The Lanesville House was occupied by only two families over 212 years. Descendants of the Lane family lived there for 162 years, from 1779 to 1941, after William Lane bought the property from the King sisters in 1779 and built the earliest portions of the house. Ann Carr Lane, daughter of William and Sarah Lane, is believed to have been the first child born in the house, in 1781. In 1800, Hardage Lane bought part of the property from his brother William. Hardage and his wife Rachel had a daughter, Keturah, in 1785, and after Hardage died in 1803, Keturah remained in the house. She married John Keen, and they had a son, Newton, while operating the Lanesville Ordinary and Post Office from their home. After John Keene died in 1814, Keturah married Benjamin Bridges, and they continued to run the ordinary and post office. They had three sons: Hardage Jr., Benjamin II, and William, who died in infancy. Keturah died in 1849. Her son Benjamin Bridges II married Lucy Alice Elgin in 1853, and they lived in the Lanesville House with their five children, Dorsey, Molly, Frank, Benjamin III, and Irene. Benjamin Bridges II died in 1900, and Lucy and their daughter Irene continued living in the house. After Lucy died in 1904, Irene purchased the house in 1905. In 1941, Irene Bridges auctioned the house and surrounding property, and Dr. Claude Moore bought it in December 1941. He lived there until his death in July 1991. Loudoun County has maintained the house since July 1991, and the property eventually came under county ownership and was opened as a park in 1990.