The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 31, 1978, for its significance in architecture, government, and military history.

[3] The original property expanded over 1,600 acres, with a ferry running to New Castle, Delaware.

The original house was built c. 1729, but was looted and burned by the British during the American Revolutionary War.

It was later rebuilt by Colonel Benjamin Holme, adding the east section of the house c. 1784.

The two and one-half story brick house features Jersey Georgian architecture.