Martin Van Duyne Sr. purchased about 200 acres (81 ha) near Towaco in 1730. His son, Martin Van Duyne Jr., purchase a portion for his own farm in 1761. He built the stone farmhouse sometime after this and before 1778. His son, Richard Van Duyne, inherited the farm in 1811. Later, Timothy Jacobus purchased the property in 1863. The one and one-half story house has a gable roof and features local Dutch Colonial architecture.[3]