 In 1979 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places along with several other properties nearby related to Greeley and his family.Built in the 1820s as a typical small farmhouse, it was expanded in the mid-19th century.Greeley, editor of the "New-York Tribune", settled in Chappaqua shortly before the Civil War in the mid-19th century, living there with his family primarily during the summer.