The land was purchased by a yeoman named William Couch in 1718 .
The house was constructed in the Federal style of the colonial era in either 1719 or at some time between 1752 and 1762 .
The land was purchased by a yeoman named William Couch in 1718 and the house was constructed in the Federal style of the colonial era in either 1719 or at some time between 1752 and 1762 .