Formerly known as MudFort, this log structure was built circa 1790 as a two-story building measuring 21 by 27 feet, with an attic and full stone basement. A later tax assessment described the house as large and noted a separate original kitchen, frame barn, and stables. In 1802, the tavern was sold to John Tweed, and it remained in the possession of the Tweed family until 1831, when it is believed to have ceased functioning as a tavern. For much of the remainder of the 1800s, the building and surrounding farm belonged to the Thomas Baldwin family, who were largely responsible for transforming the tavern into a domestic residence. After several changes of ownership, Alfred Giacomelli purchased the property in 1930, and five generations of the Giacomelli family lived in the house until 1989 while making various modifications. The State of Delaware purchased the building in 1999, and after a formal bid process in February 2000, Preservation Delaware, under the direction of the Hockessin Historical Society, was awarded the building. It originally stood on the northwestern side of the intersection of Limestone Road, Route 7, and Valley Road along a former major grain trade route running from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Christiana Bridge and later Newport, Delaware, and it was relocated to its present site beginning in June 2000.