The site dates back to 1642 when Savill Gaskin started the second ferry service in Hampton Roads to carry passengers on the Lynnhaven River to the nearby county courthouse and to visit plantations along the waterway.

[citation needed] The house, which is reputedly haunted by 11 spirits,[8] has been used as a plantation, courthouse, school, and post office.

Its exterior is Federal style three-course American bond brickwork; all of the bricks were from the ruins of the Walke Mansion.

There are some small gardens on the property and in the back yard is a large Southern Magnolia planted on April 6, 1863, by Sally Rebecca Walke in memory of her fiancé.

Investors bought it in 1994, but their deal to sell it fell through in 1996 when the Virginia Beach City Council said the house could not be a private residence due to deed restrictions.

Nash is one of the many volunteers that continue to work to allow The Ferry Plantation House to be enjoyed by so many, including summer camps and many social events that share its history and artifacts.

[9] The actual ducking of Sherwood was at the end of what is now Witchduck Road, 200 yards out in the river from what is now a private home.