 The area on the east side of Cape Small Point was owned by members of the Lowell family as farmland for much of the 19th century.In 1885 Abner Lowell sold his farm to Joseph R. Bodwell, who proceeded to subdivide the area for development as a summer colony, hoping to replicate the success of similar development at Bar Harbor.Lots were primarily purchased by people from Bath; this house was built for William and Mary Reed of Boston, Massachusetts.