Alexander Bullitt died in 1816 and willed the farm to his youngest son William. William Bullitt expanded the farmhouse in the late 1820s, but closed the house in 1863 and rented out the farmlands due to the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Alexander Bullitt's death in 1816 led to the transfer of his farm to William, who expanded the farmhouse in the late 1820s but closed the house by 1863 and leased the land due to the Emancipation Proclamation.