After roughly one month, the Senate, along with the rest of the new government was forced to flee from advancing British troops just prior to the Burning of Kingston on October 16th 1777.

The site now includes a museum building in addition to the historic house, as well as a number of other contributing structures.

It is currently it is owned and operated by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.

At that time it was a contributing property to the small Clinton Avenue Historic District.

The house first belonged to Wessel Wesselse Ten Broeck, born about 1636, who emigrated to New Amsterdam from Wessen, in Westphalia in 1659.