Shortly after beginning construction, Little received his Crown patents and was legally given possession of the land he was developing.

[1] Haldimand House was built three stories high using squared timbers cut at Little's saw mill in Seneca, Ontario.

The business boomed early on as one of the main stops on the stagecoach route between Hamilton and Port Dover.

During Britton's ownership, Haldimand House was home to the campaign office of William Lyon McKenzie.

Mrs. Richardson ran a strict household, and was frequently upset by muddy sheets and messes created by the soldiers.

He opened a billiard hall in the old bar and constructed the Cone Cottage Refreshment stand, which would become The Oasis in the 1950s.

[6] In the early 1950s, after Walter Richardson's death, Haldimand House was split into five apartments: two on the first and second floor and one on the third.

In 1959 there was a fire on the top floor apartment caused by Mrs. Caroline Richardson lighting her gas furnace.

In 1991, when Leslie Richardson (Walter & Caroline's son) died, Haldimand House was sold to Louis and Chris Leousis whose family had run the Oasis since 1956.