Cunningham Cabin, Historic log cabin in Teton County, Wyoming, US

Cunningham Cabin is a double-pen log cabin with two rooms flanking a central open breezeway, or dog-trot, in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The cabin measures about 41.5 by 15.25 feet, and its logs are saddle-V-notched at the corners. The south room served as living quarters, while the north room housed a forge.

John Pierce Cunningham arrived in Jackson Hole in 1885 and built this cabin south of Spread Creek, founding the Bar Flying U Ranch in 1888. The Cunninghams left the valley for Idaho in 1928 as land was being acquired for the future Grand Teton National Park. After 1895 they used the cabin as a barn or smithy, and a small fortification was raised in 1895 during unrest involving the Bannack Indians.

The cabin demonstrates how settlers brought construction methods from eastern regions and adapted them to western landscapes. You can see in the hand-fitted wooden walls how these traditional techniques worked in a new setting.

The site has marked trails leading to former buildings and outbuildings, allowing visitors to explore the layout of the former ranch. Interpretive signs on the grounds help explain the context and how people used these structures.

The cabin was built without nails or metal fastenings, using only traditional wood-joining techniques for strength. This construction method allowed settlers to build lasting structures without having to transport metal hardware over long distances.