Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - E whakapono ana kua hangaia te Block House i te tau 1654 i raro i te tohutohu a Johan Risingh, ko ia te Kawana whakamutunga o te Colony o New Sweden. I tukuna e te rangatira Peminacka o te iwi Minqua te whenua nui i te taha o Naaman's Creek ki a John Risingh mo te koroni Swedish. I hangaia te hanganga i te timatanga hei parenga. I te marama o Hepetema 1655, i tangohia te Block House e te Kamupene o Dutch West India i raro i a Peter Stuyvesant i te wa ano i mau ai nga ope Dutch ki Fort Christina. I te tau 1671, i whakaekehia te Block House e nga Maori o Amerika. I hopukina e te ope taua o Ingarangi
i te tau 1777 i te wā o te American Revolutionary War.