The Bates-Scofield Homestead is a saltbox-style house, built around 1736 in Darien for John Bales, who lived there until 1774. The has was later deeded to John Bates, Jr. Before Darien’s first meetinghouse was built, services were held in the Bates House. After the Bates family, the house was owned by the Scofield family for over a century, starting with Ezra Scofield in 1822. By 1964 the house faced demolition, until it was given to to the Darien Historical Society and moved to a new site to become a museum. In 2005, the 1827 Scofield Barn was also donated to the Society and dismantled. In 2008, the barn was reunited with the house and joined to it was a connector building.