It is the site of the cabin John Wesley McCormick (1754–1837) built in 1820.

It was at the cabin that commissioners appointed by the Indiana legislature met in June 1820 to select the site for the permanent seat of state government at Indianapolis.

The site is commemorated by a granite boulder in White River State Park with plaque erected in 1924.

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