This company was the primary supplier of ice to the town during the era of the frozen water trade before the advent of artificial refrigeration.

The nearly 77 acres (31 ha) site has gone undisturbed in the decades since, apart from the 1958 addition of a colonial revival home designed by noted local architect, Rolf Bauhan.

In 1987 the property was purchased for open space by Princeton Township and has since been known as the Mountain Lakes Preserve.

The house on the property is now home to the nonprofit, Friends of Princeton Open Space, and is used for wedding receptions and other events, the proceeds from which support the organization.

[2] The preserve is at the heart of the broader 400-acre Mountain Lakes Open Space Area, an interconnected network of trails and parks that includes views of Tusculum, the country estate of John Witherspoon, and historic Coventry Farm.