In 1846, Kilbourntown merged with Juneautown on the east side of the river and Walker's Point to the south to create Milwaukee, today the largest city in Wisconsin.

[3] The house was constructed in the American Greek Revival style with four fluted Doric columns out front and a symmetrical floor plan.

Benjamin, a native of Ulster County, New York, arrived in early Milwaukee on November 15, 1835, and later was a member of the Old Settlers Club.

In 1884, the house was sold to George Binzel, a bookkeeper[3] who eventually was assistant secretary of the Valentin Blatz Brewing Company.

[4] Through the Works Progress Administration or WPA, the house was restored and moved in 1938 to Estabrook Park in Shorewood, Wisconsin, north of Milwaukee.