Kammala wannan jumla: An yi imanin cewa an gina Gidan Gidan a 1654 a ƙarƙashin umarnin Johan Risingh, wanda shi ne Gwamna na ƙarshe na Colony na New Sweden. Shugaban Peminacka na ƙabilar Minqua ya ba John Risingh babban yanki na ƙasa kusa da Naaman's Creek a madadin mulkin mallaka na Sweden. An tsara ginin ne don ya kāre kansa. A watan Satumbar 1655, Kamfanin Yammacin Indiya na Dutch ya kama Block House a karkashin Peter Stuyvesant a daidai lokacin da sojojin Dutch suka kama Fort Christina. A shekara ta 1671, 'yan asalin Amurka sun kai wa Block House hari. An kama shi ta hanyar
Sojojin Birtaniya a 1777 a lokacin yakin neman 'yancin Amurka.