The land was originally the property of Isaac Bobbin, an early settler, until being subdivided into the present parcel and sold to Mathias Carvey in 1805, around the time the stone house was built.

The house was built in the first decade of the 19th century in the then-dominant Federal style, with two storeys, three bays and a sidehall plan.

[2] Two of its features, a low-pitched roof on a two-story dwelling and a wide top section, suggest some connection to New England building traditions.

Decorative sidelights, transom light around the entryway and brick surrounds on the front windows show the slow move from the vernacular styles of the colonial era to the Federal style of American independence, which put more emphasis on a decorative facade.

[2] Carvey purchased the property from William Robinson, two owners removed from Bobbin, to support his mill on a nearby stream.