Built in early 1800 and used as a stagecoach stop, this house stood on Seven Islands Road, which ran from Philadelphia to New Orleans. On Nov. 20, 1864, Federal raiders under Gen. Geary destroyed the nearby mill and ferry. At the request of Mrs. Park, the house and its contents were not molested, though everything was taken from the yard and smokehouse. A Negro servant, Cyrus Park, saved the house from flying embers from the mill by using wet blankets on the roof. Pres. Jefferson Davis is said to have spent the night of May 4, 1865, in this house, barely escaping capture by the Federals.