This house contains a Church of England chapel on the second floor. The chapel has a church style window unique to the area. The property is also known as the Dahlgren house.

There was definitely a structure on the 15-acre lot that Mr. John P. Dahlgren purchased from his brother-in-law James Payson because he paid 100 pounds for 15 acres.

The actual construction date of the house is not known. If James built the house, the date was probably 1809.

Some believe that John Dahlgren built the house, which would make it no older than 1831.

The present bridge was built in 1838/39 and a number of houses in the area were built in the early 40's. This house seems to be older.
"Mr. Jeremiah Dahlgren was a man of retiring disposition, of irreproachable character and a regular attendant at the Episcopal Church of which he was a valued member."
After a serious illness with the Grippe, he died of heart trouble suddenly at the age of 73. He left three sons and a daughter; also brother William and sister E. Nichols. His father John P. Dahlgren, the first Dahlgren to live here, resided on Brier Island before coming to Weymouth where he married ELIZABETH TILESTONE PAYSON; daughter of Nathaniel, sister to James. John P. died at the age of 76 in 1858.

John was a native of Gothenburg, Sweden. He was sailing to Italy, during Napoleonic Wars, with a cargo of grapes when he was made prisoner and taken to France. After the war, he was sent to Halifax. Mr. Dahlgren was a charter member of the Columbia Division, No. 24. The Dahlgrens and the Paysons gave some of their lands to have a church built. The old cemetery is still there, however the church burned. The Dahlgren house has a worship space upstairs used by the family in those days. These families are mostly people who worshipped at St. Thomas Church.