Anthony C. Beam bought the property at 14 Mulberry Street in 1859. The house, however, is noted for being the birthplace of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage.
The Executive House is made up of three residences, the Dodd House, the Day/Parker House, and the Gevers Houses. Around the 1950's, these were used together as one rooming house, called the Executive House.