In 1826, Simeon Perry came to this area with his father, Edmund, a cousin, Roland, and his sister, Eliza, and they built a log house. Edmund and Eliza then returned to Avon, New York, to bring the rest of the family to their new home. In 1828, Simeon married Sarah Cartwright, purchased this land in 1829, and built the central part of this house in 1834. The west wing was probably added soon after the house was built, and the south wing came much later. Its hand-hewn beams and Greek Revival style validate its age. Simeon and Sarah Perry raised their six children here, and their oldest child, Isabel, was the first child born in what was once called Perry Settlement because so many members of Edmund Perry’s extended family lived there. The 1879 History of Genesee County included Simeon’s memories of the hard work of clearing his father’s and his own land and of rounding up his father’s stock before fields were fenced. In 1873, in poor health, Simeon sold his farm to his son-in-law William Green, and Grand Blanc Charter Township purchased it for a park in 2002.