Purchased from Susannah Covel Jessup, the wife of Edward Jessup II, in 1824 by Dr. William James Scott.

Dr. Scott attended the wounded in this home during the Battle of the Windmill which took place in 1838. The building is an example of the two storey homes built by many Upper Canada Loyalists during the period of 1785 to 1835.

Richard Scott, son of Dr. Scott, was knighted Sir Richard Scott in 1909 following 60 years of political life and is recognized as "the Father of the Separate School Act 1860" and was instrumental in having the "Scott Act: - the Canadian Temperance Act of 1878 passed. 

More recently property owners include Mr. W.H. Raney was a druggist and carried on business in Prescott for nearly sixty years.