[1] In May 1823,[3] pioneering farmer Solomon Caswell and his wife Hulda[2] moved to a farm near what is now the intersection of Big Beaver and Adams Roads, and in 1823 built a log cabin to live in.

[4] Huldah died in 1844, and Solomon quickly remarried to Melinda Marvin.

[3] William Caswell willed the house and property to a friend, who sold it to North Hills Christian Reformed Church.

[3] In 1968, the house was threatened with demolition, but the church donated the home to the Troy Historical Society, who moved to its present location and fully restored it.

The front facade has a central entrance flanked with pilasters and surmounted with a heavy entablature.