At the turn of the last century prominent Coburg citizen Carpus Gray built the one-story portion, and lived in it while building the west-facing, two-story portion of the home, which was completed in 1907. The earliest photos c.1911 (back cover) of Coburg prominently display the Gray home. Gray worked for the Coburg Mill, owned a meat market, and in 1919 opened a mercantile specializing in poultry supplies, flower/vegetable seeds, hay, straw and feed.