[1] Martin Van Heuval built a much larger two-and-a-half-story Late Victorian structure in 1903, incorporating the earlier house into the main block as a wing.

The house gained its name in the early twentieth century from an incident involving the Marston sisters, Adelaide and Eleanor.

[2] It became locally renowned as a literary gathering place during the tenancy of Adelaide Caroline Marston Trigg.

The bookstore became a literary fixture that attracted the likes of Harper Lee, Thomas Mann, Eugene Walter and William March.

[4] Walter lived with them on several occasions and featured the house in his 1982 cookbook, Delectable Dishes From Termite Hall.