 The Rangeley Estate subdivision was a high-end residential development, located southwest of Winchester center on the west side of the railroad tracks.The land was purchased by David Skillings, a lumber businessman from Maine, and developed by him into an exclusive gated development known as Rangeley Park (its wall and pillars that supported a gate are still visible on Church Street, at the northern end of the development).This house was built by Skillings in 1875–76 as a rental property.