Erected in 1722 as a one-room cottage, it was expanded in two stages: in 1770 and in 1836.

[2] During the American Revolutionary War, Tory militia commander Cortlandt Skinner used the house as his headquarters.

William IV of the United Kingdom was a guest at the house.

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