In the 19th century, the area that is now Maine Maritime Museum's 20-acre campus consisted of multiple properties, including private homes and shipyards. At this site stood a classic Greek Revival home, likely built in the 1850s, whose occupants reflected Bath's varied history. Its first owner was Charles E. Sawyer, a painter, and later owners and renters included a master shipbuilder, a ship carpenter, and Bath Iron Works employees, reflecting the area's shipbuilding connections. A nearby granite bench was made from the home's original foundation stones. Solomon K. Greenblatt, a tailor, purchased the house in 1930, and his daughter, Ada Y. Greenblatt, lived there for most of her life from 1914 to 2008, becoming a prominent realtor in Bath as she and her home served as a social center for family and friends.