 The house was probably built about 1850 by Lyman Dike, and predates the final settlement of the Stoneham-Winchester line, which was settled in 1864 in part through the efforts of Dike.In 1865 it was sold to Joshua Orne, a shoemaker working for a factory in Stoneham.Later owners were also recorded as having non-farm trades, indicative that these workers were engaging in farming on the side to supplement their primary income.