It was built in 1819 for Henry C. Bradford,[2] and designed in the Federal architectural style.

[3][4] Until 1845, it was sold and purchased by several home owners, including John McKinley, who served as a Congressman, Senator, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

[5] During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, the Union Army took over the house while the Weedens moved to Tuskegee; they moved back in after the war.

[5] Portraitist and poet Maria Howard Weeden spent most of her life in the house.

[5] After it was sold by the Weeden family in 1956, the house was remodelled into residential apartments.