Gedney purchased the unimproved land here in April 1664 close to the shore and the "buildplace" for his boats.

He was married in June 1665, and the original portion of the house, two stories with gabled attic to the left and a parlor with lean-to roof to the right was erected at this time.

The house is significant for its structural carpentry and for surviving early paint and decorative finishes.

In the hall chamber three successive color schemes can be identified, the earliest thought to be contemporary or near-contemporary with original construction.

In 2002 the Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory[5] analyzed timber from the original structure and ascertained that donor trees were felled at the following times: Spring 1664 and Winter 1664–5.