Gene Stratton married Charles Dorwin Porter in 1886 and they lived in Decatur for a few years before building a home near the Limberlost Swamp in 1895. Gene designed the 14-room house herself and named it after the swamp that covered 13,000 acres in Adams and Jay Counties. She lived at Limberlost with her family for 18 years until the swamp was drained. In 1947, the cabin was given to the State of Indiana by the Limberlost Conservation Association of Geneva. It is maintained by the State as a historic site and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Photo courtesy of Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology