Wells House

The Wells House exhibits architecture that incorporates traditional Native styles and techniques as well as Euro-American. The log cabin was originally built by the Yuchi tribe in Buena Vista, GA. Log cabins were a common Native American home during the historic time period. The interior log structure was originally built with a dirt floor and had a thatched roof with an opening for a central fire pit. The Euro-American dogtrot style was built around the original cabin structure. Due to the Treaty of Indian Springs (1825) and the Treaty of Washington (1827), the Yuchi family that originally inhabited the house lost their land and all their improvements upon it. The result of the Treaty of 1825 was the fifth Georgia land lottery, while the Treaty of 1827 ceded all remaining Muskogee land in Georgia and forced the Native peoples off of their land. Today, the Muscogee-Creek tribe is based in Oklahoma. After the home was purchased by the Wells family, it stayed with them until 1975 when Parker Wells gave it to Westville.