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The Coe Cabin is locally significant under Criteria A for its associations with the social history and growth of the Town of Jackson, Wyoming. The Coe Cabin matches the “Early Vernacular Log Dwellings” theme as described in the Residential Properties in Teton County, WY context written by Delia Hagen in 2019. Initially built in 1914 as a small log home for Clarence and Martha Dow, it was more than doubled in size in 1921 for Emily Thompson/Mulherin/Coe’s Jackson Laundry business, and later converted back into a residence for the Coes in the 1930s and a multiple-family residence with Martha Marean in the 1940s. The neighboring Crabtrees (of the Crabtree Hotel) purchased the property and leased it to a restaurant business in 1976 that would expand the building by another third. This type of adaptive re-use is typical of buildings in Jackson, where buildings changed to meet the needs of the expanding community. Due to the difficulty of reliable transportation routes, building materials were often expensive and difficult to acquire. Pre-existing buildings were often moved and/or their materials reused to suit a variety of needs. The Coe Cabin is a rare example of an older building adaptively re-used several times in the same location in downtown Jackson. Each addition preserved what was already there, and only added onto the earlier versions of the cabin. This evolution which gives it a unique look from the successive gables and variety of corner notching styles.