[5] The house has long claimed to be the site of a lunch meeting between George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette in August of 1779 where they discussed war strategy underneath the shade of an apple tree in the front yard of the property.

[9] On September 23, 1824, General Lafayette returned to Jersey City and attended a ceremony at the Bergen Hotel at Five Corners.

The walking cane was made from a branch of the acclaimed apple tree that shaded Washington and Lafayette and was felled during a storm on September 3, 1821.

[14] An annual wreath-laying ceremony occurs at the house every President's Day that is hosted by the George Washington Society.

[17] On September 23, 2024, Jersey City honored the 200th anniversary of General Lafayette's 1824 visit with a historical marker at Five Corners.