 The Gordon property was patented as part of Alexander and Absolute Warfield's estate "Warfield's Range", which was resurveyed as "Sappington's Sweep" as part of a 1731 inheritance to Thomas Sappington from his grandfather Thomas Rutland.What later became Route 1 was built along the property in 1749 and was operated as a turnpike from 1820 to 1865.In 1870, John and Elizabeth Water sold their interest in Sappington's sweep to William and Mary Cissel in 1890.