It is a ten-room stone house built in the 1720s by William Bull and Sarah Wells, pioneer settlers of Central Orange County, NY.

[5][6][7] In 1715 Bull arrived in North America from Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England and also came to work on the Wawayanda Patent, where they met.

Eventually, the widow Elizabeth Denne sold 100 acres to William and Sarah's first son, John, when he was just 8 years old.

When construction began, Sarah carried some of the stones to the site and William cut and laid them, while they lived in a temporary log cabin.

[10] The house was reportedly used as a safe haven during the seven years of the French and Indian War though no known fighting or battle was waged on the property.

Their descendants dispersed within the adjacent region, with the houses of Thomas (now a county museum) and William III also on the National Register.

[4] She moved back to her Stone House, where she died at the age of 100 years and 15 days,[11][4] leaving 335 direct descendants.

The 120-acre (49 ha) William Bull and Sarah Wells homestead boasts another historical structure of significance, a New World Dutch barn.