It was commissioned by quarry owner and manufacturer Victor Röper as his main residence and the office building for his companies.

[3] According to local historian Ferdinand Ferber, the house was commissioned by Victor Röper around 1841.

But it cannot be determined due to lack of documentation, when each of today's elements came into place and the history of several architectural features if disputable.

[4] In 1900, under the ownership of Georg Dassel, the house received the tower and added several more representative features.

In 1972, the mansion was sold to the then independent municipality Allagen (today part of Warstein).