It was remodelled less than twenty years later, when the Hope Mansion was built and the Federal style became fashionable in the Albemarle region.

"[5] He farmed the acres around the community now known as Trap, and also owned a grist mill on Barbeque Swamp, about half a mile west of the present site of the house.

After Jacob Hill White bought the property in 1849 he gave 1-acre (4,000 m2) of his land to the trustees of the Church of Christ at Philadelphia, a small congregation in the community of Trap.

[8] After the death of the last White family occupant, the house was sold, but it was unoccupied until it was bought by Preservation North Carolina[9] and resold under covenants to the present owners in 1996.

The original chimney pieces, which had previously been removed from the house without the consent of any of the owners, were recovered by Preservation North Carolina and have been reinstalled.