[2] In various times in its history, the house has served as a post office, store, inn, Civil War hospital, and library.

The following year, McNeeley, a physician who lived in nearby Norris, Tennessee, sold the house to the Claiborne County government, on the condition that it be used as a library or museum.

[2] In 2003 the library's board of directors opted to vacate the property, citing space concerns and the near-prohibitive cost of upkeep.

In September 2004 the Claiborne County commissioners voted to return ownership of the house to Dr. McNeeley (who died in 2005).

The house was purchased in 2007 by Eleanor Yoakum and moved to her farm south of Tazewell.