIEF OF THAT TRIBE / WHINGWAY POOSHIES (BIG CAT) WHO / LIVED ON THE AUGLAIZE RIVER.

/ RELEASED BY TREATY OF GREENVILLE / 1795 / BECAME OWNER BY PURCHASE OF / LYNE STARLING AND VARIOUS REFUGEE / HOLDERS OF LAND EXTENDING FROM / BROAD STREET TO BUTTLES AVENUE / DIED A RESPECTED MAN / ONE BLOCK NORTH AT CORNER / OF SPRING STREET IN 1848.