In 1872, Leggett sold the farm to Martin S. Smith, a businessman from Detroit. Smith owned a jewelry store, and in 1874 became treasurer of Alger, Smith, and Company (whose president was Russell A. Alger), which soon became the largest pine lumbering company in the world. In 1876, Smith transferred ownership of the farm to Alden Hunnewell, one of the employees of Alger, Smith, and Company. The farm later passed to Alden Hunnewell's daughter, and her husband Thomas Field. The house remained in the Field family until 1986.
