In 1806, Isaac Shipley's uncle, William Waters, was one of the first documented settlers of  the Pultneyville area. There is local lore of a 'Yankee Bill' Waters, a first settler here. In 1817, Isaac's parents William E. & Elizabeth (Waters) Shipley brought their wealth to Pultneyville. Isaac (1826-1892) was the youngest of  9 surviving children, his parents coming from Yorkshire, England, settling on one of the larger lots of the Town, now described as a Hamlet. They came with 5 children under the age of 10, one being a newborn, four more being born here. History records and property deeds show that Isaac's father, Isaac's brothers and Isaac himself owned a massive expanse of land not only in the Pultneyville area, but also Sodus. They could probably be considered “Land Barons” for their time. 

In 1850, Isaac was only 24 and single when his Italianate was built on 100 acres bought by his father in 1823. His father passing in 1859 & mother in 1863. Isaac married Huldah Sherburne, their first born in 1864. 1867 records tell of Isaac's now 265 acres being farmed by both Isaac and an older brother, as well as Isaac's parents' homestead belonging to others after 1850, Those facts give strong speculation that Isaac's Italianate 'mansion' as it was described by a past historian, Chester Peters, came to be, because of an old English tradition known as 'Ultimogeniture' or Borough-English where the youngest son stays home, caring for his parents, not marrying or learning a trade, ultimately receiving an inheritance of his father's wealth for his duty to family.

The Isaac Shipley House, a brick Italianate (farmhouse) over 4200 sq ft was the most elaborate and progressive home in the Pultneyville area for 20+ years. Austin Persons, Isaac's older brother-in-law and owner of a carpentry shop in Canandaigua was given the task to oversee its build. The house and the original 2 barns (which are now extant) were surrounded by a gated iron fence. As was the custom of the finer country homes of England, it was said that 2 Peacocks graced Isaac's lawn. The house had running water, stored in a metal cistern above the helps' quarters, collecting rainwater from the home's gutters. Gas lighting illuminated the chandeliers hanging below their articulate ceiling medallions in all the owner's quarters as well as wall fixtures, producing their own gas from coal. News articles of the late 1800s lay claim to the Isaac Shipley House being heated by a coal furnace and of its elaborate furnishings and carpets. 

* A little known fact, documented by a Monroe County Record was the marriage of George Baldwin Selden of Rochester automobile fame to Isaac Shipley's daughter Jean in 1909. It was Mr. Selden's second marriage. Mr. Selden is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Jean was laid to rest in Lake View Cemetery, Pultneyville. Selden's first wife is buried with her parents in Connecticut.

In 1896, the house was bought by Frederick Hamilton Teats (1860-1913), 4 years after Isaac's death. Mr. Teats, also a man of more than sufficient financial capabilities had many upgrades and changes made to his home. Large elaborate porches were added. A caretaker's house was built next his, removing and renovating the domestic servant and farmhand quarters that were once in the house. A unique 2 car garage circa 1900 with a car wash mechanism and maintenance pit that sheltered his first car in 1907, a new Cadillac in 1912. Adding the now restored fruit packing house in 1899, his property was known as the Lake View Fruit Farms and was a part of his family farms, said to be the largest family owned peach/fruit farm & nursery in NYS during the first decades of the 1900s.

Described as the 'Teats Resort' being said that it was equal to or better than many of the homes in Rochester. Fred Teats was known as a 'Gentleman Farmer', visitors from Rochester were commonplace staying a weekend or longer. Stories of high stakes card games were said to have taken place here with prominent businessmen, the names George Eastman (Kodak) and Benjamin Forman (B. Forman Department Store fame) being mentioned. Fred and his wife would close down their home during the winter months and would stay in a suite of rooms at the Grand Powers Hotel in Rochester. Electricity came past the house in 1912. That year a news article tells of the Teats having many labor saving electrical devices installed.