The property gets its name from its view of the gap in the Blue Ridge made by the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry.

[2] In 1871, the property was acquired by Charles Aglionby, who owned the adjoining Mount Pleasant estate and a portion of Media Farm.

[2] In 1954, the farm was purchased by World War I veteran Frank Buckles and his wife Audrey (who died in 1999).

[3] Buckles would ultimately become the last American survivor of World War I, and lived there until his death on February 27, 2011, aged 110.

[2][5] Gap view is a two-story three-bay brick house, with prominent stepped parapets at the gable ends.