In 1837, Sir Henry Blake sold the twenty-five acre lot to Thomas Harper who renamed it Springfield and built a house on it.

In keeping with this ambition, Francis Robert Brathwaite, the first archdeacon, bought Springfield from the Harpers in September 1848.

[1] In 1855 Springfield house was conveyed in trust for public uses and purposes as determined by the governor, privy council, and Assembly.

After repairs, it was appointed as the residence for then-rector the Venerable Archdeacon Jermyn in 1856.

In 1946, after much repair, Sir Frederick Albert Phillip, the then-governor moved into the Springfield House.