 Zachariah Symmes, pastor of the Charlestown church, was granted land in this area that was settled by his sons about 1650.Marshall Symmes, a grandson who was a blacksmith with a shop that stood near Bacon and Main Streets, built this house in the 1870s (based on stylistic analysis), apparently as a rental property.It is one of three houses in the area associated with the Symmes family, whose names (including those of relations) are found on nearby Symmes Street, Stowell Street, and Marshall Street.