The Second Empire style farmhouse was built by businessman and farmer Amzi Chapman Stephens (1826–1910). The two story frame building has an attic story with a mansard roof. The property, located along the Musconetcong River, also includes an outhouse, a well house, and a 19th century lime kiln. When Stephens died in 1910, the property was inherited by his sons. In 1937, they gave 230 acres (93 ha) to the state to form Stephens State Park. They retained rights to the homestead and Margaret Stephens Zimmermann (1927–2007), daughter of one of the brothers, used it as a summer residence until her death, when it was given to the state.[3]
