 During the Revolutionary War, George Washington used the house as his headquarters when the Continental Army was garrisoned in the area.A later owner built a large main wing in the Federal style; the only remnant of the original house is the small kitchen wing.It has since become the property of the Historical Society of Quaker Hill and Pawling, which uses the house as its headquarters and to display exhibits related to local history, particularly the life of pioneering radio broadcaster and executive Lowell Thomas, who lived near Pawling for the later years of his life.