Pre-eminent Rockland County historian George H. Budke Jr. (1868-1948) grew up in this farmhouse. Situated on land originally owned by the Vanderbilt family, the house was expanded on multiple occasions and now largely represents the Colonial Revival style. The earliest section dates to ca. 1820. Under the ownership of the Budke family (1868-1934) and subsequently of the New York banking titan John C. Traphagen and his family, the house was the centerpiece of a farm that included the sandstone house next door. The Town of Clarkstown acquired both houses in 2011. The house was placed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places in 2017.