Edwin Carder moved out of a home on Walnut Street and built an elaborate Italianate villa here in 1866. He would live here until 1876 when the home was purchased by Dr. Edwin Van Deusen. Van Deusen, a great philanthropist, would remain here until his death in 1909. From that point it was purchased by F. Ford Rowe who had the house remodeled into the colonial style seen here.