The original house that stood on this location was a two bay federal farm house on a stone foundation. It is anticipated that it was built about 1815 but documentation is non existent. The original house consisted of what is now our family room, dining room and the country hall. The chimneys that contain the fire places in those rooms and the two upstairs suites were external to the house. In 1855, John Watson acquired the property with about 2100 acres. It was John Watson who commissioned Jacob Holt to do the Italianate overbuild. The overbuild included the left and right wings that accommodated the Ladies Parlor ...