WARREN — The Trumbull County Commissioners on Wednesday expressed concern about a proposed effort by the Trumbull MetroParks Board to sell the log cabin on Nelson Moser Road in Braceville to an out-of-town historical agency that reportedly will move it out of the county.

Champion resident Cindee Mines, who also is a member of the Howland Historical Society, told commissioners the effort to sell the cabin to an out-of-county agency would remove one of the most historical artifacts in the county that was built by early Trumbull residents who lived in the county’s rural areas.

“This log cabin was built by skilled craftsmen,” she said. “The MetroParks Board is planning to sell it for $10,000.”

The log cabin was originally constructed during the Civil War era and is now aging and deteriorating, John Brown, a member of the MetroParks board, said during a previous meeting of the board. Mines told commissioners the MetroParks board was able to obtain the log cabin in 2017 at no cost through a grant.

MetroParks Director Zachary Svette, during an earlier Metroparks Board meeting, said the board would like the cabin removed from its current site.

Svette previously noted it would not be realistic for the MetroParks to do a project at the cabin as there are no funds for work there and even donations would not be enough for upkeep and maintaining of the structure.

Mines is seeking to get the log cabin included on the national Register of Historic Places.

She said the Braceville Historical Society has interest in the log cabin. Braceville trustee Dennis Kuchta on Wednesday told commissioners that the trustees offered to help members of the MetroParks board with upkeep of the log cabin. However, they did not receive any requests for assistance.

Commissioner Tony Bernard suggested the commissioners meet with Braceville residents interested in saving the log cabin and members of the MetroParks during Tuesday’s commissioners workshop to obtain details on what is happening.

Mines said the meeting must take place before the MetroParks board’s next meeting because the board is expected to decide what to do with the submitted proposals for the cabin. The board’s next scheduled meeting is May 21, which is the Thursday after the commissioners workshop.

Commissioner Denny Malloy said allowing the cabin to be moved out of the county would be a travesty.

“There has to be a philanthropist somewhere out there that wants it other than moving it out of our area,” Malloy said.

Mines said she previously researched efforts to replace the log cabin’s roof.

“The fact that they (the park board) took the outside siding off the building caused greater deterioration of the cabin,” she said.

Commissioner Rick Hernandez said the county might consider buying the log cabin and donating it to the Braceville Historical Society or Braceville Township, so it will not be removed from Trumbull County.

“I would be interested in that historical site being preserved rather than going to some other community,” Hernandez said