Nina Soar, the daughter or Ezra Soar, married Charles Stevens and lived in this cabin until her death in 1950.  The Ward family later donated the Soar-Stevens cabin to the Platteville Historical Society / Platteville Pioneer Museum.  The Ward family settled in the United States in 1853, and moved to the Platteville area in 1868. 

Reconstruction and moving the cabin to its current location was made possible by donations, membership dues to the Platteville Historical Society, and the work of volunteers.