[2] According to local historian, Charlotte Isabella Perkins, the house was built by local Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, William Robertson,[3] around 1770, although other sources indicate the builder was John Easson, an early Nova Scotia settler.

[1][3] It was during this time that she served her renowned "Moose Muffle Soup", a fusion of Mi'kmaq and European cuisine.

[1] After 1910, the house was rented as a tenement and became dilapidated until restored by then owner, Suzanne Halliburton.

[3] Ruth Eisenhauer, a local historian, acquired the house in 1962 and lived there until her death in 1997.

[1] Thomas Chandler Haliburton, a Nova Scotia politician and first international best-selling author from what is now Canada, was a regular guest at the Bailey House.