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.
The passage of the Emancipation Proclamation caused William Bullitt to close the farmhouse and lease out the farmlands in 1863.