Today the home is marked by a New York State Education Department historic marker commemorating it as the birthplace of Gen. John J. Peck.

In 1846 he was promoted second lieutenant and fought in Zachary Taylor's Army of Occupation during the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma and Monterrey.

At the time of Peck's reenlistment and appointment as brigadier general he held the position of cashier at the Burnett Bank of Syracuse of which he was one of the founding members.

[1] Peck also served as president of the Syracuse board of education, which position he continued to hold while on active service and only resigned in 1862.

He was given command of a brigade defending Chain Bridge and the Northern defenses of Washington at Tennallytown and soon after joined George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac in Virginia.

[2] When McClellan's forces began evacuating the peninsula, Peck was left in command of a Union garrison stationed at Yorktown.

Longstreet's besiegers gained some initial advantages during the siege of Suffolk at the battle of Norfleet House cutting off the Union supply route.

After the close of the war, Peck returned to Syracuse where he became president of the New York State Life Insurance Company.